The racing action is underway at the 2025 Goodwood Revival, and the first winners of the weekend have already been crowned on Friday evening. With tricky conditions set to dominate proceedings over the next two days, the form books from Friday’s Official Practice sessions can be thrown completely out of the window. We’re in for a dramatic and unpredictable Saturday of historic racing.
The Freddie March Memorial Trophy returned to its traditional place as the opening act of the Revival’s race schedule and Saturday morning will see the programme continue in earnest. The Goodwood Trophy begins at 09:35, and from there we’ll be treated to a barrage of historic motorsport. You can keep up to date with all the results as they happen right here on GRR.
Changeable conditions on Friday evening made for a dramatic finish in the Freddie March Memorial Trophy, but fortunately for eventual race winners Jenson Button and Alex Buncombe they’d made hay while the sun shone to extend a huge lead over the rest of the field that Buncombe was able to maintain as the rain began to fall. The #38 C-Type ended up winning by more than a minute ahead of the pairings of Sam Hancock and Theo Hunt and Jake Hill and Jack Rawles.
Position |
Drivers |
Car |
1 |
Jenson Button / Alex Buncombe |
1952 Jaguar C-Type |
2 |
Sam Hancock / Theo Hunt |
1953 HWM-Jaguar |
3 |
Jake Hill / Jack Rawles |
1955 Austin-Healey 100S |
4 |
Nigel Webb / Chris Ward |
1952 Jaguar C-Type |
5 |
Romain Dumas / Bill Shepherd |
1957 Ford Thunderbird ‘Battlebird’ |
Goodwood’s origin story begins with the Goodwood Trophy, and it remains a crowd favourite of the Revival weekend as a field of pre-war Grand Prix and Voiturette cars take to the Motor Circuit. This year’s race was struck by a downpour of rain that left an awful lot of standing water for this field of extremely brave and talented drivers to navigate, and there was no-one better out there than Mark Gillies, who was imperious in his ERA A-Type. He led home the punchy Patrick Blakeney-Edwards, who fought through to second from sixth on the grid, by a little under two seconds, while Andy Willis in the Maserati 8CTF completed the podium.
Position |
Drivers |
Car |
1 |
Mark Gillies |
ERA A-Type R3A |
2 |
Patrick Blakeney-Edwards |
Frazer Nash ‘Fane’ Monoposto |
3 |
Andy Willis |
Maserati 8CTF |
4 |
Michael Gans |
ERA B-Type R1B |
5 |
Ian Baxter |
Alta 61 IS |
It was similarly damp for the first part of this year’s Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy, the Revival’s annual motorcycle race. This year it features a field made up mainly of bikes from the 1960s, a mix of Norton Manx and Matchless G50 machines interspersed with BMWs, a Triumph Daytona and a Hansen Honda CR450. On a rain-soaked Motor Circuit it was a real challenge for all riders, but it was Billy McConnell who made a lightning start as he took the lead on the opening lap from seventh on the grid. From there he never really looked back, and handed over to his team-mate Tony Perkin to take the chequered flag.
Position |
Riders |
Bike |
1 |
Perkin / McConnell |
Norton Manx |
2 |
English / Plater |
Matchless G50 |
3 |
Russell / Pirro |
Norton Manx |
4 |
Hornby / Dunlop |
Norton Manx |
5 |
Parker / Johnston |
Norton Manx 30M |
The sub-3.0-litre sportscars of the early-mid 1960s were a joy to watch on Saturday, injecting some much-needed colour to proceedings after a grey start to the day. The track surface remained wet as the race got underway with these wonderfully nimble cars slithering and sliding their way around the Motor Circuit. William Nuthall was ever present at the front of the field and saw off the pressure of both Olly Birkett and Max Bartell to eventually claim victory with the help of a fortuitously timed red flag.
