₦airaland Forum

abduleez1:
Obviously, you're not a Lagosian, right?

abduleez1:
No be here Nigeria FG expressed interest to host F1 last month or so and Nigerians was making mockery of the gesture online?

Kaycee7:
If we start working on it now, we might hopefully be able to host a motorsport event in 30 years time.

DieRich5:
if the funding is available, it won’t reach up to 30yrs………but if it’s up to 30yrs then I’ll be an old man at that time

Kaycee7:
You'd probably be in your 60s by then.You want to race in the event?

DieRich5:
Nah, I’ve never been to Lagos, I live in Abuja.

Hopefully I’ll visit there soon

Kaycee7:
Wetin you wan make people do? Government wey no fit give person bicycle for Olympics? Wey never build one road finish wan host Formula 1? Make them try reach Formula 4 level first

abduleez1:
It's that time of the year— Awards season!!

Looking at the year's current frontrunners...I'm hyped what this year has to offer. Last year was good, but can this year be better?

Anyways, I've gotten a good list to sink my teeth into the year's crème de la crème of Cinema.

Kaycee7:
If we start working on it now, we might hopefully be able to host a motorsport event in 30 years time.

armadeo:
Kiss of the spider woman. A remake. Read about the first one of the 80s.

I think I'll skip this one also.

abduleez1:
On a more serious note..... If the government is actually serious about it, we could actually build this F1 and associated motorsports infrastructure in Abuja in 6-7yrs. That's accounting for our delay and bureaucracy and maybe financing.

I'd like the govt to make such an undertaking personally....but the problem is some peeps will actually come with the argument of "is it necessary?" "Is this a priority?". All I can say is that such events like this comes with some level of prestige and helps to build Nigeria's image overseas and in the long run a driver of tourism and bringing foreign exchange to the economy and community hosting such events and the world exposure.

Projects like this goes a long way in shaping a country's economy and tourism sector especially if we're serious about diversification.
Most times, it's not in the NOW but what the FUTURE holds.

Successfully hosting it and maintaining an annual premium Motorsport event has so much benefits...

The aviation sector would benefit from the traffic and international attraction, hotels and hospitality business thrives, local economy and residents benefits, good infrastructure is sure to be deployed and maintained in the hosting community and most importantly international prestige.

It goes a long way in helping our citizens overseas and the public perception of the country. We that are within the country and probably don't have any immediate plans of travelling outside the country might see it as a white elephant project with no socioeconomic grassroots impact, but it's the diasporans who would actually benefit more from the prestige and clout and image building it renders to the citizens.

Na events like this some countries with vision dey fight to host. Regardless of the high cost of initial investment outlay. These are easy revenue generating and tourism boosting undertakings that put your country on the global map. Especially for a country like Nigeria that isn't necessarily a decent tourism hotspot (despite the immense potential).
We don't have the luxury them Seychelles, South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Egypt, Morocco, Tanzania etc enjoy with their natural wildlife and nature & choice locations and cultural history.

Man-made events such as this are easier ways to leapfrog and bypass geographical barriers and tourism handicaps.
Reason why Dubai, Qatar and Saudi Arabia wan kill themselves untop who fit build the biggest and baddest infrastructure known to man and fighting tooth and nail to host world sporting events like The World Cup, Olympics etc.

Na we for Africa dey dull....

Anyways sha....na my musings be that. Either way let's see whether this govt is actually serious about it. Cos even tiny Rwanda is actually planning to host the first F1 in Africa since SA stopped hosting it decades ago. They're also starting from scratch....we can beat them to it. Our population and economy is a better easier sell.

DieRich5:

abduleez1:
On a more serious note..... If the government is actually serious about it, we could actually build this F1 and associated motorsports infrastructure in Abuja in 6-7yrs. That's accounting for our delay and bureaucracy and maybe financing.

I'd like the govt to make such an undertaking personally....but the problem is some peeps will actually come with the argument of "is it necessary?" "Is this a priority?". All I can say is that such events like this comes with some level of prestige and helps to build Nigeria's image overseas and in the long run a driver of tourism and bringing foreign exchange to the economy and community hosting such events and the world exposure.

Projects like this goes a long way in shaping a country's economy and tourism sector especially if we're serious about diversification.
Most times, it's not in the NOW but what the FUTURE holds.

Successfully hosting it and maintaining an annual premium Motorsport event has so much benefits...

The aviation sector would benefit from the traffic and international attraction, hotels and hospitality business thrives, local economy and residents benefits, good infrastructure is sure to be deployed and maintained in the hosting community and most importantly international prestige.

It goes a long way in helping our citizens overseas and the public perception of the country. We that are within the country and probably don't have any immediate plans of travelling outside the country might see it as a white elephant project with no socioeconomic grassroots impact, but it's the diasporans who would actually benefit more from the prestige and clout and image building it renders to the citizens.

Na events like this some countries with vision dey fight to host. Regardless of the high cost of initial investment outlay. These are easy revenue generating and tourism boosting undertakings that put your country on the global map. Especially for a country like Nigeria that isn't necessarily a decent tourism hotspot (despite the immense potential).
We don't have the luxury them Seychelles, South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Egypt, Morocco, Tanzania etc enjoy with their natural wildlife and nature & choice locations and cultural history.

