On the surface it’s a typical Goodwood track day, freshly minted E-types and suchlike gently being fettled in readiness for more robust track activity at the forthcoming Revival Meeting. But away from the preparatory activity, there’s a flurry of interest around the dummy pits at the main paddock’s northern fringe. The trigger? Jaguar’s XJR-15.

It was a rare sight in period, but this morning two have their snouts poking out into the sunshine. Over the next couple of hours that brace becomes three, five, eight and finally 11. Such improbability is also fairly typical at Goodwood.

There is no immediate commemorative cause for such a gathering. It is 28 years since the XJR-15 became the backbone of the Jaguar Intercontinental Challenge, a one-off series that embraced three grand prix support races – Monaco, Silverstone and Spa – in 1991, but long-time motor sport enthusiast (and XJR-15 owner) Valentine Lindsay is trying to drum up interest in the model ahead of that initiative’s 30th anniversary in 2021.