The Goodwood Revival has always been motorsport time travel — a weekend where the air smells like warm Castrol, the corners are lined with hay bales, and the crowd dresses like the calendar never made it past the mid‑century. In 2026, that time machine gets an Italian soundtrack and a trident badge, as Goodwood places Maserati at the center of the Revival’s headline celebration — marking 100 years since the marque’s first major racing triumph.
THE ORIGIN STORY: SICILY, 1926, AND A CLASS WIN THAT BECAME A LEGEND
Every marque has a beginning, but few have a start that feels like a myth. Maserati’s racing ascent is traced back to 1926, when Alfieri Maserati drove the Tipo 26 to a class win at the Targa Florio — a result that set the tone for a century of beautiful machinery chasing victories with unmistakable Italian flair.
LA DOLCE VITA, GOODWOOD‑STYLE
This year’s Revival embraces “La Dolce Vita” as a site‑wide theme — not just on track, but in the way the event looks and feels. The paddocks will be transformed to evoke the dusty, sun‑soaked roads of post‑war Sicily and the golden era of the Targa Florio, blending mid‑century fashion with Italian motorsport romance.
Suggested caption: “La Dolce Vita at Goodwood: fashion, details, and paddock theatre designed to feel like a Sicilian motorsport postcard.”
THE CARS: MORE THAN 50 PRE‑’66 MASERATIS, INCLUDING A 250F MOMENT
Across the weekend, more than 50 pre‑1966 Maseratis are expected to take to the circuit — each representing a meaningful chapter of the brand’s competition history.
The star of the show is poised to be the Maserati 250F, with the event promising the largest gathering of 250Fs at Revival.
And it won’t be a one‑model display. The list reads like a curated syllabus in Italian speed: 150S, 200Si, 300S, 350S, 450S, 4CL, 4CM, 8C, 8CM, A6GCS, Tipo 151, Tipo 63, V4 and V8RI, among others.
MORE THAN A DISPLAY: EXPECT A PROPER RIVALRY
Beyond the centenary display, Goodwood has hinted at a motorsport storyline that feels perfectly Revival: a Maserati vs Ferrari ‘Battle of Modena’ concept tied into the weekend’s festivities.
THE WEEKEND AROUND THE TRIDENT
The Maserati centenary doesn’t stand alone — it joins a 2026 program already stacked with moments that feel designed for the TSJ reader: rare machines, cultural texture, and the kind of “you had to be there” energy that makes Goodwood what it is.
THE TAKEAWAY
Goodwood understands something most events forget: history isn’t meant to sit still.
A Maserati celebration could have been a static paddock display — polished aluminum, quiet ropes, and a placard telling you what you’re looking at. That’s not the Revival’s way. This is history that starts, revs, and races, wrapped in a setting that makes the experience feel cinematic.
If you care about the emotional side of motorsport — the sound of a 250F at full song, the smell of fuel in the morning air, the romance of Italian speed translated onto English countryside tarmac — this is the kind of weekend you build a calendar around.
EVENT DETAILS
Goodwood Revival 2026 takes place Friday 18 – Sunday 20 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit.
Early bird tickets are available via Goodwood’s official ticketing site: `goodwood.com`
