New Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has confirmed his ambition to bring Formula One back to South Africa.
The chief of the Patriotic Alliance (PA) stated in a tweet that he has initiated discussions with key stakeholders, emphasising that his tenure could be a “failure” if he doesn’t reach bringing the game back to Mzansi after what’s already a 31-year absence.
Plenty of hypothesis
In response to a tweet by @martinaude, McKenzie revealed that the primary assembly is scheduled for the top of August this yr in Monaco.
@martinaude wrote: “@GaytonMcK as sports minister, can we try and get the the @F1 to finally come back to South Africa??”
To which Gayton McKenzie replied: “I have set up meetings with relevant people already, my term will be a failure if I don’t bring one of the biggest sporting tourist events to South Africa which is F1. Our first meeting is end of August in Monaco.”
There have been loads of hypothesis in recent times relating to Formula One returning to South Africa – with out something transpiring.
South Africa is not on the 2024 Formula One calendar, nor will it function on subsequent season’s.
The final race at Kyalami was in March 1993
The 1993 South African Grand Prix was held at Kyalami on 14 March 1993.
It was the thirty third South African Grand Prix – and stays the newest 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 gained from pole place by French legend Alain Prost driving a Williams-Renault.
