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[Fezzik]

Cape Town stadium did host a Formula E race a few years ago. Oddly it didn't appear on the calendar again and I haven't found a reason why yet, but it was a pretty cool slipstreaming track for Formula E cars. Completely useless and too tight for F1 in the current guise, but surely lessons learned could help increase the size of it.

2023 Cape Town ePrix - Wikipedia

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Yeah, the proposal from the Cape Town group seems to be for the same location but extended (there are requirements for a 1km straight, for example).

A couple of pics of the area for comparison:

Formula E

A proposed F1 variant

 

[MagpieRacer]

Yeah, the proposal from the Cape Town group seems to be for the same location but extended (there are requirements for a 1km straight, for example).

A couple of pics of the area for comparison:

Formula E

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A proposed F1 variant

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Could work with the new cars from 2026, if they are smaller and nimbler.

 

[Liquid]

Obligatory stadium section noted.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Triple hairpins in the stadium is a no-go, but a single corner in it would be great.

 

[Blitz24]

Obligatory stadium section noted.

Don't let a tire go into the stands!

 

[Liquid]

Just on the topic of Rwanda courting F1 about a Grand Prix:

BBC Sport

Three very well-known football clubs, Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, have been advised to drop their Visit Rwanda sponsorships given Rwanda's invasion of Congo DR and capture of Congolese territory and cities.

Just thought it was worth mentioning at a time when Formula One might be getting involved with a country as illustrious as Rwanda, others in other sports are being advised to drop all their links.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Just on the topic of Rwanda courting F1 about a Grand Prix:

BBC Sport

Three very well-known football clubs, Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, have been advised to drop their Visit Rwanda sponsorships given Rwanda's invasion of Congo DR and capture of Congolese territory and cities.

Just thought it was worth mentioning at a time when Formula One might be getting involved with a country as illustrious as Rwanda, others in other sports are being advised to drop all their links.

Seems like an ideal F1 location then surely? /S

 

[Fezzik]

F1 2025 race start times: Las Vegas GP moved two hours earlier as full schedule for upcoming season revealed

The FIA has confirmed start times for all sessions during the 2025 Formula 1 season; the most notable alteration is the start time of Novembers Las Vegas GP; watch every race of the 2025 season live on Sky Sports F1, starting with the Australian GP from March 14-16

www.skysports.com

he Vegas race will now begin at 8pm local time on Saturday 22 November, which means lights out for UK viewers will be at 4am on Sunday morning.

 

[Blitz24]

F1 2025 race start times: Las Vegas GP moved two hours earlier as full schedule for upcoming season revealed

The FIA has confirmed start times for all sessions during the 2025 Formula 1 season; the most notable alteration is the start time of Novembers Las Vegas GP; watch every race of the 2025 season live on Sky Sports F1, starting with the Australian GP from March 14-16

www.skysports.com

Running the race at 1 am et made absolutely no sense.

 

[toastet]

🤦‍♂️

 

[Fezzik]

Boring would probably be a better name

 

[toastet]

LMAO Mad Ring official logo:

 

[DG_Silva]

Billy the intern has been busy...

 

[EngieDiesel]

Kinda looks like a logo you'd see on a car in Ridge Racer or Wipeout. It's really got that Playstation 1 "futuristic" vibe to it.

 

[Liquid]

Terrible logo of a terrible name for a terrible track.

 

[Wiegert]

Feeding shots of the Caesars Palace GP layout into an AI image generator for your new track logo is quite the statement.

 

[Fezzik]

Latest proposal for a Cape Town race, no longer going through the stadium.

A decision is due soon whether the government there supports this bid or Kyalami. Thailand seems a serious alternate contender (likely a street race) along with Rwanda (circuit) and South Korea (not sure). A couple of slots on the calendar may open up from 2030 onward - I doubt the calendar can be extended any further without more triple headers, it's ridiculously long already.

 

[MagpieRacer]

Umm, no.

 

[DG_Silva]

When even the simulation software can't cope with your crap hole of a circuit, you know you're bad. I will say, I love the super-banked 270 degree corner - just a shame the rest is a sack of cack.

 

[Blitz24]

Liked the 270 degree corner and the tunnel. Everything else was bland. The fact they didn't do a retake on when he nearly spun out shows they think so much of its prospects.

 

[Fezzik]

It’ll fit in with a lot of the current calendar - overtaking looks virtually impossible.

 

[MagpieRacer]

It’ll fit in with a lot of the current calendar - overtaking looks virtually impossible.

Let's hope the new cars will actually work.

 

[ScottPuss20]

Let's hope the new cars will actually work.

They won't.

 

[desmodan]

It’ll fit in with a lot of the current calendar - overtaking looks virtually impossible.

I don't understand the current obsession with street or street style circuits. Long ,not quite straight, straights followed by a double 90' which is so narrow that one car at a time is only just possible. While its great for watching a driver trying to find the limits of his car, in clean air, it definitely doesn't give us the spectacle of close wheel to wheel racing. And let's face it that's what we all tune in to see.

 

[EngieDiesel]

I don't understand the current obsession with street or street style circuits.

As always, the answer is...

Street circuits let F1 expand into new areas fast without having to negotiate a long term agreement. They're cheaper and much quicker to set up than a dedicated circuit, and city politicians are much easier to sway with the promise of increased tourism and local business than private track owners who would have to spend large amounts of their own money to bring their tracks and the surrounding infrastructure up to the proper spec if it's even possible to do so.