Every summer, deep in the English countryside about 100 km southwest of London, the rolling estate of Goodwood House transforms into motorsport’s most electrifying garden party. The Goodwood Festival of Speed is no ordinary car show-this is a full-throttle celebration of speed, history, and horsepower that draws more than 150,000 fans from around the world.
Billed as “motorsport’s ultimate summer garden party”, the Festival blends past and future, race and road, elegance and aggression-all in one place. Australian F1 legend Mark Webber said it best: “We’ve got kids, we’ve got granddad here, mum and dad… It’s the best event in the world, and I don’t know who’s second—but they’re a long, long way behind.”
A Weekend Where Everything Moves-Fast
Across the three-day weekend, fans are treated to a sensory overload of automotive greatness. You’ll see global debuts of concept cars and future models, supercars tearing up the iconic Hillclimb, vintage rally machines sliding through the Forest Stage, and even full-blown off-road beasts going airborne in the arena. And if you somehow run out of things to look at, just head to the car park-where the variety of enthusiast-owned machines could fill an entire show on their own.
But 2025 might just have topped them all.
F1 Royalty Reunited at the House
Saturday delivered one of the most iconic moments in recent motorsport history when seven Formula 1 world champions-Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Jacques Villeneuve, and Mika Häkkinen-appeared together on the balcony of Goodwood House. Joining them were motorsport titans Bernie Ecclestone, Zak Brown, Adrian Newey, Ross Brawn, and Gordon Murray. You’d be hard-pressed to find that much racing brainpower in one place anywhere else on the planet.
What made it even better? Each legend arrived not by limo, but by driving their championship-winning cars up the Hill:
- Sir Jackie Stewart’s sons delivered his Tyrrell 003 and 006
- Fittipaldi followed in the Lotus 72
- Andretti in the gorgeous ground-effect Lotus 79
- Villeneuve piloted an ex-Niki Lauda 1974 Ferrari 312B3
- Mansell showed up in his thunderous 1986 Williams FW11
- Prost rolled out the dominant MP4/2B
- Häkkinen unleashed his title-winning McLaren MP4-13
Aussie V8 Muscle Makes a Statement
While the F1 champs owned the spotlight, the Hillclimb leaderboard told another story—one that’ll make Aussie motorsport fans proud. Two Holden V8s stormed into the Top 10 Fastest Cars at the Festival, beating out some of the biggest names in modern performance.
| Car | Time (sec) | Top Speed (mph) | Driver |
| Ford Supertruck | 43.22 | 157.5 | Romain Dumas |
| Subaru Project Midnight | 45.03 | 135.6 | Scott Speed |
| Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | 46.74 | 129.3 | James Wallis |
| Koenigsegg Sadair’s Spear | 47.14 | 88.6 | Javier Castane |
| Shadow Chevrolet DN4 | 47.88 | 141.6 | Alex Summers |
| Holden Commodore | 48.35 | 124.3 | Jake Hill |
| Porsche 911 GT3 R | 49.51 | 120.0 | Sarah Bovy |
| Holden Monaro 427C | 50.37 | 123.6 | Greg Murphy |
| Ford Mustang GTD | 50.78 | 125.7 | Dirk Müller |
| Alpine A110 R Ultime | 52.01 | 115.9 | Laurent Hurgon |
22 Wildest moments at the Festival of Speed | 2025 – Goodwood Road and Racing
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