From Spyder RS to 911 Dakar - My Festival of Speed driving for Porsche _ 4K
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### Introduction: Welcome to Goodwood Festival of Speed 2023
Hello, everyone! Welcome to Petrol Pet and welcome to the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2023. I’m here with Porsche for the entire event, and it’s actually Sunday afternoon. We’ve had quite an eventful few days, but all of that started way back on Tuesday evening when myself, Joe, Pat, and Teva from Porsche, along with a huge production group, came together to film *The Reveal* video for Porsche and the central feature behind me.
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### Behind-the-Scenes: The Reveal Video
That evening was nothing short of unforgettable. We started filming at seven o'clock in the evening and finished at three o'clock the next morning. I had the privilege of driving the brand-new **Porsche 911 Spider RS**, which is truly my ultimate Porsche. Joe was behind the wheel of a **911 Dakar**, while Rob from Porsche took the reins of a **Taiwan Sport Turismo GTS**.
The premise of the film? We were going to drive up the famous Goodwood Festival of Speed Hill Climb, with drones flying above each car shining a light, and then converge on the central feature. I was about to drive the Spider RS, but I couldn’t tell you what it’s like because it’s still under embargo until the middle of next year!
Interestingly, this **Caimán GT4** has a roof that’s a real pain to take down—it’s completely manual, unlike the Spider RS, which is why it’s up right now. “Oh mama, jokes in trouble today for bringing the car around!” I joked as we prepared for the shoot.
The set was absolute organized chaos, with 100 people, cameras, and crew everywhere. It made me appreciate what I can do as a one-man band—so much less faffing around when you’re working solo!
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### The Spider RS: A Sneak Peek
I got to drive the new **Spider RS**, but I can’t tell you how it feels just yet—it’s embargoed! However, I did get to rev it up to 8,000 RPM, and trust me, it’s *very* cool. The roof on this car is a manual pain to take down, which is why it’s still up.
That night was certainly a great way to start my Goodwood Festival of Speed experience. We were filming *The Reveal* video, and I hope this makes it into the final cut! If you’re interested in hearing more about our podcast episode that we recorded during the festival, I’ve included a link above—definitely worth a watch.
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### Wednesday: The Drive Talk Podcast
On Wednesday, we recorded an episode of *The Drive Talk Podcast* with Porsche at their cafe, with the central feature behind us. If you haven’t listened to it yet, search for *Drive Talk Podcast* wherever you get your podcasts—it’s well worth a listen!
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### Thursday: Festival of Speed Begins
Thursday marked the official start of the festival, and I was invited by Porsche to drive several cars up the hill during the event. My first run? The **new 911 KNS Coupe** with a V8 petrol engine putting out 480 horsepower.
We arrived at the track at nine o'clock in the morning, but we hadn’t even started yet by two o'clock—or ten past two, to be precise. There was a hole on the track caused by an **Ionic Six race car** that went straight through, destroying four to five bales—it was bad!
But we were ready for our run. “Picks up well, oh it’s quicker whoa whoa—” I said as I revved the engine. It was deceptive, hitting 150 kilometers per hour on the hill. “Break hard and turn left into Malcolm!” I instructed myself, while marveling at how much better the car sounds under load.
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### Friday: The 75th Anniversary Parade
On Friday, I had the honor of taking part in the **75th Anniversary of Porsche** parade. I was driving a **Cayenne Trans Siberia**, which was a truly special experience. Harry Metcalfe was in front of me in a **Porsche 959**, while the car ahead was the *first ever Porsche* and the one behind was the *one millionth Porsche*. We were essentially going up the hill, turning around, and converging on the central feature.
As we drove through the crowds, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of pride. “This is quite a good view,” I said, looking at the first Porsche 959, the millionth Porsche, and me in the middle. The weather wasn’t cooperating—light drizzle made things slippery, but it was still an incredible experience.
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### Saturday: A Sedate Run
On Saturday, I had the slowest run up the Hill Climb ever—maxing out at 20 kilometers per hour. “The most sedate run I’ve ever done,” I remarked as we drove up the hill. It wasn’t about breaking records; it was about enjoying the moment.
