McLaren to bring 5 Championship-winning cars to the Festival of Speed

Joining Williams and Haas on the list of teams heading to the Festival of Speed for Goodwood’s massive F1 75 celebrations, McLaren adds to the quickly growing collection of World Championship-winning cars we can expect to see in action.

Four-time World Champion Alain Prost will climb back into the cockpit of the McLaren MP4/4 that was so dominant back in 1988. The car, which is now part of the Audrain Collection, won seven races that season during what was one of the most incredible performances by a single team in motorsport history.

Prost will be in action on both Saturday and Sunday on the Hill, alongside the MP4/2B that he drove to his first title 40 years ago. That car, which won six races in 1985 as Prost drove to a further six podiums to claim the World Championship, will be driven up the Hill by Bruno Senna and 2018 European Le Mans Series Champion Rob Garofall.

McLaren will also be commemorating its first F1 success in 1974, when Emerson Fittipaldi led the team to both Championships with the M23, with the creation and running of a brand new M23 chassis which has been built by a team of apprentices using authentic manufacturing techniques from that period. Senna will be taking on driving duties of this car, too, alongside McLaren F1’s Chief Operating Officer Piers Thynne.

And, with the team preparing to embark on a new project in the World Endurance Championship and a fresh attempt for glory at the Le Mans 24 Hours, McLaren will also be celebrating the 30^th anniversary of its victory at the Circuit de la Sarthe in 1995. JJ Lehto will be jumping back into the very same McLaren F1 GTR that he drove to victory all those years ago for what’s sure to be a remarkable moment for him and those of us watching from the sidelines.

All of these legendary cars will be in action on the Hill across all four days of the Festival of Speed, but there will also be plenty more to see from McLaren in the Formula 1 Paddock, where the team’s two most recent Championship-winning cars will be on static display. The car with which McLaren won its first Constructors’ Championship since 1998, the 2024 MCL38 will be showcased alongside the MP4-23, the car that Lewis Hamilton drove to the Drivers’ Championship in 2008.

The 2025 Festival of Speed takes place on 10^th-13^th July. Friday and Saturday tickets are now sold out, but Thursday and limited Sunday tickets are still available.

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