Goodwood announces new date for rearranged event

The annual meeting is a continuation of the club events which were a popular feature of Goodwood’s heyday in the 1950s and 60s, and was due to take place on March 28-29.

With social distancing measures set to continue through the summer, Goodwood said it had become clear that significant compromises would have to be made in order to hold the meting later in 2020 – which would risk losing what makes it so special to so many people.

The 78th Members’ Meeting will now take place in the spring of 2021, with the provisional dates set April 10-11, which will make it Goodwood’s first event of the 2021 motorsport season.

The Duke of Richmond said: “We were very sad to postpone the 78th Members’ Meeting in March this year, but were confident that it was the right thing to do to protect our visitors, competitors and staff.

“The 78th Members’ Meeting will be our best yet, and we are already working to see how we can add to the spectacular racing we had planned.

“I know that our many fans of the Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard and the Goodwood Revival are keen to know how and when their favourite motorsport events will be taking place, and we are exploring a range of options to host events again as soon as we can.”

The rearranged meeting will feature the same line-up of races – including a two-part SF Edge Trophy for fire-breathing Edwardian leviathans, and a collection of 60 Group 1 saloons contesting the Gerry Marshall Trophy over two heats and a final.

The Rally Sprint competition, featuring cars from the 1970s to the present day, will also be taking place as planned.

Tickets will automatically rollover to the rescheduled event, where both general admission and grandstand tickets will remain valid.

Ticketholders unable to attend the rescheduled event will be invited to contact the ticket office to discuss other options.

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