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Since the news was shared that South Africa hopes to bring the F1 back to its shores in 2027, Cape Town and Johannesburg have been fighting about who would have the privilege of hosting the race.

It's been over three decades since the F1 engines have roared on African tarmac but the cities are getting their fists out and staking their claim on the potential race.

The competition is between two tracks – a street circuit in Cape Town and the historic Kyalami race track outside of Johannesburg (where the race was last held in 1993).

Committee member Mlimandlela Ndamase told AFP they will choose the winning bid in the third quarter of 2025.

"The Grand Prix is definitely coming in 2027, no doubt about that. Whether it is Cape Town or Joburg, we do not care as long as the Grand Prix is coming to South Africa”, Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie.

While a street circuit could be very exciting the challenging Kyalami circuit offers 30km of zigzags and excitement.

Rwanda and Nigeria (Abuja) have also thrown their hats into the ring.

Pics 1&2, Kyalami, Johannesburg
Pics 3&4, Cape Town

Zenophobic tracks that has bloods of the innocent. Well, I know they ain't going anywhere with their bids

honestly speaking SA has the infrastructure to win this bid

I wonder where abuja want use host F1..the hotels and security for VIPs.

South Africans sha, God had to just help them by making the Afrikaans develop the place for them, else the people and the country for be the worst place in Africa for an outsider to stay. I was commenting on FB of how I would love to visit the track when an F1 race takes place there, next thing na one rabid SA woman come dey snarl on top me. Maybe she thought that if I come there, I might not want to go back. Me wey dem don offer SA visa way back and I refused going cos the place aint even part of where I will like to japa to.

We have the best road,
Lagos -Abeokuta expless way
Enugu -onitsha
Onitsha -owerri
Enugu -portharcourt
Benin-Shagamu
Ilorin -mokwa-jebba-minna
Jebba-birin gwari-kaduna

Ibadan drivers will win the race in their Mazda buses🙌💯📌

South Africa is really the giant of Africa in terms of infrastructures.

Na white people develop south Africa. That's why they are the first African country to host world cup.

They already have the facilities in place.

They should win the bid.

When will Nigeria host it

Baronthecelebri:
When will Nigeria host it

At the very least when we have good enough hospitals that the oyibo's visiting can depend on to treat their illnesses or the race drivers can depend on to save their lives in the unfortunate event of an accident during the tournament

That will probably be by 2050 if we start getting things in place from 2027

Abuja should forget about hosting the grand Prix. Let's be honest with ourselves. Where are the roads for that? You just don't wake up and adapt the infrastructure of a city for the grand Prix. It doesn't work that way. Purpose built infrastructure is the way to go and Abuja has none.

For nigeria expect to see cows on that road

When we talk, they say we're demarketing Nigeria. The only way you can solve a problem is to tell yourself the truth of your present situation and it's not by saying "we have fine roads in Abuja" but do you have F1 approved circuits ? Nigeria can get a hundred sef if we're serious but our politicians who'll handle contracts and procurement are notoriously corrupt, slow, customs are the same, budgeting will take years and even decades because some people want to milk billions of naira through variation. And it's not just the circuits, we have a serious security situation that's akin to the proverbial keg of gun powder in Abuja and environs which you all know but refuse to acknowledge and violent one chance robbers are the least of it. Kudos to Wike and the FG if they manage to pull off the construction and security aspects of this thing but knowing Nigeria, I won't hold my breath after all, ordinary public primary schools have been crying out since early this year but nobody answered them instead it was ICC of 39b we focused on

Lolz, you will hear people saying they wan3to organise the grand prix, what a shame, they are all stereotype, when you don't have what other have but you wanna be like them

Baronthecelebri:
When will Nigeria host it

Yellow kekes and rusty motorbikes e no fit race for F1 na



Just kidding na

SeeWahala:
At the very least when we have good enough hospitals that the oyibo's visiting can depend on to treat their illnesses or the race drivers can depend on to save their lives in the unfortunate event of an accident during the tournament

That will probably be by 2050 if we start getting things in place from 2027

That's what it's all about? Oyibo? Lol
Blacks just don't matter to you guys.You will only improve infrustructure for the comfort of oyibo?

can we now agree that Nigeria is not d giant of Africa ??

like mhnn take a look at SA

Nigeria a country where cows walk on the streets
shameeeee

JaceBlaze:
That's what it's all about? Oyibo? Lol
Blacks just don't matter to you guys.You will only improve infrustructure for the comfort of oyibo?

Blacks (Nigerians) are too docile and can take nonsense from their leaders.

Oyibo's on the other hand will never approach a place that can't guarantee their safety.

Two people . . . Two different ideologies. Go figure 😏

ruggedtimi:
I wonder where abuja want use host F1..the hotels and security for VIPs.

Nawah for you oo. Abuja Airport road dey na.


