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African F1 race return still looks a long way off By Alan Baldwin May 24, 20254:08 AM PDTUpdated May 24, 2025 ...

For years South African politicians have expressed a desire to see F1 return, but no proper process to do so beyond wishing it into existence materialised.

South Africa isn't the only country seeking to join the F1 calendar in the near future; Thailand is also increasing its push to host a race in 2028.

Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei has highlighted F1's intentions to secure a deal with South Africa for 2023, as he told motorsport.com: "We try to say we race on every continent where people have cars.

But the last grand prix on African soil was held in 1993, the year before South Africa's first democratic elections that ended apartheid. It was won by Alain Prost in a Williams.