It’s soon time for the jewel in the British Historic motoring scene’s crown – the Goodwood Revival 2025. It’s an extravaganza that has become much, much more than simply an Historic motor-racing event – it’s a window into the entire 1940s-1960s post-war culture. It all kicks off between September 12-14.
The Goodwood Revival is all about immersion, with dressing up in the style of the era actively encouraged. We’re expecting some fascinating outfits this year – previous events have celebrated the Wild West, the 1966 World Cup and the Festival of Britain among other themes, and there was even an alien invasion in 2022 as a tribute to the Roswell Incident of 1947. For 2025, the Goodwood Motor Circuit’s Turning Circle entrance embraces Flower Power, capturing the spirit of San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury – the birthplace of the Hippie movement and the 1967 Summer of Love.
The Over The Road section of the Revival is a feast of food, fashion, stalls, a funfair and even an outdoor cinema. There’s plenty to see and do even before you even get to the circuit itself. That’s also where you’ll find the Magneto stand – come to stand 76, where you’ll find special offers and discounts, can meet the team and see much more.
However, there’s so much to see and do at the Revival, it can be a little daunting. Here’s our guide to the Goodwood Revival 2025 to help you navigate the world’s greatest Historic motor sport event…
Forza Alfa
This year’s Goodwood Revival will showcase Alfa Romeo’s rich racing heritage with a line-up of machines marking 100 years since the marque’s triumph in the first Manufacturers’ World Championship. Across the weekend crowds will see Grand Prix cars, sports racers, touring icons and prototypes that made their name at legendary events such as Le Mans, the Mille Miglia and the Targa Florio.
Highlights include the 158 Alfetta that won the first Formula 1 Championship, the Tipo 308C, the TZ2 and the dramatic Tipo 33 prototypes. Together they chart five decades of engineering innovation from 1925 to 1975, and will also celebrate 50 years since Alfa Romeo’s World Sportscar Championship victory in 1975. Alongside the cars, the Revival will honour the great drivers who made history with the marque, from Antonio Ascari to Juan Manuel Fangio, Giuseppe Farina and the pre-war hero Tazio Nuvolari.
Remembering Jim Clark
The Goodwood Revival 2025 will honour Jim Clark, widely regarded as the greatest racing driver in history, on the 60th anniversary of his second Formula 1 World Championship. In 1965 Clark claimed six Grand Prix victories on his way to the title, but that same year he also became the first driver to win the Indianapolis 500 in a rear-engined car and the first to do so at an average speed above 150mph. He remains the only man to win the Formula 1 World Championship and the Indy 500 in the same season.
Clark’s achievements went even further – he took the Tasman Cup in Australia and New Zealand, secured the French and British Formula 2 crowns, and triumphed in touring cars and sports prototypes alike. He also won the final Formula 1 race at Goodwood on Easter Monday 1965. The Revival celebration will include cars linked to Clark in what will be an unmissable element of the weekend.
See star drivers
Indy 500 winner and Arrow McLaren team principal Tony Kanaan (bottom left) will take to the track at Goodwood Revival 2025. Kanaan raced in IndyCar for more than 20 years, winning the 2004 series title and the 2013 Indianapolis 500. Since February 2025 he has led Arrow McLaren as team principal, having earlier served as special advisor and deputy team principal. At Goodwood he will compete in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration at the wheel of a 1961 Jaguar E-type ‘semi-lightweight’, a car once raced here by Bruce McLaren. The race brings together the fastest and most iconic grand-touring cars from Goodwood’s golden era, when the circuit hosted the RAC TT between 1960 and 1964. Kanaan will also line up in the St Mary’s Trophy (two 25-minute races for production-based saloon cars of a type that raced between 1950-1959), going wheel-to-wheel with fellow IndyCar names Dario Franchitti (bottom right), Scott Dixon and Jimmie Johnson.
