50 years since John Surtees’ first car race
Already a multiple World Champion on two wheels, it was 50 years ago this year, in March 1960, that John Surtees began his switch to four wheels, entering a Formula Junior race at Goodwood and finishing a close second to Jim Clark. Within a matter of months he had scored his first pole position and podium finish in Formula One, and in 1964 he became F1 World Champion. His achievement in winning World Championships on both two wheels and four is still unmatched. Add victory in the inaugural Can Am championship in 1966, and a spell as a team owner, and his is a career whose achievements will perhaps forever remain unique.
The 2010 Goodwood Revival will pay tribute to John Surtees, with a gathering of the landmark cars that shaped his unparalleled career
60 years since BRM’s first victory
On September 30th 1950, the fledgling British Racing Motors scored its first victory, here at Goodwood, when Reg Parnell triumphed in the Woodcote Cup. From then until 1977, when its doors closed for good, BRM enjoyed a career which, perhaps more than any manufacturer before or since, was epitomised by glorious highs (17 Grand Prix victories and both World Championships in 1962) and ignominious lows (the calamitous failure of the much-heralded V16, and the ignominious eventual demise), but which never failed to capture the public imagination.
This year’s Revival celebrates 60 years since that first win, with the largest ever gathering of BRM cars