Formula One wants to return to Africa and SA’s Kyalami circuit is keen
Morocco and SA have hosted world championship grands prix in the past, Casablanca in 1958, East London in the 1960s and Kyalami 20 times between 1967 and 1993London — Formula One wants to return to Africa, with the Moroccan city of Marrakesh and SA’s Kyalami circuit keen to host a race, commercial MD Sean Bratches said on Thursday.
Bratches said there was a “high degree of interest” from Morocco in a circuit race in Marrakesh, with the authorities seeing Formula One, owned by US-based Liberty Media, as an economic engine for growth and tourism. The all-electric Formula E series already holds an annual street race there. “We are optimistic about the prospect of a 21 grand prix schedule next year,” said Bratches. “I don’t think we are going to have more than that.”
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