Rain or shine
Roy Salvadori's quote 'Give me Goodwood on a summer's day and you can keep the rest' is often repeated but at this year's Goodwood Revival Meeting showed is not entirely correct: the weather at the Goodwood Motor Circuit really is inconsequential. It was already very wet in the build-up to the 2025 event and during the three days of on-circuit action the track was never entirely dry. This, however, did not dampen the spirits. The sell-out meeting featured many of the familiar grids like the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy, Whitsun Trophy and the Stirling Moss Trophy. The popular two-race St. Mary's Trophy held this year for the earlier touring cars. In addition to the racing, there were also a variety of demonstrations including a Volkswagen Bus parade to start the day off, a tribute to Jim Clark and a celebration of Alfa Romeo's rich competition history marking 100 year of winning the World Manufacturers' Championship and 75 years of clinching the first Formula 1 World Championship.
Our photographers braved the conditions and captured the 2025 Goodwood Revival in its entirety. The result of their combined efforts is this class-by-class 210-shot gallery.

Racing into the night
Fridays at the Goodwood Revival are traditionally reserved for qualifying with a one-hour, two-driver race as the grand finale. This year's evening race was the Freddie March Memorial Trophy for early 1950s sports racers in the spirit of the Nine Hour races held at Goodwood between 1952 and 1955. Driving duties in the prestigious race are usually shared by the owner and a celebrity driver. In the case of the pole-sitting Jaguar C-Type owner Jenson Button was very much the celebrity. The 2009 World Champion shared the ex-Juan Manuel Fangio machine with his long-time friend and fellow professional racer Alex Buncombe. They had an edge of over one second in qualifying and went on to score a dominant victory over Sam Hancock and Theo Hunt in an HWM Jaguar and the Austin Healey 100S of Jake Hill and Jack Rawles.
On Saturday, the on-track action was concluded by the two-driver, 45-minute Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy for early 1960s GT cars. It was named after the legendary British driver, who famously scored back-to-back wins with a Ferrari 250 GT SWB in the Tourist Trophy at Goodwood in 1960 and 1961. In addition to the Ferraris, the field also included a colourful mix of Cobras and E-Types. Starting from pole position, Andrew Jordan and Matthew Holme scored what nevertheless was a surprise win as late retirements for leading E-Types saw the Cobra inherit the lead on the last lap. Another Cobra, shared by Gregor Fisken and Dario Franchitti was second, ahead of the Ferrari 250 GT SWB of Yelmer Buurman and Alexander van der Lof. Chuffed with his podium result, van der Lof opted to drive his V12-engined Ferrari back to the Netherlands over the road.

Tributes and celebrations
Revered by his contemporaries, Jim Clark was very much the benchmark driver when his career was sadly cut short by his fatal accident in April of 1968. The Scottish racer was most successful in 1965 when he won the Formula 1 World Championship, the Indy 500 and the Tasman Series. The 60th anniversary of this fabulous year in Clark's career was celebrated at the 2025 Goodwood Revival with a parade of many of the great and very divers cars he raced so successfully. An absolute highlight was a special moment on the grid on Saturday, which included a herd of sheep to mark Clark's humble beginnings as a shepherd.
75 years ago this year, Giuseppe Farina and Alfa Romeo won the inaugural Formula 1 World Championship. This was by no means the start of Grand Prix racing and Alfa Romeo had already been successful in 1925 when it won the World Manufacturers' Championship with the P2. These two anniversaries were a great reason to celebrate the rich competition history of the great Italian manufacturer. For daily parades, the Goodwood staff had assembled a formidable line-up of Alfa Romeos that included a choice of 8C 2300s, Giulia Sprint GTAs and a selection of TZs and a TZ2. It was also great to see Derek Bell behind the wheel of a Tipo 33 after helping Alfa Romeo win the World Sportscar Championship 50 years ago.

Tourist Trophy celebration
Arguably the blue ribband event of the annual Goodwood Revival Meeting is the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy Celebration. The two-driver, one-hour race celebrates the Tourist Trophy races held at Goodwood in 1963 and 1964. The 29-strong grid featured a choice of Cobras and E-Types and also rarer machinery like both mid-engined Tojeiros, a TVR Griffith, two Bizzarrinis, Corvettes and a Porsche 906 Carrera 6.
The TT Celebration was the only race that featured qualifying sessions both on Friday and Saturday. The grid was already set on Friday as the track was very wet on Saturday. Pole position was for the Shelby Cobra shared by Darren Turner and Olly Bryant. Rob Huff and Andrew Bentley also lined up on the front row with a Semi-Lightweight Jaguar E-Type as did the the TVR Griffith 400 of Tom Kristensen and Mike Whitaker.
Bryant had a great start on a dry track but four laps in, the race was interrupted after Afschin Fatemi badly crashed his Tojeiro. The driver was fortunately unhurt but the barriers required repairing. By the time the race was re-started, it had started raining, which turned the tables in favour of the Jaguar E-Types. In the end, it was BTCC ace and 2024 TT winner Tom Ingram, who shared the famous Cut 7 E-Type with owner Richard Kent that clinched the coveted victory. Huff and Bentley were second in their E-Type, ahead of the unique Lister Costin Coupe, piloted with great verve by owner Fred Wakeman and former World Touring Car Champion Andy Priaulx.

Further highlights
Saturday started with the Goodwood Trophy under clear blue skies but on a very wet track. This allowed Andy Willis to excel in the relatively heavy Maserati 8CTF and claim a well deserved victory. The ex-Lucy O'Reilly Schell straight-eight racer had been brought over especially for this race by the Revs Institute in Naples, Florida. Willis' great race that the cars from the collection are far more than just museum exhibits.
In the Fordwater Trophy for 1964 - 1966 Sports and GT Cars, Andrew Smith scored a poignant victory with the Historika Porsche 904 Carrera GTS. It was the last race that Historika founder Kevin Morfett watched before sadly passing away from illness the following week.
At the end of the weekend, Goodwood veteran Chris Ward was awarded the Rolex Driver of the Weekend for his "passion for motor racing and competing on the track." He had raced a variety of cars with great verve and won the Sussex Trophy outright with the 1955 Le Mans winning Jaguar D-Type. He also came achingly close to grabbing the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy until his E-Type ran out of fuel on the penultimate lap. He ended Sunday's action with a second place with a Jaguar Mark I in the very wet St. Mary's Trophy Part 2.

Final thoughts
Rain or shine, the Goodwood Revival Meeting does not disappoint. The 27th edition was another great example of this, although the very last races on Sunday were run under such dreadful conditions that racing was made very difficult. We nevertheless greatly enjoyed ourselves, which is reflected in our all encompassing 210-shot gallery.