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Goodwood Revival: legendary drivers and riders set to race at world’s greatest historic motorsport event

Goodwood Revival | Press Article 14/05/25

  • Goodwood Revival to welcome a host of championship-winning drivers and riders.
  • 24-time World Superbike Winner and Champion Carlos Checa, nine-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen, four-time IndyCar Champion Dario Franchitti, three-time BTCC Champion Gordon Shedden, three-time Daytona 24 Hours Winner Scott Dixon and 2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button will all race across the weekend.
  • Goodwood Revival takes place Friday 12 - Sunday 14 September.
  • Tickets available at com.

The Goodwood Revival is the world’s greatest historic motorsport event, and this year is no exception, with the thirteen-strong race list set to welcome a superlative line-up of drivers and riders, from across the motorsport landscape.

Winners and champions from the World Superbike Championship (WorldSBK) and Isle of Man TT will take to the historic Motor Circuit in the Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy, including WorldSBK Champion Carlos Checa, who returns after making his Revival debut in 2024. WorldSBK riders Eugene Laverty and Troy Bayliss, will join the grid with fellow riders who boast 70 Isle of Man TT podiums between them: Conor Cummins, James Hillier, John McGuiness, Josh Brookes, Lee Johnston, Steve Plater. Also taking to two wheels will be current female Isle of Man TT record holder and 2010 Supersport Cup winner Jenny Tinmouth, alongside former Isle of Man TT record holder and trailblazer Maria Costello MBE.

From the world of Touring Car racing, British Touring Car Champions Gordon Shedden, Jake Hill, Matt Neal and Tom Ingram - who contribute to an impressive 197 BTCC race wins across BTCC drivers - will race alongside World Touring Car Champions Andy Priaulx and Rob Huff.

The Revival will also welcome ten 24 Hours of Le Mans veterans, who between them have amassed an astonishing 33 victories, including “Mr Le Mans” himself, nine-time winner Tom Kristensen. Joining him are: five-time winners Derek Bell and Emanuele Pirro, three-time winners André Lotterer, who is also a two-time World Endurance Champion, Darren Turner, Dindo Capello, Marcel Fassler and Romain Dumas, and winners David Brabham and Neel Jani.

Representing American motorsport are six-time IndyCar Champion Scott Dixon, four-time IndyCar Champion Dario Franchitti who will race alongside seven-time NASCAR Champion Jimmie Johnson.

2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button, who is currently competing in the World Endurance Championship, will race in the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) TT Celebration in his 1962 Jaguar E-Type, acquired just for the occasion.

The Duke of Richmond CBE DL: "Every year, we are privileged to welcome some of the world’s greatest drivers and riders to the Goodwood Revival. Drawing on experience from across the breadth of motorsport, these competitors turn their skill and passion to historic racing, often facing rivals they’d never otherwise meet on the track. I’m grateful to them for taking the time to join us over the weekend and look forward to seeing them in action.”

The line-up of drivers and riders joins the previously-announced all-sustainable fuel race list, VW Type 2 Split Screen track opening parade, Alfa Romeo celebration and celebration for two-time Formula 1 World Champion and winner of the Indy 500 Jim Clark. 

Tickets remain at goodwood.com.

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Notes to Editors:

The Goodwood Revival will take place on Friday 12 – Sunday 14 September 2025.

Tickets & Hospitality
Tickets can be purchased at goodwood.com or by calling the Ticket Office on +44 (0)1243 755055.

Whether customers are looking for a great day out with friends, entertaining clients or celebrating something special, Goodwood’s unrivalled hospitality provides the ultimate setting to enjoy the events. Email hospitality@goodwood.com or call +44 (0)1243 755054.

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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 vintage lifestyle, championing exceptional craftsmanship and the enduringly fabulous stories told by second-hand treasures. ‘Revive & Thrive’ is the thoroughly modern message woven through the Revival landscape; a clever stitch with which the old is made new again, it runs through every carefully restored classic car, each beautifully preserved piece of clothing as it is passed from one generation to the next.

It is, proudly, the world’s biggest and most glamorous second-hand event.