One of many highlights of the annual motorsport calendar is upon us, as the good and good of Formulation 1, sportscar racing, rallying and extra descends on West Sussex for a four-day celebration of the automobiles and stars that make racing particular.
As ever, the Goodwood Pageant of Pace shall be a spectacle to not be missed. Here is what to look out for at this yr’s occasion.
1. Horseless to hybrid; pioneers to the current
The Le Mans-winning BMW V12 LMR of 1999 will make a welcome return
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The pursuit of efficiency over 130 years of motorsport supplies an enormous canvas upon which the Duke of Richmond & Gordon’s staff has painted toothsome portraits throughout 5 epochs to the current. The contrasts in every window are staggering.
Pioneers of Propulsion options an 1893 Salvesen Steam Wagonette presaging such pacy delights as Darracq 200bhp and Fiat S76 ‘Beast of Turin’, Sunbeam 350bhp, Bugatti T35, Alfa Romeo P3 and Napier-Railton and Auto Unions. Don’t miss the wacky French Leyat Helica.
Development of Energy focuses on the Nineteen Fifties and Nineteen Sixties, spanning BRM V16, Maserati 250F, shark-nose Ferrari 156s, Honda RA272 (pushed by RB F1’s Yuki Tsunoda), Lotus-Cosworth 49 and whistling gasoline turbine Howmet TX sportscar and Lotus 56B, the latter with marque founder Colin Chapman’s son Clive and grandson Magnus up.
Evolution of Revolution showcases Lancia Stratos, Le Mans-winning Matra-Simca 670C, Porsche 936/77 and Alpine-Renault A442B, plus F1 Renault RS10 and Audi Quattro rally automobiles because the scorching turbo period superior. Innovation Unleashed stars McLaren F1 GTR, Audi R8C, BMW V12 LMR and Ferrari 333 SP Le Mans icons, whereas the Way forward for Pace showcases the 2022 hill-record-shattering McMurtry Speirling, producer specials and the driverless Indy Autonomous Problem.
2. Verstappen tops roster of sporting superstars
Reigning F1 world champion Verstappen shall be reunited with the RB16B through which he received his first title in 2021
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World champions have colored the Pageant’s historical past since 1993. However to have the reigning Formulation 1 title holder in attendance – on this case triple champion Max Verstappen – is unprecedented. Presently third within the all-time rankings with 61 GP victories, the 2024 factors chief will wow onlookers on Sunday in a 2021 Pink Bull Racing-Honda RB16B.
Superstars pepper the entry as ever. NASCAR legend Richard Petty, with 200 inventory automotive wins on his slate, left an enormous impression in 2004. At 87 ‘The King’ is again with son Kyle and the bewinged 1970 Plymouth Superbird.
Emerson Fittipaldi, 77, is the earliest F1 world champion in motion. Fifty years after he secured his second crown in three years, ‘Emmo’ is reunited together with his 1974 Brazilian and Belgian GP-winning McLaren M23-5. Fellow champs Damon Hill and Kimi Raikkonen line up too.
Double world endurance champion and six-time Le Mans winner Jacky Ickx, 79, represents the sportscar speciality, piloting a Porsche 936/77. Swedish rallymeister Stig Blomqvist, 77, commemorates the fortieth anniversary of his 1984 WRC victory in an Audi Quattro, and flying Finn Kalle Rovanpera, 23 – champion of 2022-23, recent from profitable Rally Poland from the subs’ bench – workouts a Toyota Yaris Gazoo Racing.
3. Pink Bull 20 reunites alumni for RB17 launch
Authentic Pink Bull drivers from 2005 Klien and Coulthard shall be available to mark the staff’s 20 years in F1
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That Pink Bull Racing has been in F1 for nearly 20 years – snaring seven drivers’ world championships, via Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen, and 6 constructors’ titles – is a rare report for the staff that debuted in 2005.
Virtually as telling is that the Austrian-founded vitality drink offshoot’s equipe is the ninth longest-serving in F1 historical past, having surpassed BRM, which spanned three a long time, and with Minardi’s and Ligier’s totals set to be swallowed subsequent season.
