The 2025 Goodwood Revival is set to bring together one of the most impressive line-ups of racing drivers and riders in the event’s history. It’s a list of motorsport legends that comprises World Champions in Formula 1, IndyCar, sportscars, touring cars, World Superbikes, the Isle of Man TT and NASCAR.
F1 drivers coming to the Revival
F1 will of course be strongly represented at the 2025 Revival. The 2009 World Champion Jenson Button will be in action in the RAC TT Celebration at the wheel of his newly acquired CUT 8 Jaguar E-type.
He’ll be joined by Karun Chandhok, Festival of Speed Time Shoot-Out record holder Max Chilton, current Formula E star Jean-Eric Vergne and ÉrikComas. Legendary F1 designer Adrian Newey will also be returning to the Revival.
Nine Le Mans winners in action
In all, the Revival entry list will feature 33 Le Mans 24 Hours wins courtesy of many of the most successful sportscar drivers of all time.
Tom Kristensen (9) leads a cohort of Le Mans winners that will also see Derek Bell (5), Emanuele Pirro (5), Dindo Capello (3), Marcel Fassler (3), Romain Dumas (3), Andre Lotterer (3), David Brabham (1) and Neel Jani (1) in action on the Motor Circuit.
The likes of Darren Turner, a three-time GT class winner for Aston Martin, 2016 European Le Mans Series Champion Alex Brundle, and three-time winner of the Nürburgring 24 Hours, Frank Stippler, will also be representing sportscars at the 2025 Goodwood Revival.
Motorcycle heroes at Revival
The Revival will also see a combined 94 World Superbike wins represented on the Motor Circuit. Three-time WSBK Champion Troy Bayliss will be joined by 2011 Champion Carlos Checa, Leon Haslam, Sylvain Barrier, Eugene Laverty and Tommy Bridewell.
IndyCar and NASCAR legends racing at Goodwood
The world of American motorsport will also be represented in spectacular fashion. Two of the greatest IndyCar drivers of the 21st century will be in attendance.
Current title contender and six-time IndyCar Champion Scott Dixon will be joined by his old team-mate and rival Dario Franchitti, himself a four-time Champion. Both are winners of the prestigious Indy 500, Franchitti took the chequered flag on three occasions, and Dixon once.
Seven-time NASCAR Champion, and former IndyCar racer Jimmie Johnson will also return to light up the Revival with his inimitable charisma and dramatic driving style.
Touring car stars in action
And it wouldn’t be a Goodwood motorsport event without a huge contingent of touring car racers, past and present, strutting their stuff around the Motor Circuit.
In all, Anthony Reid, Gordon Shedden, Jake Hill, Matt Neal, Steve Soper, Tiff Needell, Rob Huff, Andy Priaulx and Tom Ingram provide a banquet of 197 British Touring Car Championship race wins between them.
That also amounts to four World Touring Car Championships, three for Priaulx and one for Huff, and eight BTCC titles from Shedden (3), Neal (3), Ingram (1) and Hill (1). It makes for undoubtedly one of the most decorated touring car cohorts in Revival history.
This is quite the list of motorsport legends, and a great indication of the kind of action we can expect to see when the racing gets underway this September for the 2025 Goodwood Revival. Stay tuned to all of Goodwood’s digital channels to keep up to date with the latest news ahead of this year’s motorsport events.
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Report by Simon Ostler
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