The 62-year-old Italian competed in the Hailwood Trophy for the 250cc and 350cc two-stroke grands prix and Formula 750 motorcycles which raced until 1983. He qualified the Yamaha TZ250 entered by Michael Russell 20th in the peloton of 34 motorcycles, 9.7 seconds ahead. pole.
The 2000-02 and 2006-07 Le Mans winner, who recently left his role as head of McLaren’s young driver programme, finished 20th in the first race on Saturday before the red flag when Alan Cathcart crashed. Pirro lost places after the restart, but made progress as his pace improved.
He crossed the line 18th in the general classification, 10th in his category.
“Every meter I learn something,” said Pirro, who started 37 Formula One world championship races between 1989 and 1991.
“It’s incredibly exciting. I’ve never ridden with people around me so I was a little nervous at first.
“I had immense respect for runners before I did it and now I have even more.”
The hotly contested race was won by the Yamaha of Phil Atkinson, with the top three covered by just 0.423 seconds in a race to the line.
Pirro is expected to compete in the second seven-lap race on Sunday morning. The overall results will be decided by the sum of the two rounds.
Emanuele Pirro, Dallara BMS-191 Judd.
Photo by: Ercole Colombo
Most of the 81st World Championship races take place on Sunday.
Darren Turner, three-time winner of the Le Mans category, qualified on pole for the Ken Miles Cup for Ford Mustang like Craig Davies, against a quality field including Andrew Jordan, Rob Huff, Gordon Shedden, Jake Hill and Dario Franchitti.
Alex Buncombe will start the Graham Hill Trophy for pre-1967 closed-cockpit GTs and prototypes from pole in an AC Cobra.
Ten-time Grand Prix winner Gerhard Berger also demonstrated the Ferrari 640 he used in six F1 races in 1989.
“When we finished, we finished in good positions, but we’re not used to finishing! said the 64-year-old Austrian, who only saw the checkered flag three times in his 15 starts in 1989, but won the Portuguese GP at Estoril.
Niki Lauda’s career is also being celebrated at Goodwood, with Chris Goodwin demonstrating the McLaren MP4/2B that the Austrian drove in his final F1 season in 1985.
The 62-year-old Italian competed in the Hailwood Trophy for the 250cc and 350cc two-stroke grands prix and Formula 750 motorcycles which raced until 1983. He qualified the Yamaha TZ250 entered by Michael Russell 20th in the peloton of 34 motorcycles, 9.7 seconds ahead. pole.
The 2000-02 and 2006-07 Le Mans winner, who recently left his role as head of McLaren’s young driver programme, finished 20th in the first race on Saturday before the red flag when Alan Cathcart crashed. Pirro lost places after the restart, but made progress as his pace improved.
He crossed the line 18th in the general classification, 10th in his category.
“Every meter I learn something,” said Pirro, who started 37 Formula One world championship races between 1989 and 1991.
“It’s incredibly exciting. I’ve never ridden with people around me so I was a little nervous at first.
“I had immense respect for runners before I did it and now I have even more.”
The hotly contested race was won by the Yamaha of Phil Atkinson, with the top three covered by just 0.423 seconds in a race to the line.
Pirro is expected to compete in the second seven-lap race on Sunday morning. The overall results will be decided by the sum of the two rounds.
Emanuele Pirro, Dallara BMS-191 Judd.
Photo by: Ercole Colombo
Most of the 81st World Championship races take place on Sunday.
Darren Turner, three-time winner of the Le Mans category, qualified on pole for the Ken Miles Cup for Ford Mustang like Craig Davies, against a quality field including Andrew Jordan, Rob Huff, Gordon Shedden, Jake Hill and Dario Franchitti.
Alex Buncombe will start the Graham Hill Trophy for pre-1967 closed-cockpit GTs and prototypes from pole in an AC Cobra.
Ten-time Grand Prix winner Gerhard Berger also demonstrated the Ferrari 640 he used in six F1 races in 1989.
“When we finished, we finished in good positions, but we’re not used to finishing! said the 64-year-old Austrian, who only saw the checkered flag three times in his 15 starts in 1989, but won the Portuguese GP at Estoril.
Niki Lauda’s career is also being celebrated at Goodwood, with Chris Goodwin demonstrating the McLaren MP4/2B that the Austrian drove in his final F1 season in 1985.