Jaguar is officially celebrating two significant anniversaries at Goodwood’s popular annual motorsport events this year, with 50 years of the legendary E-Type being honoured at both the 2011 Festival of Speed (July 1-3) and the Goodwood Revival (September 16-18).

The company will also be celebrating the 60th anniversary of its first victory in the gruelling Le Mans 24 Hour endurance race.

At the Festival of Speed, the E-Type’s 50th birthday will be marked with an eye-catching ‘Central Feature’ installation, as well as a dedicated class in the world-renowned ‘Cartier Style et Luxe’ concours d’elegance. Meanwhile, the 60th anniversary of the first Le Mans win will be celebrated with a class of the marque’s 24 Hours challengers: the C-Types and D-Types that claimed five victories in the 1950s.

E-Types will also have a strong presence at this year’s Goodwood Revival, with Saturday’s feature race ­– the Fordwater Trophy – being solely for E-Types.

And in honour of this, the official 2011 Goodwood Revival poster depicts the famous Noddy Coombs lightweight development E-Type racing at Goodwood.

As usual, tickets for both Goodwood extravaganzas must be bought in advance, by either logging on to www.goodwood.com/motorsport or by calling 01243 755055.