Happy 40th Birthday Champ!
oh now heâs a champ is he? 
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Still we Rise! Team #LH44 in da house!!
Yes yes, I am a modern F1 fan⌠Some of those questions are older than me!
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Formula 1 race on the table for Cape Town â BusinessTech
CTGPSA has proposed an F1 street race in the Green Point Sport Tourism Precinct in Cape Town, with a 5.7km street circuit around the DHL Stadium.
It added that the concept aligns with the global appeal of F1 street circuits, with the F1 calendar having street races in Monaco, Singapore, Baku, Las Vegas and Miami.
ââŚthe global appeal of F1 street circuitsâŚâ The what now?
Pit lane, Start/Finish down the bottom? Not sure what the sticky out bit on the top left is, or the funny squiggly bit on the right - extensions to make the circuit longer? All those silly turning circle âchicanesâ will have to be straightened out I think.
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While Iâm a proud Cape Townian, and would prefer most things to be here(especially considering I would save on a plane ticket if its here), I just feel Kyalami would be better man(dik of these street circuits). That said its cool that we have two options.
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The red lines are the âexistingâ Formula E circuit, with a very weird pit lane design:
At 2.93 km, itâs much too short for an F1 circuit, so Iâm guessing the yellow bits is to get it long enough⌠but it doesnât really look like itâll add enough distance to me!
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Okay, starting with the ePrix circuit makes some sense I guess. But I think youâre right - those added bits donât look long enough. The article says theyâre planning â5.7km street circuitâ. There does look like thereâs enough road there to make up the other 2.8km?
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Yeah, I drew some lines in Google Maps. That yellow bits config comes out to about 3.8 km.
Monaco is the shortest current track at 3.3km, but it gets special dispensation for a lot of things. While there is no set minimum length, F1 prefers circuits around 5 km long. Even the Red Bull Ring is 4.3km. While it doesnât feel as short, Circuit Hermanos Rodriguez (MEX) and Interlagos (BRA) come in at 4.3 km as well.
The number of laps in a GP is set by the requirement of driving 305 km, except in Monaco. That would make this circuit have a race that is 81 laps long.
I think the CPGP team need to sharpen their pencils a bit still⌠That said, I would love to see a South African GP alternate between Kyalami and Cape Town!
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