Adelaide Grand Prix memories with David Brabham and Stefan Johansson

It’s 40 years since the first Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Adelaide. The anniversary was celebrated at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival with a number of on and off-track activations.

Adelaide Grand Prix alumni David Brabham and Stefan Johansson reflected back on their time competing in the event, sharing their memories in the Adelaide Marriott Grand Marquee at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival.

Brabham was one of two Australians to race in the grand prix in Adelaide, alongside Alan Jones. Jones was due to join Brabham at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival, however he was unable to travel to Adelaide from Queensland due to Cyclone Alfred. Brabham drove in the 1990 and 1994 Adelaide Grand Prix, the former in the Brabham team founded by his father Sir Jack Brabham and in the BT59 which he got back behind the wheel of at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival.

Johansson raced in the first Adelaide Grand Prix in 1985 for Scuderia Ferrari, finishing on the podium for the Italian team in Adelaide a year later in 1986. After five grand prix starts in Adelaide, Johansson has been a regular attendee at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival over the years.

Watch Brabham and Johansson discuss all things Adelaide Grand Prix in the Adelaide Marriott Grand Marquee with host Charlie Barlow here: