Method 1 champions Jacques Villeneuve and Jenson Button are set to go head-to-head within the RAC TT Celebration on the 2026 Goodwood Revival.
Each the 1997 and 2009 champions, who had been beforehand team-mates at British American Racing (BAR) Honda in 2003, will get behind the wheel of Jaguar E-types – Button in his ‘CUT 8’ E-type and Villeneuve within the ‘CUT 7’ E-type.
Button will return to the Revival after profitable his first race on the 2025 occasion – the Freddie March Memorial Trophy – which he raced in his personal Jaguar C-type. Villeneuve was additionally on the 2025 occasion, racing the ‘Bushy Canary’ AC Cobra across the famed Goodwood Circuit.
“I’ve been on the Competition [of Speed], however this [Revival] is a superb period,” the Canadian informed Goodwood forward of final 12 months’s occasion.
“I drove my dad’s T3 on the Competition [of Speed] that belonged to Nick Mason. It was good. I caught myself locking the wheels and simply needed to go ‘OK, no, relax’. It was a present, a celebration, revving the engine. It’s unbelievable, what the Duke has managed to construct with the Competition and the Revival and this venue.
“It’s nice seeing youthful generations moving into classic stuff. What I like is to suppose the younger era have an interest. As a result of the previous is what makes us right now and that is a part of our historical past and so to see them makes them perceive higher how we bought to the place we’re right now. I discover that actually, actually good.
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“In that period, the racing was so passionate – these daredevils would get up each morning and weren’t certain if they might get again dwelling. They actually created this strong-knit really feel and constructed the respect and keenness with the followers as a result of as a fan, you knew you weren’t fabricated from the identical material. I’m completely happy I didn’t race again then, as a result of I’d not have survived. I’m an excessive amount of of a danger taker.”
This additionally comes after Button drove his championship-winning Brawn GP F1 automotive on the Goodwood Members’ Assembly in April.
The 2026 Goodwood Revival will happen from 18-20 September, and tickets are presently out there through the official Goodwood web site.
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