All the F1 drivers and teams expected at 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed

A record number of current and former F1 drivers – including eight world champions – have confirmed their presence at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The 10-13 July event will see at least 35 F1 drivers and 100 Formula 1 cars on site, as legends of the sport return to the cockpit of their most iconic machines.

Marking the 75th anniversary of the World Championship, this year’s Festival of Speed has assembled its largest-ever Formula 1 collection, following the theme: “The Winning Formula – Champions and Challengers”,

Which F1 World Champions will be attending the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed?

The Festival of Speed offers a rare chance to see seven Formula 1 world champions together on Saturday as part of the series’ 75th anniversary celebrations. They will greet crowds on the balcony of Goodwood House at 2.45pm, where they will be interviewed by former F1 driver, pundit and Motor Sport columnist Karun Chandhok. The line-up will comprise of:

• Alain Prost
• Nigel Mansell
• Jackie Stewart
• Emerson Fittipaldi
• Mario Andretti
• Mika Häkkinen
• Jacques Villeneuve

• Damon Hill is also set to take on the hill, behind the wheel of a Jordan 198, which powered him to 1998 Belgian GP victory.

Saturday’s gathering is expected to see drivers arrive in their championship-winning cars, including Prost in a 1985 McLaren MP4/2B, while Mansell will be reunited with the Williams FW14B that carried him to the 1992 title. Andretti will take the wheel of the Lotus 79, Fittipaldi is set to drive a McLaren M23, and Häkkinen the MP4/13. Stewart will be in one of his world championship-winning Tyrrells.

Prost will return to the balcony on Sunday, after driving a McLaren MP4/4, in which he won the 1988 Mexican, Monaco and French Grands Prix, up the hillclimb.

Which current F1 drivers and teams will be attending the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed?

Seven of the ten current F1 teams will be running cars at Goodwood, and while most will be fielding previous or reserve drivers, there will be three members of this year’s grid behind the wheel:

• Esteban Ocon
• Oliver Bearman
• Gabriel Bortoleto
• Liam Lawson

Haas will be running four cars over the weekend, including a 2023 and 2024 car on all four days. The current car – the VF-25 – will be on display. Team founder, Gene Haas, and team principal Ayao Komatsu, will also be behind the wheel of a Hass machine over the course of the weekend.

Fresh from Nico Hülkenberg’s British Grand Prix podium finish, Sauber will be joining the Festival of Speed, fielding Gabriel Bortoleto who will be making his debut at the event, driving the 2013-era C32 in a modern livery up the hill. In the team’s final season before it is rebranded as Audi, it will also have its C12, the very first Sauber F1 car which made its appearance in 1993.

Williams‘ team principal James Vowles will be driving up the hill in one of the team’s legendary FW14B cars that carried Mansell to the championship. The seat will be shared with the 1992 world champion, as well as team ambassador Jamie Chadwick and its F1 Academy driver Lia Block.

Ferrari, Red Bull, Alpine and McLaren will also be attending. While Racing Bulls isn’t on the list, its F1 driver, Liam Lawson has appeared on the entry list, down to drive a.Red Bull-backed Ford Puma Rally 1 car.

Which other F1 drivers are attending the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed ?

The event will feature a rich roster of former grand prix winners and ex-F1 racers, spanning most of the 75 years that the world championship has existed. Below are all of the F1 drivers who are understood to be attending, including the F1 champions.

If applicable, we have listed the cars that they will be driving on the hillclimb, but bear in mind that some cars will be driven by more than one driver over the course of the event.