Man-made events such as this are easier ways to leapfrog and bypass geographical barriers and tourism handicaps.
Reason why Dubai, Qatar and Saudi Arabia wan kill themselves untop who fit build the biggest and baddest infrastructure known to man and fighting tooth and nail to host world sporting events like The World Cup, Olympics etc.

Na we for Africa dey dull....

Anyways sha....na my musings be that. Either way let's see whether this govt is actually serious about it. Cos even tiny Rwanda is actually planning to host the first F1 in Africa since SA stopped hosting it decades ago. They're also starting from scratch....we can beat them to it. Our population and economy is a better easier sell.

abduleez1:


So, long story short be say Naija no fit better in the foreseeable future? 😭😭

Kaycee7:
If you maintain health and fitness, you could race in the lower divisions. I've come across a few celebs/money bags in their late 40s/early 50s that do some racing, though it's more of a hobby.

DieRich5:
I’m just a fan and if I have the opportunity to race omo I won’t do it even at my age now…………I’m afraid of high risk speed that’s why I love cars racers.

Suicideboy:
Motor bike racing is more fun


The day i carry my bike outside , come and see how babes are salivating for my bike

DieRich5:
No, What happened?

abduleez1:
So the hype wey dem Jennifer Lopez and co don dey build for am na sham? 😭😭

And I don dey warm up to am make I see wetin dey happen.

abduleez1:
On a more serious note..... If the government is actually serious about it, we could actually build this F1 and associated motorsports infrastructure in Abuja in 6-7yrs. That's accounting for our delay and bureaucracy and maybe financing.

I'd like the govt to make such an undertaking personally....but the problem is some peeps will actually come with the argument of "is it necessary?" "Is this a priority?". All I can say is that such events like this comes with some level of prestige and helps to build Nigeria's image overseas and in the long run a driver of tourism and bringing foreign exchange to the economy and community hosting such events and the world exposure.

Projects like this goes a long way in shaping a country's economy and tourism sector especially if we're serious about diversification.
Most times, it's not in the NOW but what the FUTURE holds.

Successfully hosting it and maintaining an annual premium Motorsport event has so much benefits...

The aviation sector would benefit from the traffic and international attraction, hotels and hospitality business thrives, local economy and residents benefits, good infrastructure is sure to be deployed and maintained in the hosting community and most importantly international prestige.

It goes a long way in helping our citizens overseas and the public perception of the country. We that are within the country and probably don't have any immediate plans of travelling outside the country might see it as a white elephant project with no socioeconomic grassroots impact, but it's the diasporans who would actually benefit more from the prestige and clout and image building it renders to the citizens.

Na events like this some countries with vision dey fight to host. Regardless of the high cost of initial investment outlay. These are easy revenue generating and tourism boosting undertakings that put your country on the global map. Especially for a country like Nigeria that isn't necessarily a decent tourism hotspot (despite the immense potential).
We don't have the luxury them Seychelles, South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Egypt, Morocco, Tanzania etc enjoy with their natural wildlife and nature & choice locations and cultural history.

Man-made events such as this are easier ways to leapfrog and bypass geographical barriers and tourism handicaps.
Reason why Dubai, Qatar and Saudi Arabia wan kill themselves untop who fit build the biggest and baddest infrastructure known to man and fighting tooth and nail to host world sporting events like The World Cup, Olympics etc.

Na we for Africa dey dull....

Anyways sha....na my musings be that. Either way let's see whether this govt is actually serious about it. Cos even tiny Rwanda is actually planning to host the first F1 in Africa since SA stopped hosting it decades ago. They're also starting from scratch....we can beat them to it. Our population and economy is a better easier sell.

Kaycee7:
Nah! Naija will definitely get better soon. We just have to win a few very tough battles and never allow ourselves to be caught lacking again

armadeo:
The logic is sound but the reality disagrees.

Nigeria will never ever make it work. We will ruin the country trying this out. Even if we block corruption and overinflation of the entire project.

There are no systems on ground to support such an event. E.g constant power , solid road infrastructure. Even the event location might be looted or subpar equipment involved.

Maintained would wreck the tracks if we even succeed in building it in the first place.


I can see the potential and benefits but being who we are we can not get it done.

Kaycee7:
Formula 1 is an entire industry in itself. Even if our government decided to suspend corruption and work together to achieve it, we'd almost or certainly bankrupt the country trying to achieve it in less than a decade. We have absolutely no local industry producing most of the raw material required for construction alone.
We also don't have the trained workforce to carry it out. We'd have to import most of the material and outsource a good portion of the labour.
This alone has us doing it a 3 times the normal cost.
There is no scenario where we're hosting a major motorsport event in less than a decade.

abduleez1:
Based on the little research I've done about what it takes to host an F1 event, it isn't as technically challenging as most Nigerians and people here make it seem. F1 no be rocket science abeg.

