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Formula One: South Africa bids to return F1 to continent – where, when, how

David Coulthard, a former Formula One driver, drives the Red Bull RB7 through the streets of the Sandton CBD as part of the Red Bull Showrun in Johannesburg, South Africa in Octover 2024 [Ihsaan Haffejee/Reuters]

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 and bring the world championship back to the continent.

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.

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