• Mario Andretti 1978 Lotus 79
• Oliver Bearman 2023 Haas VF-23
• Gerhard Berger
• Gabriel Bortoleto 1993 Sauber C12
• Valtteri Bottas 2022 Mercedes W13
• Thierry Boutsen 1985 Arrows A8
• David Brabham 1974 Brabham BT44
• David Coulthard 2011 Red Bull RB7 & 2012 Red Bull RB8
• Karun Chandhok 1971 Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 56B & 2009 Brawn BGP 001 & 2006 McLaren MP4-21
• Emerson Fittipaldi 1974 McLaren M23 & 1974 Lotus 72E
• Patrick Friesacher 2011 Red Bull RB7 & 2012 Red Bull RB8
• Marc Gene 2019 Ferrari SF90 & 2021 Ferrari SF21
• Mika Hakkinen 1998 McLaren MP4/13
• Johnny Herbert 2025 Formula E Lola T001
• Damon Hill 1998 Jordan 198
• Jacky Ickx 1969 Brabham BT26A
• Stefan Johansson 1984 Toleman TG184
• Liam Lawson 2025 Ford Puma Rally 1
• JJ Lehto McLaren F1 GTR
• Kevin Magnussen
• Nigel Mansell 1986 Williams FW11 & 1992 Williams FW14B
• Felipe Massa 2008 Ferrari F2008
• Arturo Merzario 1961 Ferrari 156 ‘Sharknose’
• Esteban Ocon 2024 Haas VF-24
• Jonathan Palmer 1989 Tyrrell 018
• Riccardo Patrese 1983 Brabham BT52
• Emanuele Pirro 1979 Ligier JS11
• Alain Prost 1985 McLaren MP4/2B & McLaren MP4/4
• Bruno Senna 1985 McLaren MP4/B
• Scott Speed 2024 Subaru Project Midnight
• Jackie Stewart
• Hans-Joachim Stuck 1937 Mercedes W125 & 1938 Auto Union Type D
• Jacques Villeneuve 1974 Ferrari 312 B3 & 1975 Ferrari 312T
• John Watson
• Mark Webber
• Karl Wendlinger 1990 Sauber-Mercedes C11 & 1954 Mercedes W196 Streamliner

At least 34 current and former Formula 1 drivers are expected to attend, getting behind the wheel of a range of grand prix machinery, but also cars from other series.

1995 Le Mans winner JJ Lehto will return in the McLaren F1 GTR, which was victorious in the race 30 years ago. Karl Wendlinger will pilot his 1990 World Sportscar Championship-winning Sauber C11, along with a sleek Mercedes W196 Streamliner from the 1954 F1 World Championship.

It’ll be a family affair for several entries. Jackie Stewart’s sons will be driving his 1971 and 1973 championship-winning Tyrrells; Alain Prost’s son, Nicolas, will take his father’s 1983 Renault RE40 F1 car up the hill, and Adrian Newey will be joined by his son Harrison in driving the 1990 Leyton House CG901 he designed.

Jacques Villeneuve is due to drive a Ferrari 312 T3, as raced by his father Gilles, up the hillclimb, and Victor Jabouille, son of 1979 French Grand Prix-winner Jean-Pierre, will be a version of his victorious car, the Renault RS10.

2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed F1 classes

The 100-strong line-up of Formula 1 cars is made up of six categories, representing the 75 years of the Formula 1 World Championship, as well as its origins.

Some of the cars will be on static display, but most will be running up the hillclimb.

The Prologue class features Bugattis and Maseratis among early grand prix cars from the 1930s, while The Pioneers features the earliest world championship contenders, including Maserati 250Fs, an Alfa Romeo 158, and the Mercedes W196 Streamliner.

The Innovators section pays tribute to F1’s pioneering engineering minds, featuring a collection of revolutionary cars.

Among them are several of Colin Chapman’s ingenious Lotus designs, including the ground-breaking Lotus 25, the iconic 49, and the Lotus 78.

The category also features the work of Newey, with standout appearances from the active-suspension equipped Williams FW14B, the Leyton House CG901, and the championship-winning McLaren MP4/13.

It wouldn’t be complete without a six-wheeled Tyrrell P34, and you won’t be able to miss the V12 wail of the unraced Ferrari 639, which introduced the semi-automatic gearbox.

The Underdogs class will celebrate F1’s most improbable stories. From the home-built Connew PC1 — designed and constructed by a single man in his garage — to the fairytale 2009 title-winning Brawn BGP001, the collection will also feature challengers from names such as Jordan, Benetton, Tyrrell, Ligier, Shadow, Hesketh, and even EuroBrun.

There’s a star-studded line-up for The Champions category. Title-winners range from a 1961 Ferrari Sharknose to Red Bull’s 2023 champion, with multiple McLarens, Williams, Brabhams and Lotuses in between.

The Teams class brings the event up to day with a raft of modern machinery.