2025 Sussex Trophy preview | Goodwood Revival

What is the Sussex Trophy?

Roy Salvadori was the winner of the first Sussex Trophy held in September 1956. On that day it was a race for sports and racing cars up to 1.5 litres, and he took the chequered flag aboard a Cooper T41.

For subsequent years the race took on a number of different forms, variously as a race for sportscars up to 1.1 litres and, for the final few years up to 1966, as a multi-class GT race featuring the likes of the AC Cobra and Ferrari 250 GTO.

In the Revival era, the Sussex Trophy has run for all but one year. In its current format, being for World Championship sportscars of a type that raced between 1955-’60, it most closely resembles the 1958 running of the race, won by Stirling Moss aboard an Aston Martin DBR2. 

Lister Knobblys, Jaguar D-Types and Lola Mk1s promise an exquisite line up, while the Lotus 15s have found success at the Motor Circuit for the past two years.

When is the Sussex Trophy?

This stunning cohort of cars gets its first run out on Friday evening, with Official Practice taking place at 17:20. The fastest times from that session will determine the order for the starting grid for Sunday’s Sussex Trophy. Commencing at 10:30, this 25-minute race offers a mesmerising display to be enjoyed on the final morning of the 2025 Revival. 

Previous winners of the Sussex Trophy 

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Photography by Pete Summers and Jordan Butters.