The Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, London played host to the evening with 19 British champions celebrated across all motorsport disciplines, from those starting their career with the Motorsport UK Academy to seasoned champions. 

British Formula 1 legend Damon Hill OBE was winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to motorsport which spans an extensive career, while Professor Gordon Murray CBE received the Keith Duckworth Award for his technical excellence in motorsport design and engineering.  

Broadcaster Louise Goodman received the Murray Walker Award for an outstanding career covering Formula 1 and the British Touring Car Championship, to name but two. 

Historic motorsport venue Goodwood was recognised in the Environmental Sustainability Award, following their commitment to running every vehicle at the much-loved Goodwood Revival event on sustainable fuels. 

Tom Purves received the HRH Prince Michael Award of Merit, Race of Remembrance was celebrated as Motorsport UK’s Event of the Year and Nadine Lewis picked up the BWRDC Lord Wakefield Trophy.  

The sport’s vibrant community were also celebrated across a plethora of awards including Young Media, Volunteer, Organising Team and Club of the Year and two Sustainability Awards. 

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT – Damon Hill OBE 

Following in the racing wheel-tracks of his late father Graham Hill, Damon’s motorsport career started out on two wheels before moving into Formula Ford, Formula 3 and F3000 prior to making his Formula 1 debut for Brabham in 1992 alongside ongoing testing duties for Williams.  

With newly crowned champion Nigel Mansell departing to race in the US, Damon was promoted to the Williams race team in 1993 alongside Alain Prost. Despite his relative lack of experience, Damon rose to the challenge with stirring victories in Hungary, Belgium and Italy eventually finishing a fine third in the Drivers’ Championship behind Prost and Ayrton Senna.  

Ten more Grand Prix victories followed over the next two campaigns, Damon twice finishing runner-up to Michael Schumacher, before his seminal season in 1996 when he became the first son of a Formula 1 champion to win the championship himself. In total, Hill won 22 Grands Prix from 115 starts – his final win coming with Jordan at Spa in 1998 – and he remains the second most successful of all Williams F1 drivers.     

Since hanging up his helmet in 1999, Damon has remained active in the sport. He was BRDC President from 2006 to 2011, overseeing one of the most important and successful periods in the Club’s history, highlighted by the securing of a new 17-year contract for Silverstone to hold F1 races and the opening of the Wing complex. He has also been a valued member of the award-winning Sky Sports F1 team providing expert analysis. 

For that, Damon received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his commitment and dedication to the sport.  

THE KEITH DUCKWORTH AWARD – Professor Gordon Murray CBE 

The 2024 Keith Duckworth Award winner, Professor Gordon Murray, CBE, has taken a pioneering approach to Formula 1 and motorsport, advancing engineering and design. 

Murray began his Formula 1 career at Brabham as Chief Designer under Bernie Ecclestone, with his designs including the extraordinary BT46B and World Championship winning BT49 and BT52. Between 1973 and 1985, Murray’s Brabhams scored 22 Grand Prix wins. 

He then moved to McLaren as Technical Director where he was influential in three consecutive World Championship wins – 1988, 1989 and 1990 – and went on to establish a new company: McLaren Cars Limited. The company’s first project was the world-famous McLaren F1 road car. In 1995, a racing version won two world sports car championships and the Le Mans 24-hour race. He guided several other successful projects at McLaren Cars, culminating with the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren programme. 

In 2007, Murray formed a new British company for the design, engineering, prototyping and development of vehicles – Gordon Murray Design Limited. The Surrey-based company grew a global reputation as one of the finest automotive design teams in the world. 

In 2017, Gordon founded premium British supercar manufacturer Gordon Murray Automotive with a clear objective – to build the world’s greatest driver’s car. Continuing his lifelong passions for design purity, light-weight, engineering art and driver perfection, it was no surprise when the company’s first supercar – the T.50 – received global acclaim. This year GMA will introduce a track-only version of the T.50 followed by Coupe and Spider versions of the 1960s-inspired T.33 model range which will without question live up to the unrivalled standards set by Gordon Murray throughout his illustrious career.  

MURRAY WALKER AWARD – Louise Goodman 

Established in 2022, the Murray Walker Award was created to recognise media figures linked to UK motorsport or the UK’s contribution to global motorsport success. 

