A FORMULA 1 world champion is set to make a historic racing debut at this year’s Goodwood Revival.

The 2021 Goodwood Revival is due to take place at Goodwood Motor Circuit in Chichester from September 17 to 19.

The classic motorsport event is widely considered to be the world’s premier historic racing event, seeing some of the world’s most expensive and highly sought after classic racing vehicles go wheel-to-wheel on the circuit.

Attendees enter into the spirit of the racing, dressing up in clothing inspired by fashions from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

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British Formula 1 racer Jenson Button, who won the F1 title with the Brawn GP team in 2009, will race in a set of historic cars for the first time in Chichester.

The 41-year-old will take part in the Stirling Moss Memorial Trophy, which takes place at sunset on September 17.

The race will see the likes of Ferrari 250 SWBs, Aston Martin DB4GTs, AC Cobras and a host of early '60s GT racers head out on track.

Jenson Button will be competing in a Jaguar E-Type - teaming up with fellow British racing driver Alex Buncombe.

On the Sunday, the pair with race together once more in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration, which Goodwood calls “one of the most prestigious races in all of historic motorsport”.

The Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration is a one-hour, two-driver team event that sees closed cockpit racers go head-to-head on track.

Jenson Button and Alex Buncombe will be racing a 1963 AC Cobra that was originally prepared for Shelby American and now run by DK Engineering.

The weekend’s racing will be broadcast on ITV1 and the full race schedule is available on the Goodwood Revival website.