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Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit (from Khaya lami, My home in Zulu) is a 4.529 km (2.814 mi) motor racing circuit located in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa, just north of Johannesburg. The circuit has been used for Grand Prix and Formula One races and has hosted the South African Grand Prix twenty times.
It was a popular F1 event, but the Grand Prix was suspended right after the controversial 1985 race, due to the nation's policy of apartheid. [1] Following the end of apartheid in 1991, the race returned to the Formula One schedule in 1992 and 1993. The 1993 race was the last South African Grand Prix, as of 2025. Plans to revive the race in ...
The Nine Hours of Kyalami is an endurance sports car race contested at Kyalami, Midrand, South Africa. The first races were held from 1958 to 1960 at a circuit at the Grand Central Airport near Midrand before moving to Kyalami in 1961. The event was a mainstay until the late 1980s; however, it was only held three times between 1989 and 2018.
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 .
The first World Championship Grand Prix was held in 1950 at Silverstone; since then 77 circuits in total have hosted a Grand Prix.A lot of classic (older) circuits have hosted Grands Prix using different configurations throughout their history: Nürburgring, Spa-Francorchamps, Monza, etc. Taking Nürburgring as an example, the first World Championship race there used the 22.835 km (14.189 mi ...
The 1970 South African Grand Prix, formally titled the Fourth AA Grand Prix of South Africa (Afrikaans: Vierde AA Suid-Afrikaanse Grand Prix [1]), was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami Circuit on 7 March 1970.
The 2023 Kyalami 9 Hours (commercially titled 2023 Joburg Kyalami 9 Hours) was an endurance event that took place on 25 February 2023 at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Midrand, South Africa. The event was the second round of five in the 2023 Intercontinental GT Challenge .
Festival of Speed Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit: Zwartkops Brunch Run Challenge Warren Banfield, (48yo) was killed in a multiple bike pile-up at the start of the second Brunch Run Challenge race of the day. Banfield was hit by a number of other bikes. Doctors tried unsuccessfully to revive him on track, before he was pronounced dead.