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Set at a glance

 

  • Base set: 90 cards covering drivers, “Adelaide Alive 85–94” history, Grand Prix Teams, Constructors’ Champions, Rising Stars, Legends, and checklists. 

  • Inserts (all individually numbered):

     

    • Fastest Laps (10) – limited run /5000; pack odds ~1:6. 

    • Pole Position (10) – /3000; pack odds ~1:10; several cards had an error that Futera later corrected (1,000 corrected copies per affected card). 

    • Winner Exchange (WE3–WE4) – /2500; WE3 was an exchange card; WE4 is Damon Hill, issued after he won the race. 

  • Schumacher redemption program: Complex, multi-piece promotion with the original redemption (often seen “of 500”), later reissued/fulfilled to /200 with separate Picture and Certification cards (both /200). Futera also describes later market releases and variations. 

  • Wrapper Redemption (“Thanks Adelaide”): single card /3000, obtained by mailing in pack wrappers; Futera says all 3,000 were redeemed. 

  • Extra variants: Promo set P1–P4 and “Sample” stamped versions for some inserts—nice add-ons for master collectors. 

  • Product details (from Futera): released Oct 1995; 8,000 boxes, box/case/pack configuration listed; Futera also notes paper/print quality issues and several errors/variations—part of the set’s lore. 

 

 

What makes it unique

 

  • It’s an event-specific farewell set for Adelaide with a built-in retrospective (“Adelaide Alive 85–94”) and legends cards (Senna, Prost, etc.), plus team and champions history—all in one checklist. 

  • Every insert is serial-numbered (gold ink) and the Winner Exchange ties directly to the race outcome—an unusual, story-driven insert mechanic for the era. 

  • The Schumacher redemption saga (original “/500” vs fulfilled “/200”, with picture/certificate pieces and later variations) gives the release a notoriously complex chase that still gets discussed today. 

 

 

The chase cards (ranked by typical collector interest)

 

  1. Michael Schumacher Redemption (original redemption noted “/500”; fulfilled set /200 with Picture and Certification cards). This is the headline chase because of scarcity, the multi-card nature, and the story behind it. 

  2. Winner Exchange WE4 – Damon Hill (/2500), issued after the race; WE3 is the exchange card that led to it. 

  3. Wrapper Redemption “Thanks Adelaide” (/3000)—a one-card mail-in that many set builders still want alongside the main run. 

  4. Pole Position insert set (/3000)—especially the Ayrton Senna cards (PP1, PP4–PP7, PP9); error/corrected versions add another chase layer (each correction limited to 1,000). 

  5. Fastest Laps insert set (/5000)—Schumacher (FL8, FL10), Prost (FL4), Mansell (FL6), etc. Popular names + serial numbering keep these in demand, even if print runs are higher than PP/WE. 

  6. Key base cards that many collectors slab: #2 Michael Schumacher, #41 Ayrton Senna (Adelaide Legends), and #1 Header. 

  7. Promos (P1–P4) and Sample-stamped insert variants—bonus chases for master collectors, not part of standard pack-pulled completion. 

 

If you want, I can add a short “Top 10 cards to chase” callout box to the 1995 Futera Adelaide checklist page we made, or generate a printable one-pager you can hand to customers at shows.

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