Valtteri Bottas, Damon Hill, Guenther Steiner & David Croft are a few of the high-profile F1 names showing on the 2024 Adelaide Motorsport Competition on March 16-17.
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With aspirations to be Australia’s reply to the long-lasting Goodwood Competition of Velocity occasion within the UK, the Adelaide Motorsport Competition celebrates the South Australian capital’s wealthy motorsport historical past as the house of the Australian Components 1 Grand Prix from 1985-1995.
The centerpiece of the occasion is the Victoria Park Dash, the place vehicles and motorbikes in 18 classes full spirited demonstrations on a monitor that features the ultimate sequence of corners and residential straight from the unique Adelaide Grand Prix Circuit. In addition to historic Components 1 vehicles, different fashionable classes in motion embrace Heritage Touring Vehicles , V8 Supercars, legendary sportscars and fashionable road-legal hypercars.
It’s not solely in regards to the on-track motion, after all. With an open paddock, you’ll be capable to take a look at your favourite racing vehicles up shut, in addition to shows of historic and fashionable vehicles. Followers can even be capable to see all the large names interviewed on stage within the Grand Marquee, and households are well-looked after with a devoted zone and many actions for budding motorsport followers.
The occasion additionally appears to the longer term with a devoted precinct targeted on electrical autos, the E-Movement Zone introduced by the Metropolis of Adelaide, which options static and dynamic automobile shows, in addition to tech talks.
New Dates & Rising Attendances
The Adelaide Motorsport Competition was based by Tim Possingham in 2016 and has gone from energy to energy, particularly since shifting from December to March after the pandemic. That’s as a result of the competition now takes place one week earlier than the Components 1 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, in addition to throughout an action-packed month for occasions, identified regionally as “Mad March.”
It’s now attainable to attend the Adelaide Motorsport Competition (March 16-17) and the Australian Grand Prix (March 21-24) on consecutive weekends, which has allowed the organizers to draw extra excessive profile names from the world of motorsport (particularly Components 1) in addition to extra worldwide guests.
“Mad March”
The Adelaide Motorsport Competition joins different high-profile occasions happening within the metropolis throughout March, together with the Adelaide Fringe, Adelaide Competition and WOMADelaide. While a motorsport occasion doesn’t precisely enchantment to the identical arts and music-focused demographic, the thrill from the mixed occasions brings the usually sleepy metropolis of Adelaide to life throughout March. (By the way, “Adelaide Alive” was the slogan for the inaugural, 1985 version of the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide.)
The placement of the Adelaide Motorsport Competition can be strategic. Victoria Park is barely a brief stroll from out of doors fringe venues Gluttony and The Backyard of Unearthly Delights, which might be celebrating the previous few days of the 2024 Adelaide Fringe Competition on the identical weekend.
Excessive-Profile F1 Stars in Attendance
Among the many high-profile names from the world of Components 1 who’re confirmed to look at this yr’s version of the Adelaide Motorsport Competition embrace present Stake F1 Crew (Sauber) driver Valtteri Bottas, reserve driver for the Pink Bull Racing and Racing Bulls F1 groups Liam Lawson, ex-Haas Crew Principal Guenther Steiner, lead SkySportsF1 commentator David Croft and 1996 Components 1 World Champion, Damon Hill. On Sunday evening (March 17), David Croft can even be internet hosting an occasion on the Arkaba Lodge, study extra: The Crofty Present Adelaide 2024
Bottas, who will get behind the wheel of a number of legendary vehicles all through the weekend, has turn out to be an adopted son of the town since beginning a relationship with champion bicycle owner and Adelaide native Tiffany Cromwell a couple of years in the past. The Finnish star has even been employed by South Australia to advertise the state’s points of interest in his social media posts.
Damon Hill is the highest-profile driver from the Adelaide Components 1 period to have appeared on the occasion, following appearances by Ivan Capelli and Stefan Johansson in earlier editions. Hill gained the ultimate race on the streets of Adelaide for Williams in 1995, in addition to the primary version of the race in Melbourne the next yr. Hill will most likely have much less fond reminiscences of the 1994 Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide, the place he missed out on being topped World Champion after a controversial conflict with Michael Schumacher.
Adelaide-Period F1 Vehicles on Monitor
A number of legendary vehicles from the Adelaide Components 1 period (1985-1995) can even be in motion on monitor on the 2024 Adelaide Motorsport Competition, together with the Benetton B190 Ford that gained the 1990 Adelaide Grand Prix and a 1993 Benetton B193B Ford that Michael Schumacher raced through the 1993 Components 1 season. Aussie motorsport legend Craig Lowndes can even be behind the wheel of one other Adelaide-era automobile, the Arrows A10B Megatron from 1988.
Touring Vehicles, Sports activities Vehicles, Motorbikes
It’s not solely about Components 1, after all. The Adelaide Motorsport Competition additionally celebrates different types of motorsport. Considered one of this yr’s star vehicles is the legendary Mazda 767B, which turned the primary Japanese automobile to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1991 and is taken into account to be the most effective sounding vehicles ever produced! Different legendary vehicles on monitor this yr might be a bunch of winners of the legendary Australian touring automobile race, the Bathurst 1000, together with Holdens from numerous eras and two giant-killing Nissan Skyline GT-R R32s. On two wheels, retired Australian motorbike racer Daryl Beatie will trip a Honda CB1100R on the occasion alongside fellow winners of premier class motorcycle occasions, Chris Vermuelen and Kevin Magee.
Gouger Avenue Occasion
The 2024 Adelaide Motorsport Competition kicks off on Friday March 16 with a free group occasion from 6-8pm, The Gouger Avenue Occasion. That includes DJ performances and visitor appearances, you’ll additionally be capable to see lots of the highest-profile vehicles from the occasion within the flesh. One of many coolest features of this kick-off occasion is that the vehicles all drive from the competition’s paddock in Victoria Park to Gouger Avenue by way of the streets of the town!
Tickets on Sale Now
The 2024 Adelaide Motorsport Competition takes place on Saturday March 16 and Sunday March 17 in Victoria Park. Gates open on each days at 8:30am and there’s on-track motion all day till 6pm. Single-day grownup tickets are priced from $60 AUD. Beneficiant reductions are additionally obtainable for kids and households (children beneath 5 get in free). Hospitality entry can be obtainable within the Toyota Gazoo Racing Backyard and Pagani VIP Suite. Safe your tickets right here.
