The fan-favourite 1989 Leyton House CG891 Judd will return to Adelaide for the 2023 Adelaide Motorsport Festival.
The Adrian Newey-designed CG891 has been a regular at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival, joining the list of Adelaide Grand Prix-era Formula 1 cars at the event.
Ivan Capelli and Maurício Gugelmin drove the CG891 over the course of the 1989 Formula 1 season, with Gugelmin finishing just outside the points in seventh place at the season-ending Adelaide Grand Prix. Capelli drove the CG891 at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival on a number of occasions.
The CG891 joins other 1980s Leyton House-backed racers at the 2023 Adelaide Motorsport Festival, with the Kremer Racing Leyton House-liveried Porsche 962C Group C sportscar making its first appearance at the event in addition to a Leyton House Formula 3000 car.
Capelli won the Formula 3000 championship in 1986 before stepping up with Leyton House into Formula 1 in 1987, running an F3000/F1 hybrid car, the March 87P, at the season-opening Brazilian Grand Prix.
The CG891 joins other Adelaide Grand Prix-era cars at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival, including two 1989 Brabham BT58 Judds, two 1985 Ferrari 156/85s, a 1992 Brabham BT60B Judd, a 1988 Larrousse Lola LC88 Cosworth, a 1988 Arrows A10B Megatron and more.
Held on the Victoria Park section of the Adelaide Street Circuit, the action at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival is fast, furious and frequently changing, with a different category of vehicles on track every 10 to 15 minutes, including more open-wheelers headlined by classic Formula 1 cars, V8 Supercars alongside Heritage Touring Cars, a special Invitational category alongside Demonstration sessions and more.
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