F1 CEO and president Stefano Domenicali says “negotiations are progressing properly” over a including a race on the continent of Africa.
F1 has not raced in Africa for the reason that 1993 South African GP at Kyalami, and it’s the solely continent, Antarctica excepted, the place a grand prix just isn’t held.
A possible return to Kyalami, situated north of Johannesburg, has been closely linked, however the hyperlinks have publicly cooled in recent times, with Morocco and Rwanda additionally touted as attainable host international locations if a deal may be agreed.
Lewis Hamilton has signalled his want to race in F1 till a race is held in Africa, with Domenicali explaining that talks are “progressing very properly,” as he additionally addressed the potential for an additional race in South America and the Far East.
“I believe what I can say is that negotiations are progressing very properly in Africa,” Domenicali advised media, together with RacingNews365.
“Subsequent 12 months, we’re again once more in Portugul, again once more in Turkey, and we’re having different discussions with [countries] in South America; we’ve discussions within the Far East.
“One factor I can let you know is that we’ve extra requests [for a second race] in China and Japan, however for the second, we wish to stick with one race in China as a result of we have to consolidate the market extra strongly earlier than occupied with having different choices there.”
In 2027, the Turkish Grand Prix returns on a five-year contract, with the Portuguese GP at Portimao returning on a two-year deal after stepping in for the ’20 and ’21 seasons in the course of the interval races have been cancelled because of the COVID pandemic.
The F1 calendar can be coming into a brand new interval of occasion rotation, with the Barcelona-Catalunya and Belgian Grands Prix agreeing to bi-annual rotation, with the Spa race to be held in 2027, 2029, and 2031, with Barcelona in 2028, 2030, and 2032.