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### Sunday: The Final Run
On Sunday afternoon, I had my last activity at the festival—driving the **911 Dakar** in the final batch of cars. Joe had driven it earlier in the week and raved about how cool it looked with its roof racks, fuel cans, and sand ladders.
As we prepared for the run, Ruth from Porsche was off camera, ready to capture the moment. “If you hear screaming, it’s not me,” I joked as we waited. It was 20 past seven on Sunday evening—an unreal time to be at Goodwood.
Finally, we were at the top of the hill, surrounded by supercars, racing cars, and hypercars. “A massive thank you to Porsche Cars GB for their generosity over the last few days,” I said, wrapping up my final run. “It’s been amazing to spend so much time with them and drive three of their cars up the hill here at Goodwood.”
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### Conclusion: A Wrap-Up and Thanks
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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys and welcome to petrol pet and welcome to the Goodwood Festival of speed 2023. now behind me is the central feature and this year's Goodwood Festival of speed and it plays a backdrop to this video really I'm here with Porsche for the whole event it's actually Sunday afternoon we've had quite an eventful few days but all of that started way back on Tuesday evening when we met up myself Joe and Pat with the Teva Porsche and a huge production group to film The Reveal video for Porsche and the central feature that's behind me War transpired that evening we started off at seven o'clock in the evening finished at three o'clock the next morning I got to drive the new spider RS and it was really very special so let's take a peek behind the scenes and see what that evening was all about um so we are here with Porsche we're filming the Reveal video for the central feature myself and Joe and Pat have been invited to be part of this very special shoot there is a huge crew uh we've got three cars so I'm going to be driving the brand new spider RS in what world did everything that was gonna happen Joe's in a 911 Dakar and then I think we've got Rob from Porsche in the care taikan sport Turismo GTS and the premise of the film is we're going to drive up the famous Festival of speed Hill Climb with a drone above each car shining a light and we're going to converge on the central feature and I've got to drive the spider RS but I can't tell you what it's like to drive because it's a Dr embargo until like you know the middle of next year I yeah I'm about to drive a spider RS I mean that for me this is my ultimate Porsche without even thinking about it Caiman gt4s is perfect but it's got a roof this it's got although interestingly this roof is a real pain to take down because there's no Motors in it at all unlike the spider it's completely manual is why it's up I think that's is that I'm getting called into the car oh mama jokes in trouble today for bringing the car around welcome to my house for festival speed oh we're on Pat we're on Peds yeah of course yeah it's video um what you want me to run down what's going on outside yeah yeah at the moment it looks like organized chaos if I'm being honest I'll tell you what though I hope this does make it into the Final Cut of PEDs video because whenever you work with big production teams and uh I mean big like TV and stuff you do start to appreciate what as a one-man or sometimes two man if I'm working with Pat um can achieve there goes ped now look with the blue light and I'm sure this 30-second tip is going to be absolutely Mega but there's honestly 100 people out there and cameras and people everywhere it really makes you appreciate what you can do as a one-man band um and there's a lot less faffing around because you know what when you're working on your own you know most of the time what's going on anyway let's go out there and see what pets up to before I get in trouble quick comment so far yes the uh slowest spider RS review ever maximum 20 kilometers an hour sorry if I took any job away for this one I'm sorry mate thank you mate how was that it's wicked I actually got to give it a bit of beans took it up to about 8 000 RPM um obviously you can't tell you driving Impressions but yeah very cool very very cool it's just it's a just to be part of this shoe I mean you've got the essential feature at the moment they're doing all the light display you've got the biggest drone in the world flying above your head oh uh yeah Roger that spider going into position now I've got to go on back do some work now I think that's a wrap man it's a wrap it's Joe's turn now yes that night she was certainly a great way to start my Festival of speed on Wednesday we recorded an episode of the drive Talk podcast with Porsche at the Porsche Cafe with the central feature behind if you haven't listened to that I'll put a link above to the YouTube video well worth watching or just search Drive Talk podcast wherever you get your podcasts we then came back on Thursday