Peter Lyon
September 16, 2025
This year, Goodwood Revival celebrated the incomparable Jim Clark, marking the 60th anniversary of his greatest season and showcasing a collection of cars that represented the full breadth of his legendary racing career. The tribute to the two-time Formula 1 Champion and Indy500 winner featured the Lotus 32B, 33, 35, and 38 – brought together for the very first time.
On Saturday, the tribute extended beyond the cars as family, friends, fellow drivers, former team members – and even sheep – came together to honour Clark’s accomplishments on track as well as his farming heritage. On behalf of his friend and rival Jim Clark, Sir Jackie Stewart received a Goodwood Ton Trophy from The Duchess of Richmond. Clark and Stewart hold the joint lap record set at the Easter Monday meeting at Goodwood in 1965.
Each morning, over 100 Volkswagen Type 2 Split Screens (otherwise called the Kombi) took to the circuit for the Track Opening Parade, kickstarting the event in style. Celebrating 75 years of this iconic model, the parade featured ambulances, fire engines, transporters, work vans and family campers.
An array of Alfa Romeos came together also to celebrate the centenary of the team’s victory at the inaugural Manufacturers’ World Championship, as well as the 50th anniversary of the marque’s victory at the 1975 World Sportscar Championship. The weekend welcomed a historic line-up of Grand Prix, sports, touring and prototype cars. Visitors had the chance to see the 158 ‘Alfetta’, Tipo 308C, TZ2 and Tipo 33 prototypes.
Goodwood Revival marked the 80th anniversary of VE Day with a heartfelt and joyful tribute, recreating the spirit of 1945, when crowds flooded the streets to celebrate the end of the Second World War. Military and commercial vehicles completed a lap of the track before the Pit Straight was transformed into a traditional British street party, offering a joyful and poignant reflection of the unity and relief felt across the nation eight decades ago.
Racing highlights
Following the 2024 Goodwood Revival – and 82nd Members’ Meeting earlier in the year – this year’s Revival continued the momentum with thirteen races powered by sustainable fuel; another significant step forward in securing the future of motorsport.
Featuring the fastest and most recognisable grand touring cars from Goodwood’s golden era, the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration returned as a firm favourite for this year’s event. The race brought together 30 closed-cockpit GTs, including AC Cobras, V12 Jaguar E-Types, TVR Griffiths, Porsche 904s and was contested by a star-studded lineup of drivers, including 1997 Formula 1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve, Indy 500 Champion Tony Kanaan, and Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button. Tom Ingram and Richard Kent went on to win the two-driver race, closely followed by Rob Huff and Andrew Bentley.
Welcoming 1950s production-based saloon cars, the St Mary’s Trophy presented by Motul delivered a thrilling two-part race, featuring a grid packed with Austin A40s, Alfa Romeo Giulietta T.I.s and Jaguar MK1s. IndyCar stars Dario Franchitti, Scott Dixon, Jimmie Johnson and Tony Kanaan all went wheel to wheel, with Gordon Shedden and Chris Ward ultimately claiming victory.
CARLIST THOUGHTS
Goodwood Revival is not just about cars and F1 stars celebrating heroes like Jim Clark who many fans consider the greatest ever F1 driver. It also features the greatest ever motorcycles. In the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy, with Glen English and Steve Plater taking the win on the 1962 Matchless G50. World SBK Champions Carlos Checa and Troy Bayliss lined up against Isle of Man TT winner and podium record holder Michael Dunlop for the Le Mans-style start. Elsewhere, the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy saw Andrew Jordan and Matthew Holme take the victory behind the wheel of a Shelby Cobra, while William Nuthall claimed the trophy for the Madgwick Cup.
