Goodwood Revival 2024: experience the action and excitement through the livestream

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The Goodwood Revival, the world-famous re-enactment of motor sport from the '40s to the '60s, including pre-war voiturettes, is with us once again. More than 300 cars and motorcycles will taking to the track over the course of the weekend, and in addition to that there will be special parades commemorating the life and career of John Surtees, who would have turned 90 this year, and a display of wartime vehicles in recognition of the 70th anniversary of D-Day.

The weekend's first race will be the Sussex Trophy for World Championship sports car racers, 1955-60, containing such machinery as a Cooper T38, a pair of Lister 'Knobblies' and a Lister 'Costin'. The Goodwood Trophy will be the race most of interest to pre-war enthusiasts, since the grid will be dominated by 1930s Alfa Romeos, ERAs and Maseratis, but we can expect to see Patrick Blakeney-Edwards vying for the front of the pack in his single-seater Frazer Nash. Some early post-war racers will also appear in the grid, with Rob Hall's BRM V16 a notable inclusion.

The Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy will, naturally, provide a great two-wheeled spectacle, with plenty of Manx Nortons and the like, and then the Fordwater Trophy will provide an opportunity to see production sports and GT cars, 1955-60, such as Porsche 356s, Jaguar XK150s, Elva Couriers and MGAs. The exuberance of saloon cars makes the St. Mary's Trophy an annual favourite, with Ford Galaxies sliding about and Mini Coopers nipping at their tails. Some of the more unusual entries include an Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA, BMW 1800 TiSA and Plymouth Barracuda.

The Madgwick Cup will provide a chance to see more sports cars from the 1955-60 period, this time containing the likes of Lotus 11s, 17s and 19s, Lola Mk. Is, Cooper T39s and assorted Elvas, Kiefts and Porsches. The Whitsun Trophy should be seen as well as heard, for the thunder of the Ford GT40s and Lola T70s, plus more unusual machinery such as the Hamill SR3, will not go unnoticed.

The Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy will contain some of the most glamorous machinery, such as Ferrari 250 GT SWBs, Jaguar E-types, Aston Martin DB4 GTs and AC Cobras, and then the Earl of March Trophy will give the often-overlooked Formula Three cars a chance to shine: expect to see marques such as Cooper, Comet, Kieft, Flash and Arnott mingling in a furious swarm. The Richmond & Gordon Trophies will then hand the floor to 1950s Grand Prix cars, pitching the last of the front-engined greats—Maserati 250Fs, Connaughts and Ferrari 246 Dinos—against rear-engined innovators from Cooper and Lotus.

Thunder will fill the air once again for the R.A.C. T.T. Celebration, where Cobras will return along with Listers and Lightweight E-types, Continental exotica from Porsche 904s to a Bizzarrini 5300 GT, and even a rare Cheetah from America.

The Glover Trophy caters for Grand Prix cars, 1961-65, and will contain plenty of BRMs and Lotuses, a Ferrari 1512, a Brabham BT14 and, from the depths of obscurity, a Gilby Type B1 and a Derrington Francis.

Finally, on Sunday the sun will set over the Freddie March Memorial Trophy for sports cars of a type that raced in the Goodwood Nine Hours meetings of the 1950s. This encompasses C-type and D-type Jaguars, Frazer Nash Le Mans Replicas, HWMs, an Aston Martin DB3S or two, the distinctive Battlebird Ford Thunderbird and a beautiful Ferrari 750 Monza.

The racing promises to be as exciting as ever, but if you can't be there in person, why not try to soak up the atmosphere at home with the comprehensive coverage from the Goodwood livestream?

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