Turbo charging efforts to bring F1 racing back to SA in 2023 – Motorsport SA’s Anton Roux

The last time that South Africa hosted a Formula 1 championship at Kyalami was in 1993 before democracy dawned in the country. In the years up to then, it hosted legends like Damon Hill, Sterling Moss, James Hunt, Niki Lauda, and off course our own world champion, Jody Scheckter with the 9-hour races attracting top endurance riders and teams. In the last year; talks have been going on in the background to re-instate the South African Grand Prix. And now, Motorsport SA Chairman Anton Roux, a well-known board room veteran’s appointment to the senate of the international body overseeing motorsport, the FIA or Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile has given new hope that a South African Grand Prix could be on the calendar by 2023. Roux spoke to BizNews about the drive to get Formula 1 back in South Africa, the Hamilton-Verstappen controversy, how a new generation of younger, female, and non-white participants and spectators are emerging and where spinning cars, which have become popular in townships, fit in. – Linda van Tilburg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices