2024 Goodwood Revival to Be First Historic Motorsport Event Run on Sustainable Fuel

November 30, 2023

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by y Dominik Wilde (Racer) The 2024 Goodwood Revival will be the first historic motorsport event exclusively use sustainable fuels following a successful trial at this year’s running of the event.

At the 2023 Revival in September, the Fordwater Trophy was run with 30 pre-1966 Porsche 911s running on sustainable fuel. Now the initiative from that race – which featured the likes of Jenson Button, Tom Kristensen and Mark Webber – will be rolled out across the entire event. Ahead of the revival, the 81st Members’ Meeting on April 13-14 at the track will feature the all-Mustang Ken Miles Cup and the Gordon Spice Trophy both run exclusively with sustainable fuels.

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Revival organizers say that the switch won’t require any modifications to cars, while there will be no performance deficit either, compared to the use of traditional fuels.

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The move to a fully-sustainable Revival and sustainably-fueled Members Meeting races comes after Sebastian Vettel’s appearance at the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed, where he drove a 1992 Williams FW14B and 1993 McLaren MP4/8, both running on renewable fuels to show that historic cars can still be driven and enjoyed while minimizing their impact on the environment. READ MORE

The Goodwood Revival will be powered by sustainable fuel (Hagerty)

Your guide to sustainable fuels (Hagerty)

Racing ahead: Goodwood Revival becomes world’s first historic motorsport event to race exclusively with sustainable fuel (Goodwood)

Goodwood Revival Is Making A Full Switch To Sustainable Fuels -- Every car competing in a race at the 2024 Goodwood Revival will be required to use FIA-grade sustainable fuel (Car Throttle)

The Goodwood Revival will run purely on sustainable fuel in 2024 -- Next year’s Revival is set to become the first ever historic motorsport event to run exclusively on climate-conscious sustainable fuels (EVO)

Excerpt from Hagerty: According to the new rules competitors will need to use fuel which has a minimum of 70 per cent sustainable components, in accordance with the FIA’s current regulations. A so-called ‘drop-in’ replacement, running this type of fuel requires no modification to race engines and shouldn’t compromise performance. READ MORE

Excerpt from Goodwood: We were also delighted to welcome preparer Richard Tuthill, sustainable fuel developer Anders Hildebrand and driver Emanuele Pirro for a panel discussion on the role of alternative fuels at the Revival. Those looking to find out more about the technology can access the full panel discussion available to view here and the transcription available to download.

Goodwood is firmly committed to supporting the transition to a carbon neutral future. Prior to the Revival, at the 81st Members’ Meeting (Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 April 2024) the use of sustainable fuels will be mandated for the Ken Miles Cup and Gordon Spice Trophy, and drivers and owners will be encouraged to use sustainable fuels across the event. Electric Avenue will return to the 2024 Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard (Thursday 11 - Sunday 14 July), championing not just electric motoring, but a variety of alternative fuels. READ MORE