Dubbed ‘the first woman of F1’ Louise Goodman forged a trail for female reporters as part of ITV’s Grand Prix presentation team between 1997 and 2008 before the BBC and then Sky took over the rights. Goodman has remained loyal to ITV and, for more than 15 years, has been an integral member of the team presenting the thrills and spills of the British Touring Car Championship to UK viewers. 

Outside of her presenting career, Goodman supports new talent entering the sport through her media training and selfless contributions to increase the involvement of females in the sport as a role model and ambassador of Motorsport UK’s Girls on Track programme. 

HRH PRINCE MICHAEL AWARD OF MERIT – Tom Purves   

 Tom Purves was born into a motoring family – his father established several car dealerships around Edinburgh – and has spent his whole working life in the automobile industry. He joined Rolls-Royce as an apprentice engineer at Crewe in 1967 and then moved to BMW (GB) in 1985 initially as Sales Director before being appointed Managing Director four years later. He then served as Chairman and CEO of BMW for North America from 1999 to 2008 before going full circle and being appointed as CEO at Rolls Royce Motor Cars – a position he held from 2008 to 2010. 

Whilst an apprentice, Purves raced a clubmans car, quickly realising his career path laid elsewhere… but never losing his love of the sport. 

More recently he has competed with notable success in Triumph TR3 – a marque that Tom has loved ever since his dad drove him in one at 100mph when he was just six! 

As a car enthusiast through and through, Purves continues to contribute his expertise and experience to the benefit of both motoring and motorsport.   

Full list of award winners: 

Special Awards 

• THE KEITH DUCKWORTH AWARD – Professor Gordon Murray CBE 

• MURRAY WALKER MEDIA AWARD – Louise Goodman 

• HRH PRINCE MICHAEL AWARD OF MERIT – Tom Purves & Alan Gow  

• LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT – Damon Hill OBE 

• LORD WAKEFIELD AWARD – Nadine Lewis 

British Champions  

• BRITISH RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP – Chris Ingram and Alex Kihurani 

• BRITISH JUNIOR RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP – Robert Proudlock and Steven Brown 

• BRITISH CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP – Paul Rowlands and Neil Lloyd 

• BRITISH HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP – Matthew Ryder 

• BRITISH TRUCK RACING CHAMPIONSHIP – Ryan Smith 

• BRITISH ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP – Peter Erceg and Marcus Clutton 

• BRITISH GT CHAMPIONSHIP – Rob and Ricky Collard 

• BRITISH RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP 5 NATIONS TROPHY – Patrick O’Donovan 

• BRITISH DRAG RACING CHAMPIONSHIP – Andy Robinson 

• FUCHS LUBRICANTS BRITISH HISTORIC RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP – Seb Perez and Gary McElhinney 

• BRITISH AUTOTEST CHAMPIONSHIP – Alastair Moffatt 

• BRITISH SPRINT – Chris Jones 

• BRITISH CAR TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIP – Tim Dovey 

• BRITISH SPORTING TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP – Thomas Bricknell 

• ROKiT FORMULA 4 BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP CERTIFIED BY FIA – Deagan Fairclough 

• KWIK FIT BRITISH TOURING CAR DRIVERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP – Jake Hill 

• KWIK FIT BRITISH TOURING CAR MANUFACTURERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP – BMW 

• BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP MANUFACTURER – West Surrey Racing 

• BRITISH F4 ESPORTS CHAMPIONSHIP – Graham Carroll 

• ACADEMY YOUNG DRIVER OF THE YEAR – Connor Clifford 

Club & Community Awards  

• MOTORSPORT UK YOUNG JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR – Katy Fairman 

• MOTORSPORT UK MPB YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR – Craig Evans 

• OFFICIAL D’HONNEUR – Neil Hanson 

• ORGANISING TEAM OF THE YEAR – Vintage Sports-Car Club 

• SUSTAINABLE CLUB OF THE YEAR – Knockhill Motor Sports Club 

• ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AWARD – Goodwood 

• CLUB OF THE YEAR – Ulster Automobile Club 

• VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR – Maurice Bennington 

• COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION – Mike Biss 

• EVENT OF THE YEAR – Mission Motorsport, Race of Remembrance 

• INCLUSION IN MOTORSPORT – Loughborough Car Club