2025 Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy preview | Goodwood Revival

What is the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy?

Moss was a frequent competitor — and winner — at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in period, his fluent driving style was well suited to the high-speed layout and his popularity here was unmatched. His subsequent appearances at the Revival when Goodwood reopened its gates were equally well received, but he became immortalised here following his death in 2020.

The Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy is a race for pre-1963 closed-cockpit GT cars, the kind of cars that the great man himself raced to victory numerous times around the Goodwood Motor Circuit. Aston Martin DB4 GTs and Ferrari 250 SWBs are joined by AC Cobras and Jaguar E-types.

It’s a race that always delivers plenty of great action on track, but to be honest it wouldn’t matter if these cars were all just parked up on the grid, it would still be an absolutely breathtaking sight.

It was first run in 2016 as the Kinrara Trophy, but it was renamed the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy ahead of the 2020 Revival.  Regularly referred to as the most beautiful race of the Revival weekend, what better way to remember one of Britain’s greatest ever racing drivers?

When is the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy?

Official Practice for the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy gets underway on Friday at 14:10, a 30-minute session for the drivers to both get to grips with their machines and set the quickest time they can to qualify for the race itself. The flag will drop for this 45-minute showpiece at 17:35 on Saturday evening.

Previous winners of the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy

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Photography by Jordan Butters and Toby Whales.