Thierry Boutsen, winner of the 1989 Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide, drove a Formula 1 car in Adelaide for the first time in 33 years at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival.
Boutsen drove the Benetton B190 Ford in a special demonstration at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival - the 1989 Australian Grand Prix winner driving the car that won the 1990 Australian Grand Prix.
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It marked the first time an Australian Grand Prix winner from the Adelaide era drove an Australian Grand Prix-winning car at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival.
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Adelaide was the scene of one of Boutsen’s three Formula 1 grand prix wins. Boutsen raced in Formula 1 across 11 seasons from 1983 to 1993, including for Benetton in 1987 and 1988. He then spent two seasons with Williams in 1989 and 1990, where he won three races, including the rain-sodden Australian Grand Prix in 1989.
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In the following year, Nelson Piquet won the 1990 Australian Grand Prix in the Benetton B190 Ford. The Benetton B190 was designed by Rory Byrne in collaboration with John Barnard, powered by a Ford V8 engine that produces 650 horsepower at 13,000 RPM.
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Watch Boutsen on a lap in the Benetton B190 at the 2025 Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival here: