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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.