Jenson Button (top left) returns to Goodwood for the RAC TT Celebration. Jenson will be on the grid for the first time since 2022 driving his 1962 Jaguar E-type, the final example prepared by John Coombs and Protheroe. The car was campaigned by BRDC life member Ed Nelson during the 1965 and 1966 seasons at the Nürburgring and Mugello. Known as CUT 8, it returned to competition in the early 2000s and was last seen in the Revival’s TT in 2013 under different ownership. Joining him in the RAC TT race will be Formula 1 World Championship and the Indy 500 winner Jacques Villeneuve (top right), who’ll be behind the wheel of the Hairy Canary – a 1963 AC Cobra.
The Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy (two 25-minute, two-rider races for 500cc Grand Prix motorcycles of a type that raced between 1948 and 1966) will feature winners and champions from the World Superbike Championship and the Isle of Man TT. WorldSBK Champion Carlos Checa returns after making his Revival debut in 2024, joined by Eugene Laverty and Troy Bayliss. They will line up alongside riders with a combined 70 Isle of Man TT podiums, including Conor Cummins, James Hillier, John McGuinness, Josh Brookes, Lee Johnston and Steve Plater. Current female Isle of Man TT lap record holder Jenny Tinmouth and former record holder Maria Costello MBE will also take to the track.
Touring Car racing will be represented at the Goodwood Revival 2025 by British Touring Car Champions Gordon Shedden, Jake Hill, Matt Neal and Tom Ingram, who together account for 197 BTCC race wins. They will be joined by World Touring Car Champions Andy Priaulx and Rob Huff. Endurance racing will be celebrated with ten veterans of the Le Mans 24 Hours. Between them they have secured 33 victories. Among them are nine-time winner Tom Kristensen, five-time winners Derek Bell and Emanuele Pirro, and three-time winners André Lotterer, Darren Turner, Dindo Capello, Marcel Fässler and Romain Dumas. Also taking part are past winners David Brabham and Neel Jani.
Racing for everyone
Other races to check out at the Goodwood Revival 2025 includes the Freddie March Memorial Trophy, a 60-minute race for two drivers, inspired by the Goodwood Nine-Hour races held between 1952 and 1955. Named after the 9th Duke of Richmond, who introduced motor sport to Goodwood in 1948, it showcases the cars that helped establish the Motor Circuit on the international stage. The grid features iconic 1950s sports cars such as the Aston Martin DB3S, which won two of the three Nine-Hour races, and the Jaguar C-type, alongside more unusual entries such as the Allard J2X.
The Madgwick Cup is a 25-minute contest for sports-racing cars of under 3.0 litres that competed between 1960 and 1966. The line-up includes rear-engined Lotus 23Bs, Elva Mk7s and Brabham BT5s, while the the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy is a 45-minute two-driver race for closed-cockpit GT cars that competed before 1963. The grid features a stunning line-up of Ferrari 250 GTs, AC Cobras, Jaguar E-types and Aston Martin DB4GTs.
The Goodwood Trophy is a 20-minute race for the kind of Grand Prix and Voiturette cars that competed between 1930 and 1951. It brings together 1.5-litre supercharged machines and naturally aspirated 4.5-litre rivals in a dramatic clash of eras, and as such the grid includes 1930s Maseratis and ERAs, later models such as the Maserati 4CLT and Talbot-Lago T26C, and the formidable V16 BRM. Meanwhile, the Fordwater Trophy returns for 2025 with a new format – a 25-minute race for production sports and GT cars that competed between 1964 and 1966. Expect to see Lotus Elan 26Rs, Shelby Mustang GT350s and Alfa Romeo TZ1s.
The Chichester Cup is a 20-minute race for front-engined Formula Junior cars. It highlights a more modest but equally important side of motor-racing history. Many legendary drivers, including Jim Clark and John Surtees, made their single-seater debuts in cars of this type. In 2025 the race will showcase some of the earliest front-engined Formula Juniors from the late 1950s, just before the sport embraced the rear-engined revolution.
The Richmond and Gordon Trophies is a 25-minute race for 2.5-litre Grand Prix cars built between 1952 and 1960. It marks a turning point in motor racing as the heavy front-engined machines, such as the Maserati 250F and Ferrari 246, gave way to the lighter and more agile rear-engined Coopers, BRMs and Lotuses. This short era captured the rapid shift from pre-war traditions to modern engineering, and set the stage for the future of Formula 1.
