Adelaide Motorsport Festival monthly newsletter - February 2024
Adelaide Motorsport Festival
2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival - March 8 & 9
Schedule released
The on-track schedule for the 2024 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival on March 16 and 17 has been released, featuring more Formula 1 sessions than ever before, a Drift competition at the conclusion of both days, new categories such as the?PremiAir Bathurst winners’ category and so much more.? ?
CLICK HERE?for the 2024 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival schedule.? ?
With 18 different categories ranging from Formula 1 cars, V8 Supercars, sportscars, touring cars, drift cars, motorbikes and more and up to 18 cars/motorbikes on track at any one time, the action is non-stop without a break in track activity at any stage of the day, from gates opening at 8:30am to the conclusion of the day at 6pm. The session times for categories are mostly mirrored across both days, making it even easier for fans to follow.??? ?
New for 2024 is the PremiAir Bathurst winners’ category (featuring original winners from the Bathurst 500/1000), Repco Circuit Safari, Rally, Aussie Muscle and expanded Motorbikes and Drift categories. There will be three Formula 1 sessions per day, including a demonstration session, which is an increase on previous years, alongside demonstrations such as the ‘Ferrari Spettacolo’, Repco Circuit Safari with more still be confirmed, while each day will end with an hour-long Drift competition.
Trackside villa experiences
Take your 2024 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival experience to the next level in a trackside villa at the event on March 16 and 17.
Tickets are on sale for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Garden, Honda Trackside Villa and Pagani VIP Suite for adults (18 years old-plus), featuring premium trackside viewing, food and drink offerings, displays, experiences and more.?
Exclusive trackside villas are also operated by Zagame Automotive Adelaide, Mercedes Benz Adelaide and Adelaide BMW, with enquiries for these premium villas to be directed directly to those organisations.
Ticketing through organisers is currently available for:?
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING GARDEN
The Toyota Gazoo Racing Garden is a trackside marquee featuring a beer garden and including a food and drink package, arcade games, car displays and more, within a Toyota Gazoo Racing Australia-themed space. Tickets to the?Toyota Gazoo Racing Garden are $300 for a single day.?
CLICK HERE for more on the?Toyota Gazoo Racing Garden.
HONDA TRACKSIDE VILLA
The Honda Trackside Villa is a trackside marquee featuring all-day dining in a Honda-themed exclusive area.?It will enable attendees to enjoy the on-track action up close in the comfort of a private area with food and beverages included. The menu offering features different lunch options (chicken, beef and vegetarian), catered by La Dolce Vita, with afternoon snacks, white, rose, sparking and red wines, beer, soft drinks and more.?The villa will feature Honda motorbikes, cars, identities and more. Tickets are only available through our event affiliate Experience500, including $590 for a single day, $1080 for the weekend and packages that include wine?tours, accommodation and other tourism focused items starting at $2650.
CLICK HERE?for more on the Honda Trackside Villa via Experience500.?
PAGANI VIP SUITE
The Pagani VIP Suite is the 2024 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival’s official VIP space, where you can rub shoulders with celebrities, motorsport stars, VIPs and more, with all-day dining and various food and wine options. Celebrity chefs are on hand to serve a la carte restaurant-style gourmet food across morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. There’s French champagne, gin, whiskey, beer and wine from various producers, with alcohol served from 10:30am and all-day barista coffee. VIP suite patrons can also take part in champagne and whiskey blend masterclasses, with the wine and champagne masterclass by the French Wine Centre. The dining offering includes morning and afternoon tea, lunch, an antipasto bar and afternoon snacks, catered by La Dolce Vita. Tickets to the Pagani VIP Suite are $1000 for a single day.
CLICK HERE for more on the?Pagani VIP Suite.
CLICK HERE?to purchase tickets to the 2024 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival.
More stars and cars
Sky Sports F1 lead commentator David Croft will be attending the 2024 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival on Sunday 17 March.
A week before he commentates on the 2024 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Croft will visit Adelaide for the first time with appearances in the Grand Marquee at the 2024 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival, interviewing Formula 1 identities such as Valtteri Bottas.
Australian motorsport legend Craig Lowndes will drive a 1988 Arrows A10B Megatron in the Formula 1 category at the 2024 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival on March 16 and 17.
Lowndes, seven-time winner of the Bathurst 1000 and three-time Supercars champion, is a regular at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival, jumping into the Arrows A10B Megatron amongst other cars in 2024.
One of the most sought after sportscars from the Ferrari stable, the Ferrari 250 LM, will be part of the ‘Ferrari Spettacolo’ demonstration at the 2024 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival.?
With just 32 Ferrari 250 LMs built between 1963 to 1965, the 250 LM is highly sought after by collectors, and it has repeatedly broken car auction records over the decades.?The Ferrari 250 LM heading to the 2024 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival was raced by the likes of Rindt, John Surtees and Lorenzo Bandini at the Le Mans 24 Hours, Nürburgring 1000km, Reims 12 Hours and more.?
The ‘Ferrari Spettacolo’ will be the greatest gathering of special edition Ferraris in the southern hemisphere, with the demonstration taking place on both days of the Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival, on the Victoria Park section of the Adelaide Street Circuit. It features the likes of a LaFerrari, Ferrari FXX, Ferrari 599XX, Ferrari Enzo, Ferrari F40 in addition to the Ferrari 250 LM.?
Off-track, the 2024 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival will have a showcase of the globally acclaimed F1? in Schools STEM program, igniting passion for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) within motorsport among students and attendees alike.
F1? in Schools is the world's leading student competition in STEM. The 2024 Australian national F1? in Schools final, featuring 207 students across 44 teams from Australia and New Zealand, will be hosted at St Peter’s College Adelaide from March 11 to 15.
CLICK HERE for car and driver announcements for the 2024 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival.
2024 Shannons Adelaide Rally pre-entry
More than 200 pre-entries have been submitted for the 2024 Shannons Adelaide Rally?on November 28 to December 1.
For just $10 you can secure your place in the 2024 Shannons Adelaide Rally and receive information in advance and the ability to swap categories, cars and such pre-event without penalty.
Pre-entrants are prioritised on a first come first served basis when securing category places. All we need is your name and category and email.
Spirit Tour pre-entries have already hit 60 cars, meaning the category is now fully subscribed with pre-entries. Those doing pre-entry now for the Spirit Tour will be on a waitlist and can’t be guaranteed entry. If you are considering any of the other categories at the?2024 Shannons Adelaide Rally, don't miss out by getting your pre-entry in.
CLICK HERE for 2024 Shannons Adelaide Rally pre-entry registration.
Adelaide Motorsport Festival contacts:
Tim Possingham
CEO
Shaun Bennetts
General Manager
Adrian Musolino
Media Manager
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