Ford Just Embarrassed Every Gas-Powered Supercar At Goodwood 2026
At the world’s most eventful car show of the year, it was American carmaker Ford that came out and dominated some of the most powerful new cars in the world. Romain Dumas climbed the Goodwood Festival of Speed hill on Sunday afternoon and rewrote the record books in 41.97 seconds. Behind the wheel of Ford’s electric Super Mustang Mach-E, he claimed his fifth Timed Shoot-Out victory and his third in a row — a record no other driver has come close to matching. The 33rd Festival of Speed had plenty of spectacle across its four days, but Sunday’s Shoot-Out delivered something the hill’s 32 previous editions never had.
How Sunday’s Session Unfolded
The Shoot-Out ran in intense heat on an increasingly dusty course, and the drama arrived early. Jake Hill set the early pace with a 48.48 in his Nissan 300ZX Turbo before a red flag halted the session — Johnny Cecotto’s BMW M3 DTM E92 had clipped the barriers at Molecomb. No one was hurt, and once running resumed, the order reshuffled fast.
Travis Pastrana displaced Hill with his Subaru-based Brataroo 9500 Turbo, a machine with active aero that tucks its rear wing clear of the barriers on the way up. Johan Kristoffersson then went sideways out of the first corner in the Volkswagen Polo WRX — two wheels on the grass — and still posted a 46.31. Alex Summers, running the sole Sports Racers class entry, edged him by a single hundredth to sit provisional top at 46.30. Then the two electric cars went to work, and the rest of the leaderboard became a footnote.
Dumas and Ticktum Put the Hill Out of Reach
For the first time in Goodwood history, the top two finishing positions both went to electric machinery. Dumas’ Mach-E led Dan Ticktum’s Formula E Gen4 home by 0.49 seconds, and the pair of them left everything else more than three and a half seconds behind. Third place — Alex Summers in a 1974 Shadow DN4 — clocked 46.30. That gap isn’t a rounding error. It’s a statement.
Dan Ticktum went first in the newly launched Formula E Gen4, setting a 42.46 and immediately making clear the electric cars were operating in a different bracket entirely. Dumas answered with a 41.97 — nearly four and a half seconds quicker than the best combustion-powered run of the day.
It’s worth sitting with that number. The Shadow DN4 in third is a purpose-built open-wheel racing car from 1974, a machine with zero concessions to road use. Kristoffersson’s Polo WRX is a full-fat rallycross weapon. Pastrana’s Brataroo runs a turbocharged Subaru drivetrain with active aerodynamics. All of them were more than 3.5 seconds off the pace. Dumas’ fifth Shoot-Out win extends his own record, but the shape of this result — one through two, electric, full stop — is the real headline.
Fastest Cars At 2026 Goodwood Timed Shoot-Out: Full Top-10 Results
1. Romain Dumas — Ford Super Mustang Mach-E — 41.97 sec
2. Dan Ticktum — Formula E Gen4 — 42.46 sec
3. Alex Summers — Shadow DN4 (1974) — 46.30 sec
4. Johan Kristoffersson — Volkswagen Polo WRX — 46.31 sec
5. Jordan Pepper — BMW M3 Touring 24H — 46.54 sec
6. Travis Pastrana — Subaru Brataroo 9500 Turbo — 46.77 sec
7. Jake Hill — Nissan 300ZX Turbo (1990) — 48.48 sec
8. Florent Moulin — Dodge Viper GTS-R (2001) — 48.68 sec
9. Callum Voisin — Porsche 911 Cup (Type 992.2) — 48.84 sec
10. Ryan Tuerck — Toyota-Judd Formula Supra — 49.01 sec
What This Means for the Hill Going Forward
The rest of the weekend had its own moments — Red Bull’s RB17 hypercar made its dynamic debut with Adrian Newey at the wheel, Ducati celebrated its centenary with a Thursday balcony appearance, and Damon Hill closed Sunday by marking 30 years since his 1996 Formula 1 title. Singer headlined the Central Feature. Good stuff, all of it.
But the Shoot-Out is Goodwood’s answer key, and this year’s answer was unambiguous. Electric power didn’t sneak onto the podium or claim a single spot — it swept the top two and left a 3.5-second chasm to everything running a combustion engine. For comparison, Dumas won last year’s Shoot-Out too, in Ford’s Supertruck. The Mach-E has now made it three straight. Goodwood’s hill has always rewarded the fastest machinery regardless of what powers it. Right now, that means electric. Anyone who wants to challenge Dumas next July has a very large gap to close.
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