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Electric Ford Super Mustang Mach-E is the fastest at Goodwood

The fastest car in the hill climb at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed ​​was a very special Ford Mustang Mach-E.

The model, called the Super Mustang Mach-E, was first introduced last year and was originally developed for the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Just three weeks ago, Romain Dumas won the "race to the clouds" with a time of 8:18.202.

During Sunday's Shoot-Out Final, Dumas drove the Super Mustang Mach-E again and finished on top again. The Frenchman set a best time of 41.98 seconds, recording his third consecutive victory at Goodwood and fifth overall.

It began with the pre-war monsters, Duncan Pittaway in his 28.4-litre Fiat 76 ‘Beast of Turin’ set a benchmark of 80.08 seconds for the rest of the field to chase. It didn’t take long for Archie Collings in his Mercedes 120hp to best him by just eight thousandths of a second, and from there the times kept on tumbling. 

From pre-war to the present day, the Production Road Car class saw the very latest creations from Bentley, Ferrari, TWR and Gunther Werks, showcasing the capabilities of modern technology to bring the times down into the 50s. 

British Touring Car Champion Jake Hill looked lively in the Nissan 300ZX Turbo to break into the 40s with a 48.48 before Johnny Cecotto suffered an unfortunate incident into Molecomb which brought proceedings to a halt as his stricken BMW M3 DTM E92 was extricated by the straw bales. 

George Krass in the V8 Chevrolet Corvette C5.R got things back underway with a tricky run on an incredibly dusty course, and he was followed by the similarly potent Ford Mustang GTS-1.

Dumas' special Mustang was also faster than the fourth-generation (Gen4) Formula E car driven by Daniel Ticktum on the short hill course, with a time of 42.46 seconds.

There were many other impressive cars in the Shoot-Out finale, but none could match the electric vehicles. Third place went to Alex Summers in a 1974 Shadow-Chevrolet DN4 Can-Am sports prototype with a time of 46.31 seconds, just 0.01 seconds faster than Johan Kristoffersson in a Volkswagen Polo RallyCross.

Perhaps the biggest crowd favorite was Travis Pastrana in his special Subaru Brataroo 9500 Turbo, who finished in 46.77 seconds.