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Video: 2024 Sussex Trophy highlights | Goodwood Revival

06th September 2024
Ethan Jupp

The Sussex Trophy has been on the schedule for all but one running of the Goodwood Revival. Renowned as one of the prettiest races anywhere on Earth. This year it's charged with getting our Revival race weekend underway.

A race for the sleek world championship sportscars that raced from 1955-1960, it never fails to bring a romantic period of motorsport back to life in stunning fashion, and this year, all of these stunning sportscars are running on sustainable fuel.

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Traditionally the final race of the weekend on Sunday evening, this year the Sussex Trophy will morph into the curtain raiser for racing action on Friday, taking the form of a 60-minute, two-driver extravaganza that is sure to deliver plenty of unmissable action on the opening day of the Revival.

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2024 Sussex Trophy highlights

It always feels premature when the sun sets on a completed Sussex Trophy on Friday at the Goodwood Revival, but racing waits for no one. And in 2024, it was a tussle to remember.

It should come as a surprise to none that qualifying didn’t really give us a representative order in terms of pace. Yes, the top seven were separated by less than a second but what even we couldn’t see coming, was that Oli Bryant and Andrew Smith would slingshot their Lotus 15 through the pack from ninth, to win the race with a lead of almost a minute.

Willis and Hall, who started at the sharp end, would end up in fourth a full 1:21 behind the winning pair, who had made their way up to third and were sniffing the cross-plies of second and first by the end of lap one.

Unfortunate DNFs included the Wood/Minassian Lotus, the Maeers Cooper and the Majzub/Mccaig Sadler-Chevrolet, with the latter bowing out within the first two minutes.

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Official Practice for the 2024 Sussex Trophy

Official Practice for the Sussex Trophy got the historic motorsport action underway at the 2024 Goodwood Revival, as the stunning 1950s took to the Motor Circuit under foreboding skies. Heavy rain made for challenging conditions for these drivers to contend with as they bid for pole position ahead of Friday evening’s race.

The 30-minute session went mainly incident-free, with only a couple of spins for the Ferrari 250 TR and a Lotus 15 that came away with a slightly rearranged front left corner, and in the rain, we were treated to some brilliant driving skill.

All signs point towards a hugely exciting main event when the Sussex Trophy ends the day’s action on Friday, with the top seven cars all within one second of the eventual pole-sitting pair of Andy Willis and Stephan Joebstl in their Lotus 15.

The Lister ‘Knobbly’ of Gordon Shedden and Saif Assam will line up alongside them in the centre of Row 1, with Nigel Greensall and John Spiers’ Lister ‘Costin on the outside. Nine-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Tom Kristensen and his team-mate Frederic Wakeman took their Cooper T38 to 13th on the grid.

Photography by Nick Wilkinson.

2024 Sussex Trophy grid (Top 15)

Position

Drivers

Car

Time

1

Andy Willis / Stephan Joebstl

1959 Lotus-Climax 15

1:50.000

2

Gordon Shedden / Saif Assam

1958 Lister-Jaguar ‘Knobbly’

1:50.172

3

Nigel Greensall / John Spiers

1959 Lister-Jaguar ‘Costin’

1:50.217

4

Andre Lotterer / Joe Macari

1959 Lister-Jaguar ‘Knobbly’

1:50.350

5

James Davison / Roger Wills

1958 Lotus-Climax 15

1:50.451

6

Nick Jarvis / Scott Malvern

1959 Lister-Chevrolet ‘Costin’

1:50.509

7

James Cottingham / Richard Cook

1959 Lister-Jaguar ‘Costin’

1:50.872

8

Maxwell Lynn / Shaun Lynn

1958 Lister-Jaguar ‘Knobbly’

1:52.303

9

Andrew Smith / Oliver Bryant

1958 Lotus-Climax 15

1:52.433

10

Alex Brundle / Mark Donnor

1959 Lister-Jaguar ‘Costin’

1:52.625

11

Marino Franchitti / Nick Padmore

1955 Lister-Jaguar ‘Flat Iron’

1:53.193

12

Andy Wallace / Chris Ward

1955 Jaguar D-type ‘long-nose’

1:53.269

13

Tom Kristensen / Frederic Wakeman

1955 Cooper-Jaguar T38

1:54.205

14

Richard Wilson / Richard Bradley

1958 Lotus-Climax 15

1:55.774

15

James Wood / Nicolas Minassian

1959 Lotus-Climax 15

1:55.999

Which cars are in the Sussex Trophy?

Beauties everywhere you look, the Sussex Trophy really is a stunning race to watch regardless of whether they’re battling wheel to wheel. The chance to simply see these cars in motion out on the Goodwood Motor Circuit is enough to justify the price of admission.

This year, the entry list features several Lotus 15s, which have won this race on four occasions, alongside stunning examples of Lister Knobblys, a Tojeiro, a pair of Jaguar D-Type long-noses, a Ferrari 250TR and several Coopers. There are two lesser known machines, too, a Sadler MkII and a Kellison J4.

It’s a vast array of cars powered by a mix of engines from manufacturers including Coventry Climax, Jaguar and Chevrolet which makes for one of the most varied grids across the whole Revival weekend.

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Which drivers are racing in the Sussex Trophy?

Over the years, the Sussex Trophy has drawn a mix of owners and professional drivers into action at the Revival. The great and much missed Robert Brooks won the first running in a Lotus 15 back in 1998, and since then the list of winners has been filled with a number of hugely talented racers.

Oliver Bryant took victory last time out, also behind the wheel of a Lotus 15, he'll be looking to retain his crown this year, although he'll have some stiff competition from the likes of Tom Kristensen, Andre Lotterer, Gordon Shedden, Alex Brundle, James Cottingham and Tiff Needell.

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When is the Sussex Trophy?

As race one on the schedule for this year’s Revival, both Official Practice and the Sussex Trophy race itself will take place on Friday 6th September, with the cars taking the chequered flag as the sun sets on day one. You can find the exact timings for the race in the 2024 Revival timetable

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Previous winners of the Sussex Trophy

Year

Driver(s)

Car

2023

Oliver Bryant

Lotus-Climax 15

2022

James Cottingham

Tojeiro-Jaguar

2021

James Cottingham

Tojeiro-Jaguar

2019

Roger Willis

Lotus-Climax 15

2018

Phil Keen

Lister-Jaguar Knobbly

2017

Sam Hancock

Ferrari 246S Dino

2016

Chris Ward

Lister-Jaguar Costin

2015

Bobby Verdon-Roe

Ferrari 246S Dino

2014

Keen/Minshaw

Lister-Jaguar Knobbly

2013

Anthony Reid

Jaguar D-Type ‘long-nose’

2012

Julian Majzub

Sadler-Chevrolet Mk3

2011

Alex Buncombe

Lister-Jaguar Costin

2010

Jamie McIntyre

Lister-Chevrolet Knobbly

2008

Jamie McIntyre

Lister-Chevrolet Knobbly

2007

Jean-Marc Gounon

Aston Martin DBR2

2006

Gary Pearson

Jaguar D-Type ‘long-nose’

2005

Gary Pearson

Lister-Jaguar Knobbly

2004

Julian Bronson

Lister-Jaguar Knobbly

2003

Tony Dron

Ferrari 246S Dino

2002

Tony Dron

Ferrari 246S Dino

2001

Tony Dron

Ferrari 246S Dino

2000

Danny Sullivan

Lotus-Climax 15

1999

Gary Pearson

Lister-Jaguar Knobbly

1998

Robert Brooks

Lotus-Climax 15

 

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

You can also see the full Goodwood Revival timetable here.

Photography by Joe Harding.

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