The only major obstacle I see to it here in Nigeria is the huge financial outlay it requires. Still, it is not something Nigeria can't do if truly their was interest in it. And no, it's not bankrupting any country. 😂 Nigeria ain't that poor. The money the government is spending on that Lagos-Calabar coastal road alone reach to bankrupt a country, but we're still weathering the storm.

The main issue to me is the annual fees to be paid to F1 management just to host the event— in the range of $15-40mn per race. Still, something the govt can easily afford. On building the race circuit that's where the huge money initially comes in, probably in the range of $250mn-300mn+. Still, very doable.

And no, there's not much technicalities as to infrastructure, power and the what have you people bring up as pessimism. Powering F1 event doesn't cost much bro, it's mainly to power the racing circuit for the event and that can't possibly eat up more than 20MW of electricity. A power plant separate from the power grid can be done just to power the race circuit.

Before you peeps start shouting Nigeria has poor maintenance culture— in Lagos we already have Blue Line rail running on electricity for years now and hasn't had any hiccups with it's off-grid power set up, moving millions of passengers yearly.

F1 mostly run on its own special circuits and would have to pass a test before it can be certified. So if they planned on hosting races, the huge amounts spent alone to set it up and payments made to F1 mangt means they'll surely take care and maintain the facilities.

On logistics and all, we just have to have an adequate international airport and decent link roads which Abuja adequately has compared to Lagos or other parts of the country.

Formula 1's role is to organize the championship and its calendar, while teams are responsible for their own operations and equipment, with the logistics giant DHL also playing a major role in global shipping for many teams and the sport itself.

They don't need Nigerian technicians. Each team has its own techies and logistics management to oversee they participate in each race.


I don't see anything really technical in the sport which you people have been claiming is this and that.
It takes far much more to host a World Cup or AFCON than it takes just to host an F1 event in a single city for just a weekend.

I've been privileged to partake as a media coverage team for brands sponsoring Lagos Access Marathon and I saw the planning and statewide lockdown it entails hosting such an event. So I very much believe Nigeria can do such, especially when it's for an event with its own dedicated facility.

The issues is with the finances to host, in which the government can come in to help the operators of the race track, since most F1 hosting countries don't even get break even for the operators of the facilities themselves. The benefits is in the immense contribution to the local economy where the events are hosted and that's where the government benefits from the ensuing revenue from hotels, hospitality, restaurants, aviation sector and tourism etc. Its a high rewarding event overall with hundreds of millions of dollars to the hosting community.

oyaskii:
Broo...i know you are trying to be as patriotic as possible and sound optimistic, but the stark reality is that Nigeria is light years behind organising something on a the scale of an F1 race, if i was a proper betting man, i would put money down, that is not happening in the next 50 years!.

You are looking at it from a very "narrow lens", focusing on organising the race itself, which infact is more than that. By hosting an F1 Race, you are not just hosting the race, but the "economy" behind it, I don't know if you catch my drift. It will bring a large volume of people, that comprises of fans, television crews, celebrities, sponsors franchises which you have to cater for their logistics, security etc. Countries that haven't conquered industrialization to the latter, can't even begin to dream of this.... Even some circuits in some well developed countries, have lost F1 hosting status, just because of a little lapse.

You are saying, "20MW" will be dedicated to the race 😂😂... like how many MW do you think the whole country is sharing? 😂. Check all the countries that currently host a "Formula 1", they have one particular thing in common... massive industrialization!, they have widespread constant electricity, good roads everywhere, mono rails that isn't just located in one place!, and most importantly, more than 90% of thier population aren't living in bone crushing poverty, which this is the case with this hellhole. The founding fathers of America and the likes, knew this, conquered industrialization early, and that's why those nations thrive now, and can be able to host F1 races, without doing mental gymnastics on where to find 20MW to dedicate to it 😩. There are some F1 races that happens at night with artificial lighting and the likes, and you genuinely think 20MW will cut it??

All what you have suggested, is just using a small plaster to cover a very large wound, and that's how the government of the day thinks...They think they can just "palliative" thier way to a great economy, which i am very sure will always end in futility.

If the FIA are considering countries to host a Formula One Race, i am pretty sure, this hellhole, doesn't even remotely cross their minds, reason being and my point being, it takes "proper" country to host a Formula one Race, and Nigeria is as at the very north infinity opposite of proper...

Octopusssy:
Dey cam dan, Nackson Amunike

DieRich5:
F1: The Movie 8.5/10
First of all, this kind of F1 race can only happen in movie cus Brad Pitt break some few rules.

The movie was fun, interesting and 2hrs feel short………..All the cast was great, the story looks different a little from other movies and cinematography was great


I can’t wait to watch Real F1 Race in Nigeria soon

joseph1832:
Dude was merely expressing his feelings, Lol. Take it easy on him.

SOZINN:
I've noticed reviews like yours similar to those I saw when Top Gun: Maverick dropped, and while it’s just two films, there seems to be a pattern. It looks like tech and vehicle-focused movies exploring themes of legacy and mentorship are his niche. After his success with Top Gun, I’m definitely interested in seeing this one.

pu7pl3:
Top Gun was Tom Cruise not Brad Pitt