Position |
Drivers |
Car |
1 |
William Nuthall |
Elva-BMW Mk7 S |
2 |
Max Bartell |
Elva-BMW Mk7 S |
3 |
Wolfgang Henseler |
Lotus-Ford 23C |
4 |
Andrew Hibberd |
Lotus-Ford 23 |
5 |
Benn Tilley |
Lotus-Ford 23B |
This year’s St. Mary’s Trophy featured more A-list motorsport stars than ever, and the action on track during Saturday’s VIP heat duly delivered a barnstorming contest between drivers who are still as competitive as ever. Tom Kristensen was the headline performer at the wheel of the enormous Ford Thunderbird, as he emerged victorious from a thrilling race-long battle with Steve Soper in the similarly huge Ford Fairlane. The two were in a class of their own at the front, while Andrew Jordan came home best of the Austin A40s as he just barely saw off the challenge of Tom Ingram to complete the podium.
Position |
Drivers |
Car |
1 |
Tom Kristensen |
Ford Thunderbird |
2 |
Steve Soper |
Ford Fairlane |
3 |
Andrew Jordan |
Austin A40 |
4 |
Tom Ingram |
Austin A40 |
5 |
Jake Hill |
Austin A40 |
In terms of pure entertainment value, the Fordwater Trophy for production sports and GT cars from the mid-1960s delivered in spades. Andrew Smith kept his cool despite a chasing horde of energetic Lotus Elan 26Rs to claim a brilliant if uneventful victory, but it was the battle behind that kept us all on the edge of our seats from start to finish. Michael O’Brien took second place, leading home a close gaggle of three Elans which saw Maxwell Lynn take third.
Position |
Drivers |
Car |
1 |
Andrew Smith |
Porsche 904 Carrera GTS |
2 |
Michael O’Brien |
Lotus Elan 26R Shapecraft |
3 |
Maxwell Lynn |
Lotus Elan 26R |
4 |
Martin Stretton |
Lotus Elan 26R |
5 |
Roger Wills |
Lotus Elan 26R Shapecraft |
If bareboned savagery is more up your street, then the Whitsun Trophy is the race for you. By Saturday afternoon the rain had made way for bright sunshine, and these sports-racing prototypes of the 1960s unleashed thousands of horsepower as the flag dropped. Much of the race was dominated by the enthralling battle for the lead between the Lola T70 Spyders of Nick Padmore and Alex Brundle. The pair were nose-to-tail for the best part of 16 laps until Padmore suffered a mechanical fault and was forced to retire. That left Brundle in the clear to claim his first ever victory at the Revival at thunderous speed, finishing at an average of 104.41mph.
Position |
Drivers |
Car |
1 |
Alex Brundle |
Lola-Chevrolet T70 Spyder |
2 |
Miles Griffiths |
McLaren-Chevrolet M1A |
3 |
Oliver Bryant |
Lola-Chevrolet T70 Spyder |
4 |
Phil Keen |
Porsche 910 |
5 |
John Spiers |
McLaren-Chevrolet M1B |
It was a chaotic start to the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy. An early red flag brought the race to a halt, and we lost the #12 Austin Healey on the subsequent green flag lap to an engine fire, but when the race finally did get underway it was Richard Kent leading James Cottingham in an E-type one-two. Cars would eventually drop out of the race, however, which opened the door for the resurgent AC Cobra of Matthew Holme and Andrew Jordan to claim the victory by a huge margin over Dario Franchitti and Gregor Fisken in second place.
Position |
Drivers |
Car |
1 |
Andrew Jordan / Matthew Holme |
Shelby Cobra |
2 |
Dario Franchitti / Gregor Fisken |
Shelby Cobra 260 |
3 |
Yelmer Buurman / Alenander Van Der Lof |
Ferrari 250 GT SWB/C |
4 |
Nigel Greensall / John Spiers |
Shelby Cobra 260 |
5 |
Scott Dixon / Nick Maton |
Jaguar E-type |
Photography by Drew Gibson.
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