when Festival speed starts for real and we've been very fortunate or I've been very fortunate to be invited by Porsche to drive a number of cars up the hill during the festival and I started off with hey and it was a lot quicker than I thought it was going to be so the podcast by the way hey guys so dragged him along as a passenger thank you thank you very much for the helmet as well we've been here we've been actually getting ready for this run since nine o'clock this morning when we arrived at the track and it's now two o'clock or ten past two and we haven't gone yet uh there's been a hole on the track because uh the ionic six race car basically just went on at Malcolm it seem either have brake failure or something happen but it yeah went straight through was it four to five bales that was bad that was that was worse than Chris Hoy so we are about to go up so this is the new kns Coupe it's got a V8 petrol engine in it 480 horsepower I think I'm in Sport Plus we're going full send yeah off the line I've got a grab handle down here just in case yeah and one up here so yeah I feel safe aerodynamics we got Charlie Cooper in front which is really cool and you've also got no excuses because it is bone dry and sunny now it was raining on the way here if you remember yeah yeah oh it was raining like a good yeah so you're gonna do a rolling pan out right like everybody else yeah four-wheel drive yeah this car beautiful it's in uh Porsche racing green metallic it's a 10 000 pound option yeah how many options has this got on it it's got like 68 000 Euros worth of options makes it a hundred and was it 168 000 Euros in total wow but and it's very quiet because it doesn't have the racing exhaust yeah so yeah I'll tell you what butterflies going now all right here we go picks up well oh it's quicker whoa whoa it's fast it's fast isn't it it's deceptive it's like 150 kilometers an hour there what did they say break hard and turn left into Malcolm yeah you gotta make sure you break for this one do you know what it sounds a lot better under load as well yeah yeah we're gonna catch up kachalia Flint wall big car Flint wall it's almost like you've done this before me yeah oh it's fast this guy is fast Jesus here we go wow wow nearly 150 over the line geez that was Mega mate well done what a ride that was good bro thank you very much wow it's fast it's very fast well really it didn't I mean we're in a KN yeah yeah that that's that's one of the quickest cars I've driven up here to be fair that was Mega now behind me they're just getting ready for the 75th anniversary of Porsche moment that takes place in front of the house but on Friday it was my utter privilege to take part in that parade I was driving the Porsche Cayenne trans Siberia and it was a really really very special experience so driving to the assembly area um I've got Harry Metcalfe in front of me in a Porsche 959 but the car in front of that is the first ever Porsche and the car behind me is the one millionth Porsche so this is the 75th Anniversary parade we're basically going to go up the hill turn around come back down again and then Converge on the central uh around the central feature outside the house but surrounded by crowds the weather's not helping us today is my mate this is quite a good good view first Porsche 959 millionth Porsche and me in the middle put the suspension up again how do you do that hold on all the way up I just keep tapping it that's it am I in Dakar spec now yeah yeah how do you put them top on them there you go I'm now lifted I'm raised my full off-road mode yeah this is the bit the when you drive through those crowds the bee here is a real Pinchy moment it's an honor and a privilege to be part of this parade um yeah very cool so um the next time I see you I'll be on the start line I think okay we're very nearly at the start packed off a bit still drizzling I'm in my full race suit I told just basically where it just in case that they needed to kind of swap me into something else so I do feel a bit overdressed but oh well can't go to Goodwood and not wear a race suit if you're gonna drive up the hill at least once so they're pretty cool uh selection of cars in front all the race cars have gone the noises they've been making I don't envy any of the guys driving a race car today to be honest it's very slippy this Trans-Siberia I've literally driven it from The Paddock so I don't really know a great deal about how it's going to drive it's a demo run I'm not going to be driving it fast by any means I'm just going to enjoy the atmosphere enjoy the experience enjoy watching Harry Metcalfe in front in a 959 that's pretty cool so this is quite a different kind of vibe really because very close to Harry in front it's not really a pushing on kind of uh run at all it's more of a gentle demonstration in fact I'm not even sure I need to be wearing a helmet but hey I'd rather do that anyway it's just got a bit of go with this old girl gets so much attention look at the crowds today even though it's raining breaking hard for Malcolm don't want to be