Simon Ostler

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It was Jake Hill who made the best of the start, taking the lead from pole sitter Andy Priaulx, while Romain Dumas made a great start from the inside of the third row to jump into third place with a couple of wheels on the grass. From there the battle at the front was between Hill’s Capri and Priaulx’s Camaro. Jake Hill’s talent was on full display as he wrung the neck of the Ford in his signature style to keep the more powerful Chevy behind.

1 week ago | goodwood.com | Simon Ostler

This weekend forms part of a wider celebration of Ayrton Senna’s first win at the 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix, which will see the Lotus return to the scene of that historic weekend for what is bound to be a hugely poignant moment. We’re well used to emotional reunions during Goodwood’s motorsport events, but few will be quite so stirring as watching Bruno head out onto the Motor Circuit in the car that Ayrton drove to one of F1’s most remarkable victories.

1 week ago | goodwood.com | Simon Ostler

12th April 2025 Simon Ostler It’s not uncommon to come across icons from motorsport history during a walk around the Goodwood paddocks, but at the 82nd Members’ Meeting presented by Audrain Motorsport there’s a particularly significant car preparing to grab all the headlines. Any John Player Special-liveried Lotus immediately catches the eye, perhaps few others more than this Lotus 97T, the car that Ayrton Senna drove to his first ever Formula 1 victory.

2 weeks ago | goodwood.com | Simon Ostler

The race is named after the 5th Earl Howe, Francis Curzon, who co-founded the British Racing Drivers Club in 1928 alongside the 1927 Le Mans 24 Hours winner Joseph Benjafield, and served as the Club’s President until his death in 1964. Among his accolades as a driver, which include his own victory at Le Mans in 1931, is a 110-miles-in-an-hour record he set in 1939 at the wheel of a Lagonda V12, a car that will be in action in this year’s Earl Howe Trophy.

2 weeks ago | goodwood.com | Simon Ostler

Group 1 touring cars have been a regular highlight at the Members’ Meeting, but this year marks the first time they have been split into separate events, with the larger engined machines remaining in the Gordon Spice Trophy, and the smaller cars transferring over to the Win Percy Trophy. It’s named after the three-time British Touring Champion, who was virtually unbeatable at the wheel of small-capacity machinery in the early-1980s.