New Koenigsegg becomes the fastest Goodwood hill climber

The recently introduced Koenigsegg Sadair’s Spear has completed the hill climb track at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 47.14 seconds, surpassing the previous record holder by more than a second.

The car was driven by Markus Lund, who had previously set a similar record with the same car at the GotlandRing in Sweden. As for the previous Goodwood record of 48.83 seconds, it was claimed last year by the U.S.-made Czinger 21C. That car dethroned the electric Rimac Nevera with its time of 49.32 seconds recorded in 2023.

That’s only as far as the street-legal vehicles go, though. The absolute best Goodwood time was shown in 2022 by the all-electric and track-only McMurtry Speirling: 39.08 seconds. It hit the track in a spec called Pure, which starts from £995,000 in the UK before any taxes or shipment costs.