I was at the Festival of Speed (again) last weekend and was very impressed by the TTxGP stand / presentation, and by its prime location just inside the main entrance to the very popular "Ultimate" pavilion. The pavilion promotes all that is innovative and eco-friendly in road vehicles so we were delighted to find that, remarkably in such a short time from its launch, TTxGP was already the groundbreaking leader.

Rob Barber and Chris Heath did a superb job in presenting their podium bikes, TTxGP, and the Isle of Man. I am sure that most of the quarter of a million people that attended the Festival saw the bikes, either on the stand or demonstrating on the hill. Tens of millions will see them in future tv coverage and dvds.

However, we were all extremely disappointed and, indeed, angry to find that the Isle of Man Department of Tourism did not have one representative there to follow up on the massive interest in visiting the Island that the TTxGP Team was generating. They knew about it but chose not to go, presumably because someone would have to work over a bank holiday weekend.

Whilst I have always supported the Dept of Tourism's initiative in pioneering TTxGP on the Island, I am appalled that they missed such a massive publicity opportunity at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.