The largest ever assemblage of BRMs took to the Circuit on Friday afternoon in celebration of the Bourne marque reaching its seventieth year in 2021. British Racing Motors remains a legendary name in motor racing lore, having accrued its first World Championship Grand Prix at Zandvoort in 1959. Graham Hill and BRM claimed the Drivers’ and Constructors’ titles three years later, other famous alumni including Dan Gurney, Jackie Stewart, and Niki Lauda.
Highlights of the BRM Celebration parade in association with Motul included a brace of V16-engined, 1.5-litre P15s, the P25 aboard which Jo Bonnier claimed that maiden victory in the Netherlands, the ex-Richie Ginther P578, and the wildly ambitious H16-engined P83. Other cars of note included the P160 aboard which Peter Gethin famously scored the closest-ever F1 win at Monza in 1971. It wasn’t all single-seaters, though, with the likes of the Rover-BRM Turbine Le Mans car and the monstrous Castrol-liveried P154 Can-Am weapon also wowing the crowds.
The first of three P15s continuation cars also took to the Circuit, having been unveiled by the Duke of Richmond earlier today. Constructed by famed restorers Hall & Hall, a firm steeped in BRM lore, and employing chassis numbers laid down in period but not used, it was fashioned using original blueprints and similarly employs more than 4000 individual components. This remarkable car, along with its exalted antecedents, will be out on track in further parades on Saturday and Sunday.
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Notes to Editors:
Goodwood Revival, Friday 17 - Sunday 19 September.
Tickets
Over the Road and Afternoon tickets are still available to purchase online at Goodwood.com or by calling the ticket office on 01243 755055.
The Over the Road only ticket is priced at £25 for adults (Friday / Saturday / Sunday) and £12.50 for those aged between 13 – 21. Kids aged 12 and under go free!
The Afternoon Ticket is priced: Friday £35 adults / £17.50 for those aged between 13 – 21, Saturday and Sunday £45 adults / £22.50 for those aged between 13 – 21. Kids aged 12 and under go free!
Watch from home
For those unable to attend this year’s event, they can tune in and witness all the action on the Goodwood Road Racing channel.
Live and highlights programmes on ITV:
- Goodwood Revival Live, Saturday 18 September at 17:00, ITV4
- Goodwood Revival Live, Sunday 19 September at 14:00, ITV1
- Goodwood Revival Highlights 1, Thursday 23 September at 20:00, ITV4
- Goodwood Revival Highlights 2, Friday 24 September at 20:00, ITV4
- Goodwood Revival Highlights 3, Sunday 26 September at 23:10, all ITV channels
- Goodwood Revival Highlights 3, Sunday 10 October at 18:00, ITV4
Covid-19
Goodwood’s number one priority is the safety and wellbeing of everyone involved, whether working behind-the-scenes, at the wheel, or attending the spectacle. Goodwood continues to work closely with Public Health England and UK Government advisory groups and all events will be run strictly in accordance with the Government’s Covid-19 guidelines.
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About the Goodwood Revival
The Goodwood Revival is the world’s greatest historic motor race meeting, and the only sporting event of its kind to be staged entirely in a period theme. More than just an unrivalled weekend of historic racing, it is an immersive celebration of a less disposable world, where “make do and mend” was a way of life rather than a casual slogan.
The Revival is, at its heart, a celebration of craftsmanship and sustainability, from an age when possessions were made to last and be cherished. It promotes a thoroughly modern ethos – to “reduce, reuse, repair, restore and recycle” – in the most authentic way possible. All the cars are original, having been lovingly maintained since new, many of the outfits have been handed down through generations, and even the retailers specialise in pre-owned artefacts – everything from clothes and accessories to automobilia and books.
It is, proudly, the world’s biggest and most glamorous second-hand event.
