83rd Members’ Meeting: Today at Testing

For us, and Members and Fellows of the GRRC, testing is the perfect opportunity to get an exclusive first look at the machinery that'll race in the 83^rd Members’ Meeting, as they prepare for a big weekend of historic racing.

One car present on the first official Test Day was a Jaguar E-type that already boasts an impressive Goodwood history, driven to pole position in the 2023 Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy by Alex Buncombe. Buncombe will be racing it again at 83MM alongside Simon Watts in the Protheroe Cup, but it was his brother, Chris, who was putting the car through its paces during the first day of Members’ Meeting testing.

“It's a pleasure,” he told us. “It's interesting at the back of Goodwood in the high-speed sections, the car's very floaty, which apparently that's just kind of a typical characteristic of these E-types, so that took a bit of getting used to when I first drove the car. But it’s wonderful.”

Blue skies made trackside viewing even better, where we saw Minis of the Win Percy Trophy, the Chevron B6 of the thunderous Bruce McLaren Trophy and, of course, a host of Ford Capris, readying themselves for the Gordon Spice Trophy.

We also caught up with Andrew Hibberd, a three-time winner of the Derek Bell Cup, who will be seeing if he can add to his legacy in that race in 2026 with his Brabham BT18. “Testing today has been really good,” he shared. “A couple of little faults that we've had to fix, which has been the reason we've come testing, but we enjoy it — and in the sunshine!”

The 83^rd Members' Meeting presented by Audrain Motorsport takes place on the 18^th & 19^th April 2026. Tickets are limited, with only Sunday admission remaining. Saturday tickets, weekend passes and grandstand passes are now sold out. 

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Photography by Joe Harding.