The Glover Trophy is a 25-minute race for 1.5-litre Grand Prix cars built between 1961 and 1965. First awarded at Goodwood in the 1950s, it quickly became one of the circuit’s most prestigious prizes, with winners including Roy Salvadori, Stirling Moss, Mike Hawthorn, Innes Ireland, John Surtees and Graham Hill. For 2025 the grid will bring together Formula 1 machinery of the era from Lotus, BRM, Cooper and Ferrari.
Expand the collection
Bonhams is hosting a star-studded auction at Goodwood Revival 2025, with the 1967 Lotus Elan S3 S/E Coupé first delivered to Jim Clark (top right), one of two Aston Martin DB4 Zagato Sanction IIIs built (bottom right), a Koenig-tuned Ferrari 512 BB (bottom left) and an Allemano-bodied 1956 Maserati A6G/54 2000GT coupé just some of the highlights. You can find out more in our dedicated preview, which can be found here.
State-of-the-Art BMWs and electrifying Minis
BMW and Mini are getting into the swing of the Goodwood Revival 2025 with a big installation celebrating 50 years of the Art Cars project as well as electrified Minis.
The Art Car on display begin with the 1976 BMW 3.0 CSL, known for its participation in the Le Mans 24 Hours, as reimagined by artist Frank Stella. As the second model in the BMW Art Car collection, Stella’s design was influenced by the technical nature of the vehicle itself. His work resulted in a striking pattern of black and white lines, with the car’s powerful 750bhp engine placed at the centre of the design. In 1977 pop artist Roy Lichtenstein created his version of the BMW 320i Turbo. He incorporated his distinctive ‘Ben-Day dots’ into the car’s design. The vehicle, which also competed at Le Mans, was driven by Hervé Poulain, the founder of the Art Car series, alongside Marcel Mignot.
In 1982 Austrian artist Ernst Fuchs designed the BMW 635 CSi, which became the fifth Art Car in the collection. Known as Fire Fox on a Hare Hunt, it was the first Art Car to be based on a production model, setting it apart from earlier works. David Hockney created the 14th car in the series in 1995, using the BMW 850 CSi as his canvas. His aim was to reveal the car’s internal workings and spirit through art. His detailed paintwork included the outline of a driver on the door and a stylised suction vent on the bonnet – subtle features that encourage closer inspection. The 17th BMW Art Car was completed in 2010 by American artist Jeff Koons, who worked on the M3 GT2. He used a vivid palette of bold, contrasting colours to bring a sense of motion and energy to the car. The design, which drew on Pop Art influences, was created to embody power and speed even when the car stood still.
The Mini brand will be represented with the nostalgic JCW Electrical stand, located within the Earls Court Motor Show. Styled as a 1960s-inspired electronics store, it will celebrate the brand’s rich racing heritage. Taking pride of place will be the iconic 1964 Monte Carlo Rally-winning Mini Cooper S, driven to victory by Paddy Hopkirk and co-driver Henry Liddon. The stand will feature an eclectic mix of vintage television sets playing race-winning footage and classic Mini adverts, while a wall-mounted telephone will allow visitors to pick up and hear audio from famous Mini triumphs. Guests can also take part in Time for a Tune Up, a retro radio challenge, and there’s a Monte Carlo-themed Scalextric track, too.
See the cars up close
Unlike some race events the Goodwood Revival paddocks aren’t closed off to visitors, allowing you to see priceless racing machines up close. It’s a buzzing environment and well worth taking a close look at just what makes these machines tick.
Type 2 celebrations
The Volkswagen Type 2 celebrates 75 years this year, and the Goodwood Revival 2025 is hosting a parade that will show the sheer diversity of this much-loved machine. You’ll get to see everything from ambulances and fire engines to transporters and ice-cream vans. Each morning, visitors can enjoy a colourful parade as ‘Splitties’ of every variety take to the track.
