Adelaide Grand Prix

November 12: Race day for the last Formula 1 GP in Adelaide in 1995 and the opening day for the first MotoGP in Adelaide in 2027. Image from the South Australian Government, courtesy of the South Australian Motor Sport Board. #F1 #MotoGP #Adelaide #AusGP #AdelaideAlive

Damon Hill won the last Formula 1 Grand Prix in Adelaide on this day in 1995, by a two-lap margin in a race of attrition in front of a sold-out crowd of 210,000. Images from F1 and Williams Racing. #F1 #Formula1 #Adelaide #AusGP #AdelaideAlive

The last Adelaide Grand Prix got underway on this day in 1995. A record crowd of 520,000 would attend that weekend. Were you there? #F1 #Formula1 #Adelaide #AusGP #AdelaideAlive

Gerhard Berger scored his second win at the Adelaide Grand Prix on this day in 1992, following a collision between Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell. Images from F1 and McLaren. #F1 #Formula1 #Adelaide #AusGP #AdelaideAlive

Ayrton Senna took his 41st and final grand prix win in Adelaide on this day in 1993, in the last race for long-time rival Alain Prost. Images from F1 and McLaren. #F1 #Formula1 #Adelaide #AusGP #AdelaideAlive

Rest in peace Alan Jones. The 1980 Formula 1 world champion, only the second Australian to win the drivers’ title after Sir Jack Brabham, has passed away aged 80. Jones was given the honour of completing the first lap in a Formula 1 car at the first Adelaide Grand Prix in 1985.

Forty-one years ago today, race day for the inaugural Adelaide Grand Prix in 1985. A sold-out crowd of 107,500 was on hand for the historic event. Image from F1. #F1 #Formula1 #Adelaide #AusGP #AdelaideAlive

Ligier team photo at the 1993 Adelaide Grand Prix, featuring the 'art car' that Martin Brundle raced in the last two races of that season. Image from Ligier. #F1 #Formula1 #Adelaide #AusGP #AdelaideAlive

Gerhard Berger's flaming McLaren Honda at the 1990 Adelaide Grand Prix. Image from Honda Racing F1. #F1 #Formula1 #Adelaide #AusGP #AdelaideAlive

Alessandro Zanardi and Mika Häkkinen doing battle at the 1991 Adelaide Grand Prix. Image from F1. #F1 #Formula1 #Adelaide #AusGP #AdelaideAlive

Benetton's message of thanks to Adelaide following the last Adelaide Grand Prix in 1995. Image from F1. #F1 #Formula1 #Adelaide #AusGP #AdelaideAlive

The dates for Adelaide’s inaugural MotoGP event are confirmed: November 12 to 14 in 2027. It means grand prix racing will return to Adelaide 32 years to the day (November 12) since the last Formula 1 Adelaide Grand Prix in 1995. Image from @MotoGP. #MotoGP #F1 #Adelaide #AusGP

The Formula 1 end-of-season class photo, brought inside due to rain at the 1989 Adelaide Grand Prix. Image from Honda Racing F1. #F1 #Formula1 #Adelaide #AusGP #AdelaideAlive

Michael Schumacher at the 1994 Adelaide Grand Prix, on the brink of his first Formula 1 world championship win. Image from F1. #F1 #Formula1 #Adelaide #AusGP #AdelaideAlive

Australian Senna Agius, named after Ayrton Senna, will ride for the Tech3 KTM team in the 2027 MotoGP world championship. He will be the sole Australian in MotoGP's premier class for the inaugural Adelaide MotoGP event. Image from Tech3. #MotoGP #Adelaide #AusGP

Alan Jones (#15) in his last start in Formula 1 in the early stages of the 1986 Adelaide Grand Prix. Image from F1. #F1 #Formula1 #Adelaide #AusGP #AdelaideAlive

Ayrton Senna at the 1991 Adelaide Grand Prix. Image from Honda Racing F1. #F1 #Formula1 #Adelaide #AusGP #AdelaideAlive

Coming soon to Netflix, a documentary on Michael Schumacher's first Formula 1 world championship title which was won at the 1994 Adelaide Grand Prix. #F1 #Formula1 #Adelaide #AusGP #AdelaideAlive

Rundle Mall, Adelaide's pedestrian shopping mall, is celebrating its 50th anniversary today. It hosted a number of Adelaide Grand Prix activations and launches. Images from the South Australian Government, courtesy of the South Australian Motor Sport Board. #F1 #Adelaide