Tony Kanaaan, Dario Franchitti, Marino Franchitti and Scott Dixon.

Photos by Jonathan Sharp

Goodwood Revival, September 12-14 2025

As Jonathan Sharp’s photos began to arrive here, we noticed something different; the smiles that were so dominant at previous Goodwood Festivals and the Revival were not as abundant. There were many, to be sure, like the group shot above, exuding good cheer, but many not.

We asked Sharp why this might be, or was it just coincidence? Probably the weather, he said. “On Saturday and Sunday and I was in the pits for the driver’s shots during the pouring rain during the RAC TT Celebration on Sunday afternoon, after all, wouldn’t you feel just a bit stressed if you had to driver a 400 bhp Cobra flat out in a monsoon? Because at the Revival, boy do they race!”

Not everyone can be Gene Kelly in the rain. “Lets face it nobody, whether they be an ex F1 champion, a Le Mans winner, or an Indy 500 champ wants to damage somebody else’s multimillion £ racing car, so the drivers take the responsibility very highly. The element of fun is still there but probably more evident in their faces in the shots I took in the sun on Friday,”

We’ve provided a few links from other years after the last photo.

Rowan Atkinson, He drive a Jaguar MKVII in the St Mary’s Trophy

Jim Thorpe. I took the shot just after he had stepped out of the Bizzarrini to hand over to Pirro having driven it in what could best be described as a monsoon during the RAC TT Celebration race.

You too would look like this if you had just raced a Bizzarrini during a monsoon (RAC TT Celebration)

Karun Chandhok

Max Chilton

Julian Majzub

Andy Priaulx

Emanuele Pirro

Matt Neal, British Touring Car ace is checking to see if it has stopped raining. It had not.

Dario Franchitti

Dario Franchitti ready to go.

Romain Dumas

Dumas with Steve Soper

Jake Hill, 2024 British Touring Car Champion.

Alex Brundle

Darren Turner, works Aston Martin driver.

Tom Ingram, 2022 British Touring Car Champion.

Tom Kristensen

Tom Kristensen with Jimmie Johnson

Tom Kristensen and Johnson, take two.

Scott Dixon, New Zealand, 2008 Indy 500 winner

Andre Lotterer

Tony Kanaan, Indy 500 winner 2013

Jenson Button, 2009 World Champion

Jenson Button

Button to Tom Ingram. Put that damn thing away!

Jacques Villeneuve, 1997 World Champion

Jacques Villeneuve, ready to go.

Here’s a very brief selection of Jonathan Sharp’s Goodwood Drivers from previous year:

Drivers at the Goodwood FOS 2024

Goodwood Revival: Drivers

Goodwood Revival 2021, Part 1

Goodwood Driver’s Gallery

Described as the car that was 90 years in the building. Auto Union Type 52. It is said that whilst working on their Grand Prix cars, Auto Union AG and the Ferdinand Porsche design office also planned a street legal sports sedan to be known as the Schnellsportwagen and was designed to be sold to customers to enter in events such as the Millie Miglia, or even Le Mans.

Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp

Whilst I know that VeloceToday is supposed to be about French and Italian cars there was just so much other interesting machinery at the Festival of Speed that interested me, so I hope you will allow me one more indulgence of your time. I know there are a lot of Silver Cars in this piece but I make no apologies as I and the Editor have a thing for the Pre War Silver Arrows.

Photo by Hugues Vanhoolandt.

This week And How gives us a glimpse of Ol’ Yeller II at Goodwood on parade while E.T. Nagamatsu, ever the ambassador, meets the women who did such a wonderful job singing the classic tunes of the war years. Then Hugues Vanhoolandt captures some of the ambiance that surrounds the Goodwood Revival, and Jonathan Sharp focuses on a special OSCA shown at the Hampton Concours.