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Automotive technology has come on in leaps and bounds – not to mention surges of turbo-powered acceleration – since that first race at Goodwood in 1948. And still more since the 1920s, when Freddie March took up motor racing. The same goes for the equipment used in motorsport. Take those goggles on page 10, for example, which Freddie would have worn with a separate helmet. In modern racing that combination has been superseded by the likes of this helmet with builtin vizor – an OMP GP-R of the kind worn today by drivers racing at club level. Although pleasingly retro in its lines, this up-to-the-minute helmet contains many contemporary safety features including HANS posts, designed to counter whiplash – a sign that motor racing today strives to be safer for all concerned. And with its handsomely old-school Porsche livery, this helmet also gives a timely nod to the fact that, like motor racing at Goodwood, the celebrated German marque will also celebrate its 75th birthday at the Estate this year. Many happy returns.

Alice Temperley MBE founded her fashion label Temperley London in 2000, after graduating from the Royal College of Art. Her extraordinary prints and fabrics – and a very British Bohemianism – have brought international success. The brand now extends to homeware, with sunglasses and swimwear on the horizon.

Words by Catherine Peel