This episode, our final recorded at Goodwood FOS 2025, spotlights Freddie March—the visionary aristocrat-engineer who turned an airfield on his family estate into British motor racing’s most beloved stage. Before he was the 9th Duke of Richmond, Freddie was a hands-on designer, racer and record-setter at Brooklands, an instinctive problem-solver who believed beauty and speed should share the same line.
Wartime transformed the estate into RAF Westhampnett; peacetime saw March channel that grit and ingenuity into a circuit, opening Goodwood in 1948 and curating a calendar that made heroes. Nine Hours through the night, RAC TTs blazing in the sun, safety and standards raised without losing the romance.
He paired craftsman’s eye with organiser’s discipline, proving that great venues are engineered as carefully as great cars, and that culture, how people build, behave and belong—decides whether excellence endures. The Goodwood we celebrate today is his blueprint: precision wrapped in charm, modernity in dialogue with memory, a place where the next lap always honours the last.
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An NSP Media Production, (c) 2025.Theme music is 'HMS Friendship' by Leader: https://mattcooperakaleader.bandcamp.com/track/hms-friendship-home-demo-2020