Adelaide Motorsport Festival monthly newsletter – January 2025

Motorsport legends lined up for 2025

From Formula 1 personalities to Supercars legends, motorbike world champions to international racing identities, these are the stars attending the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival (with so many more still to be announced): Damon Hill, Guenther Steiner, Thierry Boutsen, David Croft, David Brabham, Alan Jones, Craig Lowndes, Greg Murphy, Steven Richards, Tim Slade, Chris Vermeulen, Troy Corser, Jake Hill and more.?

Formula 1 world champion Damon Hill will drive his first grand prix car at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival. Hill will the drive the 1992 Brabham BT60B Judd, the last Brabham grand prix car, in a session over the course of the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival; the first time Hill has driven a Formula 1 car in Adelaide since he won the last Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide in 1995.?

The winner of the 1989 Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide, Belgian Thierry Boutsen, will drive the car that won the 1990 Australian Grand Prix, the Benetton B190 Ford, at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival. Boutsen driving the Benetton marks the first time an Australian Grand Prix winner from the Adelaide era will get behind the wheel of an Australian Grand Prix-winning car at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival.

Australian world champion Alan Jones and his former Beatrice Haas Lola THL1 Hart will both return to Adelaide to celebrate the anniversary of the first Formula 1 lap completed on the Adelaide Street Circuit at the 1985 Australian Grand Prix, 40 years on at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival.

On October 31 1985, Jones was given the honour of completing the first lap for a Formula 1 car at the inaugural Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide, at the start of a familiarisation practice session in his Haas Lola THL1. Jones and the Haas Lola THL1 will both be present at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival, marking 40 years since the debut of the Adelaide Street Circuit and the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix. Recreating that moment from 40 years ago, the same car will go out on track by itself and complete a commemorative lap at the start of the first Formula 1 session of the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival with its current owner behind the wheel. Jones will be there to witness the moment and will reflect on the history of the grand prix in the Adelaide Marriott Grand Marquee.

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Radical cars and motorbikes confirmed for 2025

Formula 1 cars, Le Mans sportscars, MotoGP motorbikes and so many more will be on track at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival, with so many more still to be announced.?

One of the most radical Formula 1 cars ever built, a six-wheeled Tyrrell P34, will be one of the star attractions at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival. The Tyrrell P34, commonly known as the "six-wheeler", was designed by Derek Gardner using four specially manufactured 10-inch diameter wheels and tyres at the front, with two ordinary-sized wheels at the back.

?MotoGP race winner Chris Vermeulen will get back on a MotoGP bike at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival, riding an Aprilia ART GP13 grand prix bike. The Team Aspar Aprilia ART GP13 grand prix bike was ridden by future MotoGP winner Aleix Espargarò in the 2013 grand prix season, scoring eight top-10 finishes and 11th in the MotoGP championship standings. The 1000cc four-stroke Aprilia produces 230 horsepower with a top speed of over 330km/h.

A category for sportscar prototypes, to be known as the Le Mans category, will be a new addition to the Adelaide Motorsport Festival. Cars confirmed for the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival that will feature in the Le Mans category include the Mazda 767B, Leyton House Porsche 962C and Nissan R88C with more to be announced.

If you're a fan of rotary engines you won't want to miss the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival, featuring the Mazda 767B, the Crighton CR700W, a pair of Mazda RX-8 Grand-Am GTs and more.

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Pagani the naming-rights sponsor of the Pagani VIP Suite?

The 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival’s official VIP space will be known as the Pagani VIP Suite, with an extension of naming-rights sponsorship from Italian hypercar manufacturer Pagani.

The Pagani VIP Suite is where guests can rub shoulders with celebrities, motorsport stars, VIPs and more, with all-day dining and various food and wine options.

Celebrity?chefs will be on hand to serve a la carte restaurant-style gourmet food across morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea, catered by some of Adelaide’s finest restaurants. There will be French champagne, gin, whiskey, beer and Adelaide Hills wine from various producers and all-day barista coffee. Pagani VIP Suite patrons can also take part in champagne and whiskey blend masterclasses.

Limited tickets to the Pagani VIP Suite are available to the public.

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Last chance to be involved as a trader/exhibitor

Now is the last chance to secure an exhibitor/trader stand at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival. Be part of the fastest growing motorsport event in the country and engage with our diverse audience across the weekend of March 8 and 9, with a variety of affordable options for traders. Please note: food and beverage slots have been filled already.

CLICK HERE for expressions of interest for exhibitors, traders and sponsors.

The 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival will be the week before the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix. The Gouger Street Party, a free community event, will be on the evening of Friday March 7 followed by the Adelaide Motorsport Festival in Victoria Park on Saturday March 8 and Sunday March 9.

For trader and exhibitor queries, please contact Harry Harding at Harry Harding at [email protected]

For sponsorship queries, please contact Tim Possingham at [email protected]

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Pre-entry registrations filling up for 2025 Shannons Adelaide Rally

Pre-entry registrations for the 2025 Shannons Adelaide Rally, being held on November 21 to 23, are open and filling up fast. With capacity reached in pre-entry registrations for the Main Tour and Spirit Tour in the 2025 Shannons Adelaide Rally, new registrations will be added to a wait list. Pre-registered entrants will have the chance to enter first, before entries are opened to everyone.

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The Prima Tour will once again feature on the first day of the 2025 Shannons Adelaide Rally, giving you the chance to drive four stages of the rally followed by a lunch, while full rally categories include Competition, Challenge, Spirit Tour and Main Tour.

Get in quick to lock in your place to enjoy the best roads in and around Adelaide and the Adelaide Hills, street parties, spectator stages, lunch stops and more.

Adelaide Motorsport Festival contacts:

Tim Possingham

CEO

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Shaun Bennetts

General Manager

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Adrian Musolino

Media Manager

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