Immerse yourself in fashion
Now in its fifth year, the Revive & Thrive community returns to the Revival, championing new ways to rethink, repair and re-wear vintage fashion. At its heart sits the Revival Style Village beside the Revival High Street. This hub of style features a central catwalk, headline speakers, DJs and the ever-popular Best Dressed competition. This year the event welcomes back Dita Von Teese, whose passion for cars began in her 20s with a 1930s Chrysler New Yorker and has since seen her own and restore a 1940 La Salle convertible, a 1953 Cadillac Fleetwood and, most recently, a 1952 Woodill Wildfire.
The Revival Style Stage will be hosted by Dandy Wellington, who took part in the MET Gala as a contributor to the Costume Institute’s 2025 spring exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style alongside Lewis Hamilton and Pharrell Williams. Paula Sutton, Sunday Times bestselling author and curator of Hill House Vintage, also returns. Together they join a line-up of celebrity judges tasked with crowning the Best Dressed winners each day, with DJ sets from Art Jefferson and Ginger Fizz.
In addition, a new programme of classes and demonstrations will highlight creative ways to reduce, re-use, repair, restore and recycle, championing authentic circular consumption. Curated by The Repair Shop and Make it at Market star Dominic Chinea, there will be drop-in hands-on sessions covering embroidery, appliqué repairs, silverwork, block printing, kintsugi, monogramming, macramé, collage, bead rolling, textile upcycling and pyrography. Dominic’s programme features Goose Glitters, Nerrisa Pratt, fellow Repair Shop expert Brenton West, Hattie McGill (Wicked, Bridgerton), Isabella Strambio, Lydia Finney, and Great British Sewing Bee alumni Lauren Tedstone and Georgie Carter.
The creative hub will also showcase traditional upholstery with Make it at Market’s Fox & Furb, gilding with Dave Smith MBE and Eddy Bennett, and signwriting with Joby Carter. Meanwhile, in the historic Tyrrell Shed, the Heritage Skills Academy will provide the next generation of classic car specialists the chance to develop their craft in the very same space where Ken Tyrrell built his Formula 1 cars.
Enjoy a tipple
The Peninsula London Clubhouse is a new addition for Goodwood Revival 2025, located between the Aerodrome and circuit. Inspired by the hotel’s Brooklands Bar, the space will offer guests cocktails crafted with Mach II Gin in collaboration with Cambridge Distillery, alongside a curated display of historic memorabilia, vintage posters and trophies.
The Clubhouse will also showcase The Peninsula’s 1960 Austin Taxi and the legendary Napier Railton, while the hotel’s signature Peninsula Pages provide seamless service throughout the weekend.
A highlight will be The Peninsula Revival – a bespoke cocktail and mocktail inspired by the thrill of classic motor sport, served both at the Revival and at the Brooklands Bar in Belgravia (pictured bottom left). Guests can also enjoy a daily ‘Happy Hour’ at 3:00pm and take home a limited-edition Peninsula Clubhouse iron-on badge, available on a first-come basis.
Look to the skies
The Freddie March Spirit of Aviation is a Revival favourite, offering visitors a rare chance to get close to beautifully preserved aircraft from the golden age of aviation. This concours d’elegance celebrates pre-1966 machines that shaped aviation history, with British Hurricanes and Spitfires among the highlights.
Also joining the line-up are the Miles Magister and De Havilland Fox Moth, both vital in training RAF pilots, alongside two North American Mustang CA-18s and a Thunderbolt P-47D. A panel of judges, including Richard Hammond, pioneering RAF pilot Jo Salter and aviation experts Matthew Wilkins, Amelia Richardson and Alan Jones, will crown the coveted Best in Show on Sunday. Each morning begins with a dramatic fly-past, with early access available to GRRC Members and Fellows.
The Pre-66 Car Park
And finally, to one of the very best bits of the Goodwood Revival experience – and it’s free. The Pre-66 Car Park sees a hugely varied selection of classic cars lined up with VIP parking, with people coming from across Europe and beyond to park up near to the track. You can lose an entire day wandering around a selection of cars that range from exotic Italian exotica parked next to rat-look Americana, and niche British glassfibre gems with rugged trucks. You’ll find pre-war gems next to muscle cars, and everything in between…
Further details
For more information on the Goodwood Revival 2025, head here.
