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But give it to a journalist from a national UK magazine and anything can happen, as Ford discovered on the final day of the Festival. At just over a mile long, the Goodwood hillclimb has a few twists although nothing too demanding but get too near one of the hay bales that line the route and things can turn tricky pretty quickly. Last year, an Aston Martin suffered a similar fate, would this mishap be equally as costly?

"We won't know until we get the bonnet open - we can't at the moment - but I don't imagine we'll see much change out of seven or eight grand' said a Ford representative ruefully. Oh well, it could have been worse.

What would Hannu say?