Overview
- The four-day Goodwood Festival of Speed opened Thursday, 9 July, and Goodwood Road & Racing is streaming all events live on YouTube for free.
- Red Bull’s RB17 hypercar made its running debut at the hillclimb with designer Adrian Newey driving and Red Bull drivers Isack Hadjar, Yuki Tsunoda and Alisha Palmowski scheduled to take turns in the car.
- 2025 world champion Lando Norris is due to appear on the Goodwood House Balcony on Saturday and will run McLaren’s 2023 MCL60 up the hill as part of the weekend programme.
- A broad roster of champions and current drivers is taking part, including 1996 champion Damon Hill, Williams team principal James Vowles, Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli and other F1 names who will each tackle the hillclimb.
- Goodwood’s 2026 theme 'The Rivals — Epic Racing Duels' frames displays and runs, marking anniversaries like the 1976 Hunt vs Lauda battle and giving manufacturers a public stage that the free livestream amplifies globally.