South Africa needs to come and school Nigeria on infrastructure. No Cap!!!

Azmanaty:
Zenophobic tracks that has bloods of the innocent. Well, I know they ain't going anywhere with their bids

Nigerians are obsessed with Xenophobia hey..

jmoore:
Na white people develop south Africa. That's why they are the first African country to host world cup.

They already have the facilities in place.

They should win the bid.

LOl.. I knew someone will start blabbering about white people... You guys see something nice or positive in South Africa, your mind automatically thinks white people.. I really don't understand how you were conditioned

JaceBlaze:
That's what it's all about? Oyibo? Lol
Blacks just don't matter to you guys.You will only improve infrustructure for the comfort of oyibo?

Their obsession with oyibo boggles the mind

jmoore:
Na white people develop south Africa. That's why they are the first African country to host world cup.

They already have the facilities in place.

They should win the bid.

You see why some of us argue that as bad as colonialism was, given the benefit of hindsight we can now say that the British colonial gov't left Nigeria too early! I would have prefered they stayed till at least the late 80s early 90s!

ajailer:
South Africans sha, God had to just help them by making the Afrikaans develop the place for them, else the people and the country for be the worst place in Africa for an outsider to stay. I was commenting on FB of how I would love to visit the track when an F1 race takes place there, next thing na one rabid SA woman come dey snarl on top me. Maybe she thought that if I come there, I might not want to go back. Me wey dem don offer SA visa way back and I refused going cos the place aint even part of where I will like to japa to.

Sorry, this jealous talk doesn't cut it anymore. Look at the South African football league, for example, look at how organized and rich it is. Who runs it? Who built those stadiums, those facilities? Kaiser Chiefs alone have facilities better than all your teams combined. Who runs and owns Kaizer Chiefs? South Africa was never gonna be the worst place in Africa because South Africans aren't wired like that, even under Apartheid, black areas were still organized, you and us aren't the same. You'll always make white excuses for your shortcomings... The likes of Rwanda and Kenya are moving forward at a rapid pace; you guys are still crying for the white man. Have you seen Addis Ababa of Ethiopia, lately? Looks better than all of your cities, without your beloved white man. Stop this defeatist mentality

Looking sharrpp!!!!

IGBOSON1:
You see why some of us argue that as bad as colonialism was, given the benefit of hindsight we can now say that the British colonial gov't left Nigeria too early! I would have prefered they stayed till at least the late 80s early 90s!

It really doesn't take a white person to build you roads or hospitals, you guys and this "white is god" mentality, it's your undoing...Yesterday I saw a Nigerian stadium filled with Nigerians wearing Barcelona shirts, and it just went to show how embedded the white worship is among Nigerians..

Azmanaty:
Zenophobic tracks that has bloods of the innocent. Well, I know they ain't going anywhere with their bids

As much as I detest the practice of Xenophobia, I can never think it’s worse than tribalism or ethnic bigotry.

In xenophobia, citizens don’t want foreigners in their country.

In tribalism, citizens don’t want their fellow citizens in their collective country.

Tribalism is worse and has spilled far more blood in Nigeria than xenophobia has in South Africa.

I don’t think Nigerians have the moral ground to condemn xenophobia and racism.

KingCold:
LOl.. I knew someone will start blabbering about white people... You guys see something nice or positive in South Africa, your mind automatically thinks white people.. I really don't understand how you were conditioned

Why deny the obvious?

jmoore:
Why deny the obvious?

That something progressive in South Africa is the work of the Whiteman? That would mean 80% of South African population have no input in the affairs of their country, which is impossible..

KingCold:
Sorry, this jealous talk doesn't cut it anymore.. look at the South African football league for example, look at how organized and rich it is.. who runs it? Who built those stadiums, those facilties? Kaiser chiefs alone has facilities better than all your teams combined, who runs and owns Kaizer Chiefs? South Africa was never gonna be the worst place in Africa because South Africans aren't wired like that, even under Apartheid black places were organized, us and you arent the same. You' ll always make white excuses for your shortcomings... The likes of Rwanda and Kenya are moving forward, you guys are still crying for the white man. Have you see Addis Abbaba of Ethiopia lately? Looks better than all of your cities, without your beloved white man.. stop this defeatist mentality

You have to reach a certain level of failed-state status to begin kissing white behind for every little thing.

Nuzo1:
As much as I detest the practice Xenophobia, I can never think it’s worse than tribalism or ethnic bigotry.

In xenophobia, citizens don’t want foreigners in their country.

In tribalism, citizens don’t want their fellow citizens in their collective country.

Tribalism is worse and has spilled far more blood in Nigeria than xenophobia has in South Africa.

Thank you , and its not as if we do t want foreigners in our country, no country is without foreign people.. We're just sick and tired of the bad eggs