The Goodwood festival of Speed was back for 2021, after last year’s event was moved online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This year’s theme was “The Maestros – Motorsport’s great All-Rounders,” and Lotus featured as the event’s key manufacturer following the announcement of its new sports car, the Emira.
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Goodwood’s famous central feature sculpture was Lotus-themed and the brand displayed its most iconic road and race cars at the festival, with everything from the 1965 Lotus type 25 racer to the Evija hypercar making an appearance.

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The duke of Richmond, owner of the Goodwood estate, said: “Lotus cars raced with great success at Goodwood throughout the fifties and sixties, including setting the ultimate lap record in 1965, and this year’s central feature served as a fitting landmark to its past, present and future achievements.”
The hillclimb event and Sunday Shootout ran as normal, as well as the supercar paddock allowing festival-goers to see exotic cars up close. There was also a concours d’elegance event on the lawn outside Goodwood House, which displayed some of the rarest cars in the world.
The festival of speed Future lab also returned for 2021, following its first appearance at the event in 2019. This attraction was designed to give the public a glimpse into the future of transport, revealing new autonomous driving technology, flying cars, virtual reality and even deep-sea submersibles.