Every summer, the historic setting of Goodwood House is transformed into an extravagant automotive garden party - or, to put it another way, a Festival of Speed.

This weekend, the West Sussex venue is celebrating 75 years of Formula One, which will include a special demonstration of historic F1 cars - including our own A523 - that will ascend the famous hill climb to the delight of the huge crowd that is expected.

Taking the wheel of our podium-clinching machine from 2023 - now adorned in the team’s 2025 livery - will be BWT Alpine Formula One Team Reserve Drivers Kush Maini (Thursday) and Paul Aron (Friday–Sunday). With Alpine also celebrating its 70th anniversary, there will be further demonstration runs featuring an Alpine A110 R Ultime, a modified A290 Rallye, the all-new A390, and the Alpenglow Hy6 concept hypercar.

Goodwood House is the aristocratic home of the 11th Duke of Richmond, located in the South Downs on the outskirts of Chichester. The estate includes a horse racecourse and aerodrome, and in 1948, the Goodwood Motor Circuit opened. It was closed in the mid-1960s until the present Duke - then known as Lord March - decided to bring motor racing back to the venue. He founded the Goodwood Revival in 1998, where participants and spectators are encouraged to attend in period dress.

Five years before the re-opening of the circuit, the Goodwood Festival of Speed was created - a celebration in which fast and exotic machinery is driven at speed past the house by professional racers. Spectators get close to the action, standing just the other side of a line of straw bales, to enjoy the noise and power of the cars that roar past.

And there is a competitive element. The time to beat up the 1.16-mile hill climb course is 39.08 seconds - a record set by former F1 driver Max Chilton in a McMurtry Spéirling. Before that, the benchmark of 41.6 seconds was held for 23 years by Nick Heidfeld in a 1999 McLaren. However, it was decided some time ago that modern Formula One cars should no longer be timed for safety reasons - though they still perform high-speed demonstration runs.

Taking to the legendary Goodwood Festival of Speed course for the first time is Alpine’s advanced, hydrogen-powered Alpenglow Hy6 show car, first revealed at the 2024 Paris Motor Show. Powered by a 3.5-litre twin-turbocharged V6 engine producing 740bhp, Alpenglow points to an exhilarating future for the brand in motorsport.

Also taking centre stage will be the Alpine A290 Rallye - a competition-modified version of the 2025 Car of the Year. Featuring a full safety cage and a raft of competition-bred enhancements, including a ZF limited-slip differential, upgraded suspension, brakes, and running gear, the car is making its first appearance on the Goodwood hill.

The Festival of Speed caters to all motorsport tastes - whether it’s rallying in the Forest Rally Stage, the Ballroom Paddock with the latest Grand Prix cars and visiting drivers signing autographs, or the Supercar Paddock featuring the newest performance machines. For those who prefer rare and beautiful classic cars, the Cartier Style et Luxe - the finest concours d’elegance - is well worth a visit. And to top it all off, there are aerial displays, including the famous RAF Red Arrows.