2025 Goodwood Trophy preview | Goodwood Revival

What is the Goodwood Trophy?

In the years immediately after World War II, when racing first began at the Goodwood Motor Circuit on the former RAF Westhampnett site, grids of the fledgling Formula 1 category were made up from a mixture of new machines and those from pre-war years. It was a case of using whatever was available. 

Reg Parnell was the first recipient of the Goodwood Trophy, winning the Goodwood F1 non-Championship race at the inaugural meeting in 1948. Parnell maintained his hold of the trophy the following year, repeating the feat once again in his Maserati 4CLT/48, and made it three-in-a-row in 1950, though this time driving for BRM.

That was the only triumph for a British marque, the Goodwood Trophy returned to Italian hands in 1951 when Giuseppe Farina bested Parnell in his Alfa Romeo 159, while Stirling Moss won the final contest for Maserati in 1954.

Given how significant these races are in the Motor Circuit’s history, the Goodwood Trophy opened the first Revival in 1998 and has been on the race card at every event since.

Today’s 20-minute spectacle brings together Grand Prix and Voiturette cars from 1930 to all the way to 1951, with an entry list that includes ERAs, Maseratis and Alfa Romeos that pre-date the F1 World Championship that celebrates its 75^th anniversary this year.

When is the Goodwood Trophy?

Immediately following the first Jim Clark tribute of the weekend, Official Practice for the 2025 Goodwood Trophy gets underway on Friday afternoon at 12:05. That 20-minute session will decide the starting grid for Saturday’s race, which kicks off the day’s motorsport action bright and early at 09:35. Prepare to enjoy the Revival’s most primitive racing action, with no shortage of drama and excitement.

Previous winners of the Goodwood Trophy 

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Photography by Toby Whales and Pete Summers.