Norris headlines Goodwood's F1-heavy Festival of Speed lineup
NXTbets Pro | Published On: July 10, 2026
Goodwood headline lineup
Goodwood’s Festival of Speed will put Formula 1 at the center of the action, with Lando Norris headlining the entry list and McLaren set to publicly debut the MCL-HY hypercar. The four-day hillclimb demonstration event runs under the theme The Rivals, Epic Racing Duels, and F1 will spread across the hillclimb and the fan zones. Norris will also drive McLaren’s MCL60, giving the crowd a look at both the team’s race car and its new hypercar project. Mercedes is bringing Kimi Antonelli and Fred Vesti. Red Bull and Racing Bulls will be represented by Isack Hadjar, Yuki Tsunoda, Liam Lawson, Arvid Lindblad and Ayumu Iwasa. Alpine will run the E20 with Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto. Williams plans to showcase Damon Hill’s restored championship-winning FW18, with Hill driving alongside team principal James Vowles. Aston Martin will field Jak Crawford and Jessica Hawkins in the AMR25, and both will make their first Goodwood appearances with the team. Ferrari will use the festival to highlight its 75th anniversary, and Formula E driver Dan Ticktum will show off the Gen4 prototype. The lineup gives Goodwood a mix of current F1 names, development drivers, team principals and heritage cars on the same hill.
Female-driver showcase
Goodwood is also using the festival to spotlight female drivers across Formula 1, F1 ACADEMY, Formula E and supercars. Nina Gademan, Alisha Palmowski, Megan Bruce and Chloe Chambers are all scheduled to drive, and each arrives with a different storyline. Gademan represents Alpine at Goodwood and will take the team’s race-winning E20 up the hill alongside Gasly for her first run in a Formula 1 car. Palmowski leads the F1 ACADEMY standings and will drive her No. 21 F1 ACADEMY car before testing the Red Bull Racing RB17 Hypercar. Bruce will make her first Goodwood appearance in her No. 4 TAG Heuer car. Chambers will make her first public appearance as Mahindra Racing’s Formula E test and development driver and will drive the GEN3 Evo M12Electro. Her Goodwood run follows her first Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America podium. The festival’s female-led program stretches across open-wheel, electric and supercar machinery, giving the event a broad competitive feel without leaving the hillclimb format behind.
Heritage machinery
Heritage machinery will share the spotlight with the modern cars, and several teams are using Goodwood to connect their past with their present. McLaren will display the historic M23 linked with James Hunt’s championship, while Norris handles the newer MCL60 and the MCL-HY debut. Williams brings Hill’s restored FW18 back into view, a car tied to one of the team’s championship eras and now returning to the hill with Hill and Vowles. Ferrari’s 75th anniversary gives the Scuderia another historical layer at the festival. Alpine’s E20 also sits in that group, with Gasly and Colapinto sharing driving duties and Gademan getting her first Formula 1 car run in the same machine. Ticktum’s Gen4 prototype adds a look at what comes next in Formula E, while Aston Martin’s AMR25 keeps the focus on current development with Crawford and Hawkins at the wheel. Goodwood’s hillclimb setting gives those contrasts a clear stage, with demonstration runs and fan-zone displays letting the crowd see different eras of racing in one place.
