Esperienza Giro Lamborghini, display paddock

Story and photos by Vince Johnson

The heavens chose to wait until the last day of summer to finally bring South Australia some much-needed rain this year. In the state capital on the Victoria Park circuit, crews had obviously done their homework and on Saturday morning, in the paddock and pits, slicks were nowhere to be seen. With fifteen categories, ranging from Formula 1 to Historic Sports and Racing, including Motorbikes, the track was live from 8:30 to 5:30 each day.

Theodore Athanasiadis & Sabe Hatami, 1986 Ferrari Testarossa, Zagame Tour, Beaumont

Story and photos by Vince Johnson

South Australia’s summer weather usually arrives anytime after October but this year was running late. Spring rain had kept the country in the Adelaide hills green and the forecast for the three-day tarmac rally was patchy. Not that this mattered to the crews and spectators.

Tyrrell P34 Cosworth, Tony Quinn, Wakefield Street exit

Story and photos by Vince Johnson
8-9 March 2025

March is festival month in South Australia across the state with performing and visual arts, music, dance, magic, acrobatics and more in full swing. And at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival in the parklands east of the city you would have seen and heard all of these, with wheels on.

Since 2014, a 1.6km section of the original circuit of the 1985-95 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix has joined in the festivities. On Friday afternoon many city workers stayed in town to watch the police-escorted ‘Peak Hour of Power’ as it left Victoria Park in the parklands east of the city. With the Formula 1 cars leading, they made their way through the central business district to Gouger Street’s cafe strip. Cars, drivers and teams filled the street display, the restaurants and cafes were overflowing and the public had their weekend appetite whetted with the close-up spectacle.