Video: 2024 Glover Trophy highlights | Goodwood Revival

The race has been run every single year at Goodwood since the inaugural Revival in 1998. It’s named after the trophy that was handed out to winners of various events at Goodwood between 1950 and 1963. The Glover Trophy was first awarded for the 500 International Trophy Race for 500cc Formula 3, but eventually evolved into an annual non-championship F1 race that took place at Goodwood for the first time in 1955.

Won by drivers including Reg Parnell, Roy Salvadori, Stirling Moss, Mike Hawthorn, Innes Ireland, John Surtees and Graham Hill, the Glover Trophy holds substantial value in motorsport history, and the gravitas of winning such a prestigious race in the Revival era is not lost on those who compete for glory.

2024 Glover Trophy highlights

Featuring the fastest, most modern F1 cars that we allow to race here at Goodwood, the Glover Trophy is an absolute staple for fans of close, highly skilled, precise racing at the Revival. And 2024’s edition delivered on that mission statement, albeit in fragmented chunks.

The red flag was raised not one lap in when Fennell and Collins bowed out of the race on the opener. After the cars were removed, we got back underway for a 15-minute thrash, with Ben Mitchell, Andy Middlehurst, Martin Shaw and Joe Colasacco fighting up ahead.

These are familiar names for those who are fans of Glover Trophy races gone by. If you are, you’ll know Middlehurst is the man to beat and Colasacco, in that red with blue wheels 12-cylinder Ferrari, has had a fair slug of bad luck over the years.

This year though, after another tangle further down the grid, it was Colasacco who managed to get right up on Middlehurt’s gearbox and chase him to the end. With two minutes to go, the Lotus and the Ferrari went side by side into the braking zone at Woodcote. Behind them, Mitchell and Shaw tussled for the final podium position, with Shaw coming out on top. In the end, Middlehurst kept it ahead, if only by 0.03 of a second. Fighting up from 14^th to be within a blink of an eye of winning isn't bad for the Ferrari driver, though...

Official Practice for the Glover Trophy

Official Practice for the Glover Trophy was one of the later sessions, taking place on Friday afternoon on a track that was still plenty wet. These small and light Grand Prix cars and their drivers may have looked rather fragile, exposed to the elements as they were, but that didn’t stop them from being quick and agile racers.

It was Ben Mitchell in the 1962 Lola-Climax MkIV which claimed pole at the end of the session, edging out 2023’s winner Andy Willis in the 1964 BRM P261 by less than 0.25 of a second. The lead pair were over a second ahead from those behind, a pack which included Glover Trophy maestro Andy Middlehurst down in fifth in his 1962 Lotus-Climax 25, and 2017 winner Martin Stretton in third in a 1963 Lotus-BRM 24.

So, practice has been run and the grid is decided. These drivers now have a bit of a wait until the race begins, with the Glover Trophy set to take place on Sunday afternoon. The duel up front between Mitchell and Willis entices, but track conditions may well be much-changed by then, so it will be intriguing to see how this race plays out.

Photography by Nick Wilkinson and Toby Whales. 

Official Practice for the 2024 Glover Trophy (Top 15)

Which cars are racing in the Glover Trophy?

It’s not the just the history of the race that is special, the Glover Trophy is our chance to enjoy genuine F1 racing at the Goodwood Revival from 1961-1965, and arguably one of the most romantic eras the sport ever witnessed.

With engine size limited to just 1.5 litres, and the grid having made the transition to a rear-engine configuration, the cars of this era were the smallest and lightest ever, but no less spectacular for their agility and speed.

The grid will be filled with cars from several world champion manufacturers including Lotus, Brabham, BRM and Cooper, cars driven by all of the names listed above and many more besides. Specifics to look out for include a Ferrari 1512, a Gilby Type B1, a Brabham BT14 and a Derrington Francis. When it comes to historic F1 racing, the Glover Trophy is the ultimate example.

Which drivers are in the Glover Trophy?

There are multiple previous winners of the Glover Trophy battling it out to take the prize this year. 2023 victor Andrew Willis returns in the BRM P261, but so does a titan of this race, Andy Middlehurst, who has won the Glover Trophy a total of eight times behind the wheel of a Lotus 25, with wins between 2011-2015, in 2019, and in both 2021 and 2022.

2017 winner Martin Stretton will also be present this year in a Lotus 24, joined by 2018’s champion Joe Colasacco, racing in the Ferrari 1512. With the presence of so many recent winners and more besides, the line-up of this race is full of experience.

When is the Glover Trophy?

Official Practice for the Revival’s historic F1 showpiece is scheduled to take place on Friday 6^th September ahead of the race on Sunday 8^th. You can find the exact timings for the race in the 2024 Revival timetable. 

Previous winners of the Glover Trophy

The 2024 Goodwood Revival takes place on 6^th-8^th September. Click here to view the full entry list.

You can also see the full Goodwood Revival timetable here.

Photography by Toby Whales and Jayson Fong.