{"id":444656,"date":"2025-09-23T02:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T02:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/444656\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T02:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T02:13:14","slug":"f1-news-f1-legends-set-for-adelaide-return-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/444656\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 news: F1 legends set for Adelaide return in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen will reunite for the 2026 Adelaide Motorsport Festival. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n

Two-time world champion Hakkinen and 13-time grand prix winner Coulthard will headline the festival on February 28 and March 1, taking part in on-track demonstrations and off-track appearances. The cars they will drive will be confirmed closer to the event.<\/p>\n

It will mark the duo\u2019s first visit to Adelaide since the last Formula 1 Grand Prix held at the venue in 1995.<\/p>\n

For Hakkinen, the return to Adelaide is deeply personal.<\/p>\n

The Finn competed at the Australian Grand Prix on the city\u2019s street circuit from 1991 to 1995 and survived a life-threatening crash during qualifying for the 1995 race.<\/p>\n

He spent several weeks recovering at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, later returning in 1997 to help open the hospital\u2019s new helipad.<\/p>\n

\u201cReturning to Adelaide after so many years promises to be a special experience,\u201d Hakkinen said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe city holds a range of emotions and memories for me, personally, not least the support I received following my crash in 1995.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coulthard, who raced in Adelaide in 1995 and famously led the grand prix before crashing out, said he was excited to reconnect with the city\u2019s motorsport heritage.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdelaide was my first-ever Australian Grand Prix in F1 back in 1995, so it will be a trip down memory lane at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdelaide played an important role in the history of Formula 1, so it\u2019s a fitting venue to share our passion for motorsport with fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The pair raced together at McLaren for six seasons between 1996 and 2001, forming one of Formula 1\u2019s longest-serving teammate partnerships.<\/p>\n

Hakkinen claimed back-to-back world championships in 1998 and 1999, while Coulthard remained a consistent race winner and is now a Red Bull Racing ambassador and UK television commentator.<\/p>\n

The 2026 festival will again feature a packed program of categories, including F1 machinery, V8 Supercars, sportscars, touring cars, bikes and drift cars, alongside car displays, food trucks, bars, family zones and hospitality suites.<\/p>\n

Tickets are already on sale with early bird pricing available for a limited time.<\/p>\n

After their Adelaide appearance, Hakkinen and Coulthard will embark on a speaking tour across Australia and New Zealand across March.<\/p>\n

The \u201cMika & DC\u201d shows will visit Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Auckland, giving fans a chance to hear stories from their celebrated careers, their fierce rivalry and lasting friendship, as well as their take on the current F1 landscape and the upcoming 2026 season.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen will reunite for the 2026 Adelaide Motorsport Festival. Image: XPB Images Two-time world…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[150050,47811,4199,707,4200,1710,150051,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-444656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-adelaide-motorsport-festival","9":"tag-david-coulthard","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-mclaren","14":"tag-mika-hakkinen","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115251197307994807","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}