FIA President admits ‘extra consideration’ wanted on F1 Africa return

FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem admits that motorsport must put “extra consideration” on Africa as Formulation 1 seeks to return for the longer term.

The final time F1 raced in Africa was on the 1993 Kyalami Grand Prix in Johannesburg, earlier than it was dropped the next 12 months.

Africa stays the one possible continent that doesn’t stage a race on the present 24-race calendar, with each Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen beforehand airing help for a race sooner or later.

Talks a couple of revival of the race in Kyalami have been tabled, however finally scrapped as a result of too many political boundaries. Abandoning the plans enabled the Belgian Grand Prix to remain on the calendar for subsequent seasons.

The FIA President acknowledged that extra focus must be placed on the continent, given their historical past and potential worth it may carry.

“We’ve got superb contacts in Africa, extra consideration needs to be centered on Africa,” Ben Sulayem advised media, together with RacingNews365.

“We’ve got an excellent vice chairman in Africa, we’re strengthening the golf equipment there. In South Africa, they’ve a number of historical past in motorsport. Since final 12 months, there was a number of speak about Formulation 1 coming again to Kyalami.

“That might be an enormous factor for Africa. We’re additionally occupied with an electrical championship that want to have Africa concerned. That might be good too.”