Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 14/03/2025 | 00:00:00
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South Africa is mounting a bid to organise a new Grand Prix and bring the world championship back to Africa. Competition to host the high-octane spectacle is between two tracks: a street circuit in Cape Town and the less picturesque but historic Kyalami race track outside of Johannesburg. A committee set up by South African sports minister Gayton McKenzie will choose the winning bid in the third quarter of the year. South Africa’s bid to host F1 can count on the support of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. The sport wants to “go to every continent” under the leadership of US conglomerate Liberty Media. South Africa has already hosted a Formula E race in 2023. Rwanda is in pole position, says professor of sport and geopolitical economics at Skema Business School in Paris. China has built sports infrastructure for African countries in return for access to natural resources. Already calls are mounting to withdraw the cycling Road World Championships, planned for Kigali in September. The cycling road world championships is scheduled for the Kigalis cycling road race in September.
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