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The South African Formula One Championship, was a national Formula One motor racing championship held in South Africa between 1960 and 1975, including races in Rhodesia and Portuguese Mozambique.
The first World Championship F1 race in South Africa was held on 29 December 1962. In that race, Graham Hill took advantage of Jim Clark 's mechanical problems with his Lotus and took race victory and the championship.
There have been 25 Formula One drivers from South Africa, with 17 of them having started at least one Grand Prix, and only 4 of them having started more than four races. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] Jody Scheckter is by far the most prolific and successful South African driver, being the only one to have won a race.
Rwanda and South Africa hope to host an African grand prix for the first time since 1993, ... F1 in Africa: South Africa's own F1 Championship. Reaching the chequered flag.
Jody David Scheckter (/ ˈ ʃ ɛ k t ər /; born 29 January 1950) is a South African former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from 1972 to 1980.Scheckter won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1979 with Ferrari, and remains the only African driver to have won either a Formula One Grand Prix or the World Drivers' Championship; he won 10 Grands Prix across ...
The 1978 South African Grand Prix (formally the XXIV Citizen and Asseng Grand Prix of South Africa) was a Formula One motor race held on 4 March 1978 at Kyalami.It was the third round of the 1978 Formula One season and the 300th World Championship Grand Prix held since the championship began in 1950.
South Africa is targeting a return to the Formula One calendar for 2027, sports minister Gayton McKenzie has revealed.. F1 has not raced in Africa since 1993 but CEO Stefano Domenicali has stated ...
The 1993 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 14 March 1993. It was the first race of the 1993 Formula One World Championship . The 72-lap race was won by Frenchman Alain Prost , driving a Williams - Renault .