To rejoice its twentieth time period in F1, Oracle Pink Bull Racing has corralled 18 automobiles spanning the RB1 of 2005 to final yr’s RB19 for inspection within the Cathedral Paddock, showcasing Cosworth, Ferrari, Renault and Honda powerplants.
Seven are set to hit the hill, with Christian Klien (RB1), Mark Webber, Daniel Ricciardo, staff chief Christian Horner and David Coulthard in Vettel-era RB6-9 of 2010-13, and present team-mates Verstappen and Sergio Perez in RB16B and RB19 of 2021 and 2022 respectively.
On Friday the wraps will come off design guru Adrian Newey’s two-seat RB17 Hypercar. Powered by a hybrid engine creating greater than 1100bhp, a run of solely 50 of those technical excursions de power shall be made by Pink Bull Superior Applied sciences.
4. Wattie leads Niki Lauda tribute
Watson (left) raced alongside Lauda at Brabham and latterly at McLaren
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Technically gifted and versatile, three-time F1 world champion Niki Lauda’s profession is showcased in a vibrant tribute led by Brabham and McLaren team-mate John Watson. BRM’s modern P160 and P180 and the lumpen March 721X masked the Austrian’s potential initially, however stellar subsequent stints with Ferrari, Brabham and in the end McLaren bore bountiful fruit.
Wattie drives Niki’s 1978 Swedish GP-winning Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT46B ‘fan automotive’ for interval staff proprietor and F1 ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone. Sonorous Ford Cologne Capri RS3100 and BMW 3.0 CSL ‘Batmobile’ present contrasting V6 and straight-six soundtracks.
5. WRC legends assault forest stage
Present WRC aces together with Rovanpera and Neuville will sort out the forest rally stage
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Double world rally champion Kalle Rovanpera (2024 Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid) and five-time runner-up Thierry Neuville (2021 Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC) in the home will delight followers on the Forest Rally Stage originated by Hannu Mikkola. Neuville scored his twentieth WRC win in Monte Carlo this yr and can star within the up to date class. A sensational vary of equipment from Alpine A110 via Group B legends – Audi Quattro, Ford RS200 Evo, Lancia 037 and Delta S4, MG Metro 6R4, Peugeot 205 T16s and Porsche 911 – to Subarus, Mitsubishi, Ford Escort RS Cosworth and Focuses make it a must-see.
6. Sorcerers and apprentices showcase F1 groups
Bruno Senna will drive the McLaren-Honda MP4/4 through which his uncle Ayrton received his first world title in 1988
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Formulation 1 up the backyard path has lengthy been an FoS fan favorite, and the staff personnel get pleasure from placing on a present too, usually giving their improvement programme’s younger weapons a weekend to recollect.
Alongside Pink Bull, McLaren and Williams are strongly represented. Half a century on from his world championship with the Woking staff, Emerson Fittipaldi (M23-5) shall be joined by Bruno Senna in a magnificently svelte Honda-powered MP4/4, through which uncle Ayrton received the primary of his three titles in 1988.
Present Williams racers Alexander Albon and Logan Sargeant pattern Cosworth DFV-engined FW08-2, a sister to Keke Rosberg’s 1982 turbo hordes-vanquishing championship winners. Teenaged American F1 Academy racer Lia Block and staff principal James Vowles will share it.
Rising star Ollie Bearman, 19, who completed seventh in March’s Saudi Arabian GP for Ferrari as substitute for Carlos Sainz to change into the youngest Briton to attain F1 world championship factors, is to saddle the Prancing Horse’s 2017 SF70H with FoS veteran Marc Gene.
Alpine can be supporting the occasion with Australian protege Jack Doohan and Germany’s Sophia Florsch taking turns in a 2012 E20. Dane Frederik Vesti drives a 2021 Mercedes within the marque’s set.
7. Sunday shootout to crown king of the hill
Pastrana shall be out to thrill in his Subaru GL Wagon throughout Sunday’s timed shootout
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Pace hillclimbs historically climax with a run-off to find out which car-and-driver combo can ascend the course quickest towards the clock. As a made-for-TV spectacle, Goodwood’s FoS providing has morphed from a pure racing automotive contest to change into a showcase for know-how on the 1.1-mile course.
