The 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed has now run its course, closing one of its biggest-ever weekends with more than 100,000 visitors.

Held in the beautiful parkland surrounding Goodwood House, it is motorsport’s ultimate summer garden party, a heady celebration of the world’s most glamorous sport.

Nowhere else will you get so close to the cars and bikes as they blast up the hillclimb track; nowhere else will you enjoy such unrestricted access to the machines and the drivers who made them famous.

Founder of the Festival of Speed and Goodwood owner, the 11th Duke of Richmond, Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, said: “This year’s theme – The Innovators – Masterminds of Motorsport – allowed us to celebrate some of the greatest achievements in history, while also highlighting the event’s evolving focus on future technology.”

With old and brand new state-of-the-art cars and motorbikes showing their paces, and being shown by constructors and developers, the festival again surpassed previous years.

As in every year since the first festival in 1993, the Goodwood hillclimb was the heart of the three-day event from June 23 to June 26.

On the hillclimb, vehicles from the main, supercar and first-glance paddocks showed their paces over a 1.16-mile stretch of the Goodwood House driveway.

This year the fastest was the McMurtry Spéirling (Gaelic for ‘storm’) electric fan car with Batmobile looks that set a Goodwood record by running the course in 39.08 seconds.

Away from the snarl of the hillclimb with its 11 bends, The Michelin Supercar Paddock next to the hill start line featured some of the most advanced road cars in the world for visitors to get up close and personal.

And with more than 30 models on display, Electric Avenue revealed the benefits associated with switching from fossil fuel to electric.

For race enthusiasts, the F1 pit lane and main paddock gave visitors the chance to admire cars and motorcycles from five Formula 1 teams, the W Series motor racing championship, touring car championship and IndyCar.