Spectacular racing raised the nation’s spirits as the Revival roared back better than ever
WORDS LIZZIE POPE PHOTOGRAPHY JAMES MANN
With flags flying at half mast and black armbands being worn, there was a unique backdrop to the 2022 Goodwood Revival from 16-18 September, which concluded on the eve of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. Daily tributes created a moment of calm in which all visitors had the opportunity to remember and reflect, before the programme resumed.
In Friday’s fading light, the Freddie March Memorial Trophy kicked off the competitive action in style with a dazzling front row that featured the Cooper-Jaguar T33 of Guy Harman and Nick Finburgh lining up alongside Fred Wakeman and Sam Hancock’s Jaguar C-type, and the Allard J2X of Mike Grant Peterkin and three-time Le Mans winner Benoît Tréluyer. Poleman Harman made a great start before streaking away and building an advantage that would prove useful when he was hit with a 10-second jump-start penalty. Behind, the second-to-sixth-placed cars ran together, headed by Wakeman. He pitted early to hand over to Hancock, who immediately set a new fastest lap. Conversely, leader Harman passed the baton to Finburgh late on, leaving him with a seven-second advantage and Hancock as the de facto leader once the penalty was applied. Harman/ Finburgh were then hit with two further penalties, falling to fourth in the final reckoning, with Wakeman/Hancock coming home as the 2022 Revival’s first winners.
The sub-2-litre sports cars of the Madgwick Cup got Saturday under way, and it never seemed in doubt that Miles Griffiths would see the chequer first after 20 mins in Albert Otten’s Kieft-Climax 1100. More than 12 secs behind, the Lotus-Bristol MkXs of Malcolm Paul and Oliver Marçais tussled for second, with Paul taking it by 1.982 secs.
Few were surprised when seven-time Glover Trophy winner Andy Middlehurst put the Lotus-Climax 25 on pole by almost 2 secs, nor when he overcame the fast-starting Joe Colasacco (Ferrari 1512) to be first into Madgwick. Colasacco’s challenge faded as the fragile Ferrari failed, leaving Middlehurst to romp home by 19.256 secs.
The first part of the St Mary’s Trophy, for 1960-’66 saloon cars, featured a Who’s Who of star drivers, including Le Mans winners Tom Kristensen, Richard Attwood, Derek Bell, André Lotterer, Brendon Hartley, Romain Dumas, Neel Jani, Marcel Fässler and David Brabham, plus seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson, Touri
