South Africa’s return to F1 after what would have been two decades since last hosting a Grand Prix ultimately fell victim to greed
McKenzie has hit the road running with many hoping he will be able to bring the F1 race to South Africa.South Africa may host a Formula One Grand Prix in the future if Sports Art and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie has his way.race as petrolheads sit in front of their TV sets on a Sunday afternoon to watch Red Bull’s Max Verstappen battle the McLaren of Lando Norris or Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton.
This is the view of the country’s first and so far only Formula 1 champion, Jody Scheckter, who remarked in an interview that Kyalami had been on track to host a round of the 2023 championship, only for talks to collapse because of money. Besides the South African F1 faithful, Scheckter said his nephew Warren Scheckter, whose SAGP organisation had been working on a deal for six years, had been the biggest loser following the withdrawal of government funding.
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