Australian world champion Alan Jones and his former Beatrice Haas Lola THL1 Hart will both return to Adelaide to celebrate the anniversary of the first Formula 1 lap completed on the Adelaide Street Circuit at the 1985 Australian Grand Prix, 40 years on at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival.
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On October 31 1985, Jones was given the honour of completing the first lap for a Formula 1 car at the inaugural Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide, at the start of a familiarisation practice session in his Haas Lola THL1.
Jones and the Haas Lola THL1 will both be present at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival, marking 40 years since the debut of the Adelaide Street Circuit and the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix. Recreating that moment from 40 years ago, the same car will go out on track by itself and complete a commemorative lap at the start of the first Formula 1 session of the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival with its current owner behind the wheel. Jones will be there to witness the moment and will reflect on the history of the grand prix in the Adelaide Marriott Grand Marquee.
Jones, the 1980 Formula 1 world champion, was the only Australian on the grid for the first grand prix in Adelaide in 1985. Jones will join David Brabham at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival, meaning both Australians to compete in an Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide will be at the event in March 2025.
The Haas Lola THL1 Formula 1 car has been a regular at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival, powered by a turbocharged Hart engine. The car will be put on the market at the conclusion of the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival.
The 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival will once again feature various categories, ranging from Formula 1 cars, V8 Supercars, sportscars, touring cars, motorbikes and more with the action non-stop without a break in track activity at any stage of the day. Off track there will be car displays, kids' zones, bars and food trucks, exhibitors and traders, activations and more, in a picnic in the park setting.
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