Don’t celebrate prematurely, but there will reportedly be confirmation this week that SA will host a F1 Grand Prix at Kyalami in 2023. Photo: Gallo Images
South African Grand Prix at Kyalami: Would you pay R5 000 to watch LIVE?
Don’t celebrate prematurely, but there will reportedly be confirmation this week that SA will host a F1 Grand Prix at Kyalami in 2023.
Don’t celebrate prematurely, but there will reportedly be confirmation this week that SA will host a F1 Grand Prix at Kyalami in 2023. Photo: Gallo Images
Don’t celebrate prematurely, but there will reportedly be confirmation later this week that South Africa will host a Formula One Grand Prix at Kyalami in the 2023 season.
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The buzz started last week with a report in Dutch outlet The Telegraaf stating that Mzansi has been added to next year’s schedule.
While there has been nothing confirmed via any official channels – either in South Africa or from the FIA – social media has been abuzz with reports that we will be welcoming Formula One back to South Africa after a 30 YEAR wait.
The last race at Kyalami was in March 1993
The 1993 South African Grand Prix was held at Kyalami on 14 March 1993.
It was the 33rd South African Grand Prix – and remains the most recent to have been staged on the African continent.
The race was the first of the 1993 F1 season and was contested over 72 laps and was won from pole position by French legend Alain Prost driving a Williams-Renault.
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Two Twitter accounts posted reports of Formula One returned to South Africa in 2023.
Tickets will reportedly cost around €300 (in excess of the R5 000 suggested, closer to R5 200).
Whether that’s the ‘cheapest’ ticket available or at the ‘high end’ – or wide of the mark completely – remains to be seen.
Sasha Martinengo, a leading voice on the Formula One scene, stated that the news comes from a “pretty reliable source”.
