Pikes Peak (especially in an electric car where altitude doesn't matter) is primarily a test of the driver. 156 corners in 12 miles is incredibly hard to learn

Pikes Peak (especially in an electric car where altitude doesn't matter) is primarily a test of the driver. 156 corners in 12 miles is incredibly hard to learn and there are almost no safety barriers (or reference braking points). The goodwood hillclimb is simply not in the same category of complexity or challenge as Pikes Peak, which stands alone as the toughest and most dangerous hillclimb event in all of motorsport. Pikes Peak is also extremely bumpy and was only paved all the way to the top in 2011. A car like the Speirling relying on fans for downforce would really struggle to maintain grip throughout a Pikes Peak run as each bump would cause a momentary loss of aero (not dissimilar to this season's F1 porpoising issue, just bigger and worse)