Valtteri Bottas to drive iconic Ferrari F1 car at the 2026 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival

Ten-time grand prix winner Valtteri Bottas will drive a Ferrari Formula 1 car for the first time at the 2026 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival on Sunday March 1, a week before he returns to the Formula 1 grid driving in the debut of the Ferrari-powered Cadillac Formula 1 team. 

The Adelaide Motorsport Festival ambassador returns to the event in 2026, getting behind the wheel of a Ferrari 156/85 from the 1985 Formula 1 season – the first that featured the Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide. Bottas will drive the #27 156/85 that was raced in period by fellow Formula 1 winner Michele Alboreto, alongside Stefan Johnasson who will drive his own #28 156/85 in the demonstration session at 1:45pm on Sunday March 1. 

Bottas returns to the Formula 1 grid with the new Cadillac Formula 1 team in 2026, with the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne the week after the 2026 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival. After racing against Scuderia Ferrari throughout his Formula 1 career, the drive in the 1985 Ferrari will be a first for the Finnish 10-time grand prix winner. 

Bottas will also drive a V8-powered big-block Holden HQ Monaro in an expression demonstration session at 11:30am on Sunday March 1. Off track, Bottas will also be meeting fans in the Adelaide Marriott Grand Marquee - the place where attendees can see, hear from and meet the stars of the Adelaide Motorsport Festival.  

The 2026 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival will once again feature various categories, ranging from Formula 1 cars, V8 Supercars, sportscars, touring cars, motorbikes, drift cars 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.

CLICK HERE to purchase tickets to the 2026 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival (February 28 to March 1).