After over three decades, South Africa is bidding to bring Formula One back to the continent with potential hosts being a street circuit in Cape Town and the historic Kyalami track near Johannesburg. A committee appointed by sports minister Gayton McKenzie will decide the host in the third quarter of the year, with McKenzie expressing confidence that a Grand Prix will take place in 2027. Support from figures like Lewis Hamilton emphasizes the importance of including Africa in global motorsport events, highlighting an ongoing desire for representation in the F1 calendar.
More than three decades after Formula One engines last roared on African tarmac, South Africa is mounting a bid to organise a new Grand Prix.
A committee set up by South African sports minister Gayton McKenzie will choose the winning bid in the third quarter of the year.
The Grand Prix is definitely coming in 2027, no doubt about that, he said in early February. Whether it is Cape Town or Joburg, we do not care as long as the Grand Prix is coming to South Africa.
We can't be adding races in other locations and continuing to ignore Africa, Hamilton said last August.
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