DOUG NYE

PIGGED-OFF IS PROBABLY NOT THE most refined expression, but it adequately describes at least part of this particular bystander’s reaction to what the historic racing scene has become.

I’m the first to applaud the enthusiasm, commitment and in some cases the skill demonstrated by most involved. I’ve also been long connected with the creative side of the Goodwood events, and also in the specialist competition car auction world supplying many great cars.

My particular discomfort involves eligibility and the adverse effect of increasingly ‘one-size-fits-all’ FIA regulation upon the historic racing scene