doing an ionic round here that's for sure it's really weird you're kind of waving at people on the way up you don't normally do that easily the most sedate run I've ever done up the Festival of speed Hill Climb there you go the slowest run no Hill Climb record there very cool though very very cool now we make our way back down the hill waving at all the marshals because they're doing a more awesome job massive shout out to the Goodwood Marshals always make sure I go up and say thank you to them for their for their efforts just Mega so the idea what we do now which I've never done before that was a real parade lap so it wasn't anything anything taxing but we now drive back down the hill after waving at everybody and we park up outside the central feature around the central feature outside the house um and there's a big moment there's basically music and fireworks awesome absolutely awesome this is special this is proper special very cool very cool so we park up behind this skull Bandit just here go out that's just Wicked it's absolutely Wicked foreign so far then I've had a pretty good Festival of speed and now it's time for my last activity it's actually five o'clock on Sunday afternoon the latest I've ever been still on site a festival of speed but I'm still here because I've been offered the dream way to finish Festival speed this year we'll be driving the 911 992 Dakar up there up there in the first glance batch let me just very briefly show you around the card it's an absolutely Mega spec and then we'll jump on board for my final run this thing my good buddy Joe drove it on Thursday raved about it how cool does that look with the roof racks and the fuel cans and the sand ladders on the roof absolutely Mega and my helmet will be getting some action yet again well here we go we've had to wait a long time for that now just off camera is Ruth from Porsche so if you hear screaming it's not me I'll try not to okay we've had to wait a long time it's now 20 past seven in the evening on Sunday unreal it's not getting a bit nervous now yeah it's good good time I think you need to sometimes that's good I'm not there's only 60 000 people watching anything I know exactly yeah yeah you got this we've got this oh foreign so there you go we are now at the top of the hill surrounded by supercars racing cars hyper cars and the 911 Dakar I want to say a massive thank you to Porsche cars GB for their generosity over the last few days it's been amazing to spend so much time with them to drive three of their cars up the hill here at the Goodwood Festival speed to finish up with that run I know I didn't see their say very much but you know oh it's concentrate I'm not crashing uh but yeah that was pretty quick to be honest anyway um I'm gonna leave that there because uh it's a late night we want to get home um but if you enjoyed that please give me a thumbs up comments below are always welcome if you haven't answered already please subscribe to PetMed for plenty more content a cup and I'll see you on the next film you take care guys drive safehey guys and welcome to petrol pet and welcome to the Goodwood Festival of speed 2023. now behind me is the central feature and this year's Goodwood Festival of speed and it plays a backdrop to this video really I'm here with Porsche for the whole event it's actually Sunday afternoon we've had quite an eventful few days but all of that started way back on Tuesday evening when we met up myself Joe and Pat with the Teva Porsche and a huge production group to film The Reveal video for Porsche and the central feature that's behind me War transpired that evening we started off at seven o'clock in the evening finished at three o'clock the next morning I got to drive the new spider RS and it was really very special so let's take a peek behind the scenes and see what that evening was all about um so we are here with Porsche we're filming the Reveal video for the central feature myself and Joe and Pat have been invited to be part of this very special shoot there is a huge crew uh we've got three cars so I'm going to be driving the brand new spider RS in what world did everything that was gonna happen Joe's in a 911 Dakar and then I think we've got Rob from Porsche in the care taikan sport Turismo GTS and the premise of the film is we're going to drive up the famous Festival of speed Hill Climb with a drone above each car shining a light and we're going to converge on the central feature and I've got to drive the spider RS but I can't tell you what it's like to drive because it's a Dr embargo until like you know the middle of next year I yeah I'm about to drive a spider RS I mean that for me this is my ultimate Porsche without even thinking about it Caiman gt4s is perfect but it's got a roof this it's got although interestingly this roof is a real pain to take down because there's no Motors in it at all unlike the spider it's completely manual is why it's up I think that's is that I'm getting called into the car oh mama jokes in trouble today for bringing the car around welcome to my house for festival