Video: 2024 Goodwood Trophy Highlights | Goodwood Revival

07th September 2024

Adam Wilkins

A wonderful representation of post-war motorsport, the Goodwood Trophy features the type of grid that would have been cobbled together during the late 1940s and early '50s in the wake of World War II. Made up of Grand Prix and Voiturette racers from up to four different decades, it always presents one of the most varied and fascinating showcases of the Revival weekend, and this year the cars are running on sustainable fuel for the first time.

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It returns once more to rekindle the memories of the Goodwood Motor Circuit as it was in its earliest days, with a mix of British, French and Italian machinery making up the bulk of the field. This was the birth of modern motorsport as we know it, and a fascinating look back at what the earliest years of Formula 1 racing looked like.

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2024 Goodwood Trophy Highlights

We can’t imagine the relief that the drivers in the Goodwood Trophy must have felt when seeing the drier forecast for Saturday at the 2024 Goodwood Revival, after the sodden Friday.

We can’t imagine the feeling of excitement some must have felt, that were perhaps done dirty by the washout conditions of practice. “It’s dry now, this is my chance,” some will have been thinking further back in the pack. As you’d expect, right from the off, this was a hard-fought race.

Patrick Blakeney-Edwards led the lineup from the off in his Frazer Nash and put in a good battle to maintain that lead. As James Baxter pirouetted in his ERA E-Type GP2, Ian Baxter in his Alta 61 IS was clambering his way up the order. First tussling with the incredible sounding BRM Type 16 V16, he made it past to eventually clinch a last-moment lead and the victory.

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Official practice for the 2024 Goodwood Trophy

Standing water and a complete absence of any dry line made official practice a tentative experience for the drivers of these narrow-tyred pre-war machines. Tentative, maybe, but they were all pushing for the best possible grid positions which meant plenty of sliding and armfuls of opposite lock.

Mark Gillies succumbed to the low-grip conditions when a spin saw him take out the chicane wall, but he was ready to return to the session when the subsequent red flag session came to an end.

During the stoppage, Ben Fidler commented: “These conditions are exactly what you don’t want. It’s so slippery it’s just ridiculous.” It nevertheless created a terrific spectacle with many a display of car control around the Motor Circuit.

Photography by Pete Summers, Toby Whales and Jordan Butters.

2024 Goodwood Trophy Grid (Top 15)

Position	Driver	Car	Time
1	Patrick Blakeney-Edwards	Frazer Nash 'Fane' Monoposto	2:00.998
2	Mark Gillies	ERA A-type R3A	2:01.209
3	Rob Hall	BRM Type 15 Mk1 V16	2:02.829
4	Ian Baxter	Alta 61 IS	2:04.953
5	David Morris	ERA B-type R11B	2:05.195
6	Nicholas Topliss	ERA A-type R4A	2:05.421
7	Paddins Dowling	ERA B-type R5B 'Remus'	2:06.299
8	James Baxter	ERA E-type GP2	2:08.211
9	Michael Birch	Maserati 4CM	2:09.114
10	Ben Fidler	ERA D-type R4D	2:11.696
11	Duncan Ricketts	Parnell Challenger	2:11.910
12	Julian Wilton	ERA B-type R7B	2:13.988
13	Tom Hardman	ERA AJM1	2:14.536
14	Denis Bigioni	Talbot-Lago T26C Grand Prix	2:14.552
15	Gareth Burnett	Vanguard RA4	2:16.284