New sponsor and format for Adelaide Supercars event
A “down-to-the-wire driver showdown” is the centrepiece of a new format for Adelaide’s Supercars event, which has farewelled VAILO as its major sponsor.
Oil and gas giant bp is the new major sponsor for Adelaide’s Supercars event which is taking on a new format to highlight the culmination of the Repco Supercars Championship.
To be called the bp Adelaide Grand Final, the motorsport event will take on a new ‘Finals Series’ format whereby championship contenders will be eliminated from ten to four across the preceding rounds in a “nail-biting, down-to-the-wire driver showdown”.
An additional 100km race will be held on the Friday of the Supercars weekend, which organisers said was “the most racing in the history of the event at the Adelaide Street Circuit”.
The highest point scorer across the event from the four finalists will take home the overall trophy and will be crowned the 2025 Repco Supercars Champion.
Pole positions, in the including the Top 10 Shootouts, and race victories will still be up for grabs across the entire field.
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“We’re delighted to embark on a distinctly new and successful era with bp for the bp Adelaide Grand Final,” South Australian Motor Sport Board CEO Mark Warren said.
“The event has consistently set the benchmark for motorsport events across the last 25 years, and in collaboration with bp, we are certain it will elevate to new heights again, with fans in South Australia and interstate set to be the beneficiaries.
“Together we share an unmatched passion for motorsport and are committed to delivering a spectacular Grand Final that will serve as a landmark sporting moment, drawing the eyes of the nation to the streets of Adelaide.”
Bp Australia and New Zealand senior vice president Paul Agué said the company was “waving the green flat in the Festival State this year”.
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“We started by expanding our fuel network through X Convenience and now we’re bringing bp to the biggest motorsport event in the country; the bp Adelaide Grand Final,” he said.
“In the five years we’ve partnered with Supercars, we’ve achieved a lot on and off the track. Now, we’re entering a new era with the bp Adelaide Grand Final.”
Premier Peter Malinauskas said the advent of the bp Adelaide Grand Final would take the event to “the next level”.
“The fact that bp is partnering with the South Australian Motorsport Board speaks to the event’s stature. bp is a high quality, global brand with massive reach and will be actively promoting the event to its huge national customer base. That means more people coming to South Australia to pay witness to the best Supercars event in the country,” he said.
“The event will only get better, with the new format of the bp Adelaide Grand Final ensuring that we play host to the season decider every year.”
With bp named as the event’s new major sponsor, it means former named partner VAILO no longer has naming rights to the event. The Adelaide 500 was known as the VAILO Adelaide 500 since 2023.
As reported by The Advertiser, VAILO was placed into receivership earlier this year.
The bp Adelaide Grand Final will be held on 27-30 November 2025.
