Goodwood 2025: a year in numbers

We'll start by casting our minds back to the 82^nd Members’ Meeting, where 33 GT3 cars were unleashed onto the Motor Circuit as part of this year’s motorsport curtain raiser. Six of them also took part in the thoroughly entertaining GT3 Shoot-Out.  

That remarkable demonstration saw 14 different marques represented on track, at an event where a total of 94 manufacturers of cars and motorcycles were in action at some point over the weekend’s 13-race schedule. 

Not enough for you? Try more than 100 Formula 1 cars coming to life as part of Goodwood’s F1 75 celebrations at the Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard. The event was attended by cars representing ten decades of Grand Prix racing, from the 1920s right up to the present day, many of them taking to the famous Goodwood Hill. 

As well as that, no fewer than seven F1 World Champions, with 14 titles between them, were united on the balcony of Goodwood House for a remarkably special moment. Alain Prost, Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, Mika Häkkinen, Nigel Mansell, Mario Andretti and Jacques Villeneuve were all joined by Bernie Ecclestone to celebrate the history of their great sport. 

The F1 showcase made up a substantial portion of this year’s action, which saw nearly 600 vehicles of all shapes and sizes on four, two or even just one wheel, completing a combined total of almost 3,000 miles on the Hill across the Festival’s four days — that’s the equivalent of driving across the United States from the Empire State Building to the Bonhams|Cars Quail Auction in California. 

Goodwood Revival was memorable for scale of a different kind, as hundreds of cars, motorcycles, VW Type 2 Campers, military vehicles and more were brought to the Motor Circuit for another memorable weekend. It’s the authenticity of this event that gives it such prominence, and that’s reflected in the value of the machinery both on display around the site and engaging in battle on the track. 

In all, the Revival in 2025 brought together a collection of cars worth somewhere in the region of £1billion, an astonishing statistic that makes you realise exactly what you’re looking at when you’re soaking up the atmosphere. 

It’s worth remembering that all 28 of this year’s races across the Members’ Meeting and the Revival were once again run on sustainable fuel. Goodwood remains at the forefront of the sustainable push in historic motorsport.

Cars are good, but what about sheep? We had 75 of them set loose on the Motor Circuit on Saturday at the Revival to honour the memory of Jim Clark. There was no better tribute for the man who considered himself a sheep farmer first and foremost, and the sight of this flock cascading between a grid of his most famous racing cars will go down in Goodwood folklore. 

Sticking with animals, Goodwoof saw 13,500 dogs take over the Estate in May. The award for cutest sight of the year was wrapped up early when we heard there would be 1,000 dachshunds in attendance. 

In scenes similar to that of the Festival of Speed, 1,072 dogs raced in the Fastest Dog competition, with the winner setting a benchmark of just 4.17 seconds. Who knew dog long jump was a thing? Well now you do, and this year’s winner achieved a leap of 1.9 metres to secure the gold medal. 

Up at the Goodwood Racecourse, 1,263 horses competed in 134 races over the year. The highest-priced victory was sealed by Qirat, who came home in the British Group 1 race at 150-1. 

The Markel Magnolia Cup meanwhile was run for another very special cause in 2025, that of the King’s Trust International’s Project Lehar, which provides valuable opportunities to young women and girls in India. In all, an incredible £834,170 was raised. 

Who can forget the sweltering heat that we embraced throughout the Festival of Speed weekend? In the name of keeping cool, more than 7,000 baseball caps were sold by the Goodwood Shop over the course of the weekend, while the on-site catering teams got through more than 20,000 tonnes of ice. 

Away from the action on track, we had a wedding during the Revival; the VE Day celebrations saw 600 biscuits and 100 litres of squash demolished. Betty’s Hair Salon completed 900 appointments using 15,000 hair grips to create 2,500 victory rolls, 147 Hollywood waves, and a whole lot else. 

The Revival Style Village hosted nine talks, 12 fashion shows, nine DJ sets and had more than 200 entrants into the Best Dressed Competition. 

We saw records broken, too, as the Koenigsegg Sadair’s Spear a new fastest time for a road-legal production car on the Festival of Speed Hill. The car, named after the horse that the father of Koenigsegg’s owner, Christian, rode in his final race, set a quickest time of 47.14 seconds, which is right up there with some of the fastest times we’ve ever seen. 

And finally, Torbolton, under the captaincy of Dario Franchitti, claimed a proud victory in this year’s House Competition at the 82^nd Members’ Meeting, scoring to 29,041 points to come away with the coveted House Shield. But who will prevail next year? We can’t wait to do it all again in 2026, with the Goodwood Motorsport season commencing with the 83^rd Members’ Meeting on 18^th and 19^th April. 

Photography by Joe Harding, Drew Gibson, Nicole Hains, Max Carter, Tom Shaxson, Amy Shore, Jonathan Swann, Jayson Fong, and Jordan Butters.