speed oh we're on Pat we're on Peds yeah of course yeah it's video um what you want me to run down what's going on outside yeah yeah at the moment it looks like organized chaos if I'm being honest I'll tell you what though I hope this does make it into the Final Cut of PEDs video because whenever you work with big production teams and uh I mean big like TV and stuff you do start to appreciate what as a one-man or sometimes two man if I'm working with Pat um can achieve there goes ped now look with the blue light and I'm sure this 30-second tip is going to be absolutely Mega but there's honestly 100 people out there and cameras and people everywhere it really makes you appreciate what you can do as a one-man band um and there's a lot less faffing around because you know what when you're working on your own you know most of the time what's going on anyway let's go out there and see what pets up to before I get in trouble quick comment so far yes the uh slowest spider RS review ever maximum 20 kilometers an hour sorry if I took any job away for this one I'm sorry mate thank you mate how was that it's wicked I actually got to give it a bit of beans took it up to about 8 000 RPM um obviously you can't tell you driving Impressions but yeah very cool very very cool it's just it's a just to be part of this shoe I mean you've got the essential feature at the moment they're doing all the light display you've got the biggest drone in the world flying above your head oh uh yeah Roger that spider going into position now I've got to go on back do some work now I think that's a wrap man it's a wrap it's Joe's turn now yes that night she was certainly a great way to start my Festival of speed on Wednesday we recorded an episode of the drive Talk podcast with Porsche at the Porsche Cafe with the central feature behind if you haven't listened to that I'll put a link above to the YouTube video well worth watching or just search Drive Talk podcast wherever you get your podcasts we then came back on Thursday when Festival speed starts for real and we've been very fortunate or I've been very fortunate to be invited by Porsche to drive a number of cars up the hill during the festival and I started off with hey and it was a lot quicker than I thought it was going to be so the podcast by the way hey guys so dragged him along as a passenger thank you thank you very much for the helmet as well we've been here we've been actually getting ready for this run since nine o'clock this morning when we arrived at the track and it's now two o'clock or ten past two and we haven't gone yet uh there's been a hole on the track because uh the ionic six race car basically just went on at Malcolm it seem either have brake failure or something happen but it yeah went straight through was it four to five bales that was bad that was that was worse than Chris Hoy so we are about to go up so this is the new kns Coupe it's got a V8 petrol engine in it 480 horsepower I think I'm in Sport Plus we're going full send yeah off the line I've got a grab handle down here just in case yeah and one up here so yeah I feel safe aerodynamics we got Charlie Cooper in front which is really cool and you've also got no excuses because it is bone dry and sunny now it was raining on the way here if you remember yeah yeah oh it was raining like a good yeah so you're gonna do a rolling pan out right like everybody else yeah four-wheel drive yeah this car beautiful it's in uh Porsche racing green metallic it's a 10 000 pound option yeah how many options has this got on it it's got like 68 000 Euros worth of options makes it a hundred and was it 168 000 Euros in total wow but and it's very quiet because it doesn't have the racing exhaust yeah so yeah I'll tell you what butterflies going now all right here we go picks up well oh it's quicker whoa whoa it's fast it's fast isn't it it's deceptive it's like 150 kilometers an hour there what did they say break hard and turn left into Malcolm yeah you gotta make sure you break for this one do you know what it sounds a lot better under load as well yeah yeah we're gonna catch up kachalia Flint wall big car Flint wall it's almost like you've done this before me yeah oh it's fast this guy is fast Jesus here we go wow wow nearly 150 over the line geez that was Mega mate well done what a ride that was good bro thank you very much wow it's fast it's very fast well really it didn't I mean we're in a KN yeah yeah that that's that's one of the quickest cars I've driven up here to be fair that was Mega now behind me they're just getting ready for the 75th anniversary of Porsche moment that takes place in front of the house but on Friday it was my utter privilege to take part in that parade I was driving the Porsche Cayenne trans Siberia and it was a really really very special experience so driving to the assembly area um I've got Harry Metcalfe in front of me in a Porsche 959 but the car in front of that is the first ever Porsche and the car behind me is the one millionth Porsche so this is the 75th Anniversary parade we're basically going to