Overview
- The four-day Goodwood Festival of Speed opened Thursday and runs through Sunday with a published schedule and a free live stream on Goodwood Road & Racing's YouTube channel.
- Red Bull's RB17 hypercar makes its running debut at Goodwood, with design chief Adrian Newey driving on Thursday and Red Bull drivers Isack Hadjar, Yuki Tsunoda and Alisha Palmowski scheduled to run it over the weekend.
- 2025 world champion Lando Norris will tackle the hillclimb in McLaren’s MCL60 and appear on the Balcony of Goodwood House on Saturday as a headline attraction.
- A broad roster of teams and drivers is confirmed to take hill runs, including Williams representatives Damon Hill, James Vowles, Luke Browning and Jamie Chadwick, Mercedes drivers Kimi Antonelli and Frederik Vesti, Alpine’s Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto, and Aston Martin reserves Jak Crawford and Jessica Hawkins.
- This year’s theme, 'The Rivals – Epic Racing Duels', frames displays of rare archive cars such as McLaren’s MP4/8B and the event’s Balcony Moments, a programme that both honors rivalries like Hunt vs Lauda and extends manufacturer marketing to a global audience via free streaming.