Ford Super Mustang Mach-E: Goodwood Shoot-Out Win in 41.98 Seconds Beats Formula E's Newest Car

Goodwood has shown once again that an electric car in motorsport needs no allowances made for it. The fastest car up the hill was the Ford Super Mustang Mach-E — an extreme machine built not for the showroom, but for Pikes Peak. Romain Dumas drove the final Shoot-Out in 41.98 seconds, beating even the newest Formula E Gen4 car.

The production Mustang Mach-E is only a donor of name and image here. The Super Mustang Mach-E was built for the “Race to the Clouds,” where three weeks ago Dumas won Pikes Peak with a time of 8:18.202. At Goodwood, the same philosophy worked over a much shorter distance: instant torque, aerodynamics, and race-tuned setup proved more effective than the classic “power plus noise” formula.

The gap to Formula E was small but symbolic. Dan Ticktum in the Gen4 posted 42.46 seconds, less than half a second behind the Ford. From there the gap widens: Alex Summers in a 1974 Shadow-Chevrolet DN4 Can-Am was third at 46.31 seconds, Johan Kristoffersson in a VW Polo RallyCross trailed him by just 0.01 seconds, and Travis Pastrana in the Subaru Brataroo 9500 Turbo posted 46.77 seconds — likely winning over plenty of fans with his drifts along the way.

For Ford, this win matters less as an advert for the regular Mach-E and more as proof of what an electric platform can do in a motorsport setting. Against rivals like the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, Porsche Taycan, Rimac, and various racing prototypes, the brand needs to show that an EV can be more than eco-friendly or quick off the line — it can also be convincing on a course full of elevation changes, corners, and time pressure.

At Goodwood, the winner wasn’t “Ford’s electric crossover” — it was a race machine wearing a familiar name, and that distinction matters more here than the badge itself.