2025 Goodwood Revival entry list

The Freddie March Memorial Trophy will be the first race of the weekend to get underway on Friday evening, and will host a splendid grid of sportscars from between 1952 and ‘55. It’s a race that pays homage to the Goodwood Nine Hour races of that period in which will see Jaguar C-Types compete against Cooper T39 ‘Bobtails’ and Aston Martin DB3Ss. 

Those heavyweights of the time will of course be joined on the grid by some lesser-known machinery, the likes of the Frazer Nash Mille Miglia, Allard J2s, a Connaught ALSR, the distinctive Jaguar XK140 ‘Gomm Special’ and the unmistakable Ford Thunderbird ‘Battlebird’.

The Revival’s oldest racing cars will star in the Goodwood Trophy, which celebrates pioneering years of Grand Prix racing and Formula 1. The Alfa Romeo P3 is bound to be an extraordinary sight among a field dominated by ERAs and Maseratis. Anoraks of 1930s motorsport will also be pleased to spot a Vanguard RA4, a Delage D6-3L and a Riley TT Sprite on the grid.

Motorcycle enthusiasts can skip straight to page four of the entry list to soak in the list of bikes and riders for this year’s Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy. The line-up is stronger than ever in 2025, with several household names preparing to tackle the Motor Circuit. Isle of Man TT legend Michael Dunlop will be joined by John McGuinness, Steve Plater, James Hillier, Lee Johnston, and last year’s wet-weather hero Davey Todd. This year’s race is run for 1960s motorcycles, with a field made up primarily of Matchless G50s and Norton Manx 30Ms. One bike to watch will be the Norton Manx of Emanuele Pirro and Michael Russell, as the pair embark on an unprecedented attempt to win on both two and four wheels at the Revival.

Early 1960s sportscars will feature in this year’s Madgwick Cup, with sub-3.0-litre racers from 1960-66 set to battle it out for victory on Saturday. Lotus 23Bs will make up the majority of the grid, but they’ll be joined by BMW-powered Elvas and a number of interesting cars from brands like Piper, Pandora, Crossle, Aurora and Bobsy.

Meanwhile, you simply have to make time to watch this year’s St. Mary’s Trophy presented by Motul, because the driver line-up for Part 1 is arguably the best ever. Every single VIP driver set to feature is an A-lister, and they’ll be battling at the wheel of a wonderful array of 1950s saloon cars. Jaguar Mk1s will duel Austin A35s and Alfa Romeo Giulietta Tis. Keep an eye out for two Ford Zodiacs, which will be driven by former IndyCar rivals Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan, while the inclusion of two Austin Minis will be a first for a 1950s era St. Mary’s Trophy.

The Fordwater Trophy is for production sportscars from 1964-’66, a Ferrari 275 GTB/C will take pride of place on a grid that also includes two Abarth Simca 2000 Corsas, a fleet of Lotus Elan 26Rs and several Ford Mustang GT350s in what is bound to be a hard fought and incredibly competitive race.

Talking of competition, there are few races in the world run with as much intensity as the Whitsun Trophy. The Revival’s annual race for 1960s sports-racing prototypes will once again serve up plenty of spice, with closed cockpit Ford GT40s fighting for supremacy against Lola T70s, McLaren M1As and a host of lesser-known machinery from Atilla, Huffaker and Crossle.

The 1960s action continues with the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy, as pre-1963 GT cars emerge to hypnotise onlookers with their unrivalled beauty. It’s set to be another star-studded affair, with the likes of Tom Kristensen joined on track by Jimmie Johnson, Scott Dixon and more. Jaguar E-types make up the majority of the field, but they’ll be joined by a stunning group of Ferrari 250 GT SWBs, Austin Healey 3000s, a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL ‘Gullwing’ and the AC Cobra Dragonsnake. The Pirro-Russell pairing will return for their four-wheeled attempt here, driving the #6 Austin Healey 3000 Mk1.

Fans of open wheel racing will be intrigued by the front-engined Formula Junior cars of the Chichester Cup. There are almost as many marques represented here as there are cars on the grid, but names like Emeryson, Gemini, Stanguellini, Foglietty, Condor and Rayberg are all accounted for.

Much more recognisable names like Lotus, Lister, Jaguar and Cooper make up the majority of the line-up for the 2025 Sussex Trophy, where sportscars from the late 1950s do battle in another of Goodwood’s more visually stunning races of the weekend. The Lotus 15s are so often the cars to beat in this annual event, but the ‘long nose’ Jaguar D-Types are always in with a shout, as are the Lister ‘Knobblys’, Tojeiros and Cooper T49 ‘Monacos’.

The Revival’s blue riband event again promises to be one of the greatest ever in 2025, the RAC TT Celebration has never featured quite such a remarkable line-up of drivers. Among the headline names is 1997 F1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve, who will make his Revival racing debut at the wheel of the ‘Hairy Canary’ AC Cobra. If he wants to win, though, he’ll have to see off the charges of Tom Kristensen in last year’s TT Celebration-winning TVR Griffith 400, Dario Franchitti in a Cobra, Scott Dixon in a Jaguar E-type, Jenson Button in his own ‘Cut 8’ E-type, and Jake Hill in the distinctive Buick-engined Tojeiro TT Coupé.

Following that, there’s always something special about the Revival’s Glover Trophy, when memories of Goodwood’s historic F1 races are brought to the fore. In those days, it was the Lotus cars that were so often victorious, and Lotus 18s, 21s, 24s and 25s will all line up on the grid on Sunday afternoon, alongside Coopers, BRMs, Brabhams and more for what is bound to be another unmissable moment of historic racing.

Which leaves the Richmond & Gordon Trophies, another unmissable race that revisits one of motorsport’s most fascinating eras. Cooper tore up the status quo in the late 1950s when it introduced the mid-engined concept to F1, and inspired a revolution that eventually saw Lotus become the sport’s dominant force. This race provides us with a window into that era, with Cooper’s rear-engined T43s, T45s and T51s going up against Lotus 18s, a BRM P48, front-engined Maserati 250Fs, a Ferrari 246 Dino F1 and Lotus 16s.

We’ve barely scratched the surface of everything you can expect to see in action at the 2025 Goodwood Revival, there is of course plenty more to look forward to during the event’s many celebrations and moments that will punctuate the relentless schedule of historic motorsport.

The 2025 Goodwood Revival takes place on 12^th-14^th September. Click here to view the full entry list.

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Photography by Michal Pospisil, Toby Whales, Steven Stringere, Pete Summers, Joe Harding, James Lynch and Jayson Fong.