Lord March argues to keep important Bentley in Britain The Earl of March, founder of Goodwood's Festival of Speed, has called on the Government to ensure that "the most famous British car of all time," a 1931 supercharged Bentley that held the record on the Brooklands outer circuit of 137.96mph, is sold to a responsible owner when it is auctioned at the festival on June 29. In the Telegraph Letters Page, Lord March, as President of the Brooklands Museum Trust, writes of his hope that a buyer will be found who would enable the car to stay at Brooklands, in Surrey, but that, failing that, "an enthusiastic philanthropist" be the successful bidder. He writes: "This car epitomises all that is good about the British spirit. It possesses historic, intellectual, technical, aesthetic, and exhilarating qualities... It would indeed be a very sad day for the vintage car world if the car left this country, and one would hope that an Export Licence would be demanded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The ex-Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin 1929-31 Bentley 4½-Litre Supercharged single-seater is part of the collection of watchmaker George Daniels, along with six other cars and two motorcycles. Bonhams expects the whole collection to make more than £8 million, with an estimate for the Bentley "on request." Other auction highlights include a Lotus collection of 24 vehicles, from 1953 to the present, that is expected to fetch more than £1.5m.