go up the hill turn around come back down again and then Converge on the central uh around the central feature outside the house but surrounded by crowds the weather's not helping us today is my mate this is quite a good good view first Porsche 959 millionth Porsche and me in the middle put the suspension up again how do you do that hold on all the way up I just keep tapping it that's it am I in Dakar spec now yeah yeah how do you put them top on them there you go I'm now lifted I'm raised my full off-road mode yeah this is the bit the when you drive through those crowds the bee here is a real Pinchy moment it's an honor and a privilege to be part of this parade um yeah very cool so um the next time I see you I'll be on the start line I think okay we're very nearly at the start packed off a bit still drizzling I'm in my full race suit I told just basically where it just in case that they needed to kind of swap me into something else so I do feel a bit overdressed but oh well can't go to Goodwood and not wear a race suit if you're gonna drive up the hill at least once so they're pretty cool uh selection of cars in front all the race cars have gone the noises they've been making I don't envy any of the guys driving a race car today to be honest it's very slippy this Trans-Siberia I've literally driven it from The Paddock so I don't really know a great deal about how it's going to drive it's a demo run I'm not going to be driving it fast by any means I'm just going to enjoy the atmosphere enjoy the experience enjoy watching Harry Metcalfe in front in a 959 that's pretty cool so this is quite a different kind of vibe really because very close to Harry in front it's not really a pushing on kind of uh run at all it's more of a gentle demonstration in fact I'm not even sure I need to be wearing a helmet but hey I'd rather do that anyway it's just got a bit of go with this old girl gets so much attention look at the crowds today even though it's raining breaking hard for Malcolm don't want to be doing an ionic round here that's for sure it's really weird you're kind of waving at people on the way up you don't normally do that easily the most sedate run I've ever done up the Festival of speed Hill Climb there you go the slowest run no Hill Climb record there very cool though very very cool now we make our way back down the hill waving at all the marshals because they're doing a more awesome job massive shout out to the Goodwood Marshals always make sure I go up and say thank you to them for their for their efforts just Mega so the idea what we do now which I've never done before that was a real parade lap so it wasn't anything anything taxing but we now drive back down the hill after waving at everybody and we park up outside the central feature around the central feature outside the house um and there's a big moment there's basically music and fireworks awesome absolutely awesome this is special this is proper special very cool very cool so we park up behind this skull Bandit just here go out that's just Wicked it's absolutely Wicked foreign so far then I've had a pretty good Festival of speed and now it's time for my last activity it's actually five o'clock on Sunday afternoon the latest I've ever been still on site a festival of speed but I'm still here because I've been offered the dream way to finish Festival speed this year we'll be driving the 911 992 Dakar up there up there in the first glance batch let me just very briefly show you around the card it's an absolutely Mega spec and then we'll jump on board for my final run this thing my good buddy Joe drove it on Thursday raved about it how cool does that look with the roof racks and the fuel cans and the sand ladders on the roof absolutely Mega and my helmet will be getting some action yet again well here we go we've had to wait a long time for that now just off camera is Ruth from Porsche so if you hear screaming it's not me I'll try not to okay we've had to wait a long time it's now 20 past seven in the evening on Sunday unreal it's not getting a bit nervous now yeah it's good good time I think you need to sometimes that's good I'm not there's only 60 000 people watching anything I know exactly yeah yeah you got this we've got this oh foreign so there you go we are now at the top of the hill surrounded by supercars racing cars hyper cars and the 911 Dakar I want to say a massive thank you to Porsche cars GB for their generosity over the last few days it's been amazing to spend so much time with them to drive three of their cars up the hill here at the Goodwood Festival speed to finish up with that run I know I didn't see their say very much but you know oh it's concentrate I'm not crashing uh but yeah that was pretty quick to be honest anyway um I'm gonna leave that there because uh it's a late night we want to get home um but if you enjoyed that please give me a thumbs up comments below are always welcome if you haven't answered already please subscribe to PetMed for plenty more content a cup and I'll see you on the next film you take care guys drive safe\n"