The writing was on the wall for Nick Heidfeld’s outright report of 41.60s, set in a McLaren-Mercedes MP4/13 in 1999, when Frenchman Romain Dumas piloted Volkwagen’s electrical I.D. R to 43.86s in 2018 and 42.32s in 2019. When Max Chilton unleashed a 39.08s in an electrical McMurtry Speirling prototype in 2023, spectators may barely imagine what that they had witnessed.
This yr’s combatants vary from Mark Walker’s 1905 Darracq 200HP Land Pace Report automotive to the F5000 Eagle-Chevrolet FA74 of Michael Lyons and Joe Twyman’s F1 March 741. BTCC chief Jake Hill (Nissan Skyline GT-R R32) and Le Mans winner Andy Wallace (Bugatti Bolide) will excel.
However look ahead to the 862bhp Subaru GL Household Wagon Huckster and WRX Airslayer of Travis Pastrana and Scott Pace, the Bridan twins’ sensational Porsche-based Oilstainlab Half11 and the Alpine A110 Pikes Peak to offer the spectacle.
8. Mercedes’ 130 years in racing
The rumbling Sauber-Mercedes C9 of Group C classic is normally a crowd-pleaser at Goodwood
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Because the daybreak of motor racing within the Eighteen Nineties to Lewis Hamilton’s British GP victory final weekend, Mercedes has been on the forefront of competitors. Its 130-year odyssey is widely known at Goodwood by a pageant bookended by a 1907 GP automotive to the present AMG GT3 racers.
Karl Wendlinger drives a 100-year-old Mercedes-Benz Targa Florio, and examples of the W25, W125, W196 and W196 streamliner hark again to the Silver Arrows. Kenneth Acheson pilots his personal 1989 Sauber C9 and Nic Minassian a Sauber C11 alongside David Clark’s C-Class DTM automotive and Frederik Vesti in a 2021 Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Efficiency.
9. Seventy-five years of grand prix motorcycling
Followers of two-wheeled motorsport shall be handled to the sight of previous legends together with two-time MotoGP champion Stoner in motion
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Motorbike racing has been a part of the FoS since its debut in 1993. When Valentino Rossi embraced the 2015 occasion, the Italian megastar’s following was of just about papal magnitude.
The late seven-time world GP champion John Surtees (1934-2017) was an inspirational godfather to the two-wheeled aces who attended Goodwood occasions, and so they proceed to entertain appreciative sell-out audiences because the occasion celebrates a landmark anniversary.
The inimitable 15-time champion Giacomo Agostini, who at 82 turns again the years each time he straddles an MV Agusta, heads this yr’s crop. The Italian is joined by Individuals Randy Mamola, Kenny Roberts (Senior and Junior) and ‘Quick Freddie’ Spencer, Australians Mick Doohan and Casey Stoner, and Belgium’s Didier de Radigues.
Dwelling-grown heroes Davey Todd (recent from his maiden Isle of Man TT victory), Michael Dunlop and Peter Hickman (who each added to their gold tallies final month), John McGuinness, Jeremy McWilliams, Mick Grant and Steve Parrish assure fireworks. Watch too for sidecar world champions Todd Ellis/Emmanuelle Clement, who received legions of followers in profitable April’s superior Goodwood Members’ Assembly shootout.
10. Joest and Shadow household reunions
Joest’s outstanding historical past at Le Mans shall be among the many quite a few celebrations
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Reinhold Joest’s staff’s fabulous Le Mans historical past is traced from the 935J of 1980 via Group C 956 and 962 to WSC-95, then to Audis, bisected by a Bentley Pace 8. Le Mans winners Stefan Johansson, Dindo Capello, Emanuele Pirro, Benoit Treluyer and David Brabham are among the many celebrants.
Constructing on the excellent gathering of Don Nichols’s Shadow Can-Am automobiles corralled by super-collector Jim Bartel and Period Motorsport’s Kyle Tilley at April’s Members’ Assembly, the monsters are again, joined by F1 stablemates. Hans-Joachim Caught reunites with a 1978 DN9 in a set spanning Tony Southgate’s DN1 stunner to a DN11.
After inflicting a stir on the Members’ Assembly, Shadows shall be out in power once more on the FOS
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