Happy 40th Birthday Champ!
oh now he’s 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 – 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.
“…the global appeal of F1 street circuits…” 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 “chicanes” will have to be straightened out I think.
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While I’m 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 “existing” Formula E circuit, with a very weird pit lane design:
At 2.93 km, it’s much too short for an F1 circuit, so I’m guessing the yellow bits is to get it long enough… but it doesn’t really look like it’ll add enough distance to me!
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Okay, starting with the ePrix circuit makes some sense I guess. But I think you’re right - those added bits don’t look long enough. The article says they’re planning “5.7km street circuit”. There does look like there’s 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 doesn’t 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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This third bid for the EC and its provisional nonsense bid for an alternative CT city circuit sounds like the biggest load of shady AF tenderpreneur cadre collusion kak ever.
a bid that eventually wants to hold a race in the future Wakanda Smart City Development. That project, earmarked to be built on a private beachfront in Eastern Cape along the Nelson Mandela Corridor that aims to become a business hub like Singapore and Dubai, includes plans to construct a grand prix track there – but it will not be ready for up to 10 years.
Malefane said he was close to signing off on the plans for a Cape Town race that could be ready by the 2027 date that is being targeted.
“It’s a green field infrastructure on existing land that is fully developed,” he said. “It’s 570 hectares, right in the middle of the city.
“I shall not reveal where, because we’re tying up the final agreements on the awarding of that land.
“We will be able to dock enough cruise liner ships that will dock 100,000- 200,000 spectators, who will then be within proximity of the F1 track.”
Utter bs from start to finish. None of that is feasible or real. The bollocks reason is obvious: “Malefane is urging South Africa’s president to take charge of proceedings because of concerns he has of an ‘agenda’ to help Kyalami.”
When his bid fails, he’ll be bleating about it being rigged and be tying everything up with court challenges and protests.
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The what?
The what? Where in the middle of the city?!
Do they want to annex Oudekraal? Or on top of the mountain? Or (and I actually like this one) around Robben Island?
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Look, I’m no big Hamilton fan. I’m not a bigger Ferrari fan than your average racing enthusiast. But the combination of LH coolness and Ferrari Italian je ne sais quoi must have been so helpful to convince the big bosses in red that he’s the right horse to back.
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A cool billion should do it.
“Formula 1 is coming by fire or by force.”
~ Gayton Promises McKenzie, 2025 ~
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F1 2025 Key Pre-season Dates
| Date | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| February 14 | Williams reveal | Silverstone |
| February 16 | Haas filming day | Silverstone |
| February 18 | Season launch event | The O2, London |
| February 19 | Ferrari reveal | Fiorano |
| February 24 | Mercedes reveal | TBC |
| February 26-28 | Pre-season testing | Bahrain |
| March 14-16 | Australian Grand Prix | Melbourne |
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Ah, the constructor champion giving us a Valentine’s gift 
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