Morocco, South Africa, Rwanda, Nigeria have expressed an interest to host Formula One (F1) races.
This was revealed on Thursday, by the F1 commercial managing director, Sean Bratches.
In a statement, Bratches said the racing sport could consider returning to the African continent. He revealed the possibility of having the first events in South Africa as well as Morocco.
‘‘We’ve been having very productive conversations in South Africa and to a lesser extent in Morocco about bringing a grand prix… we’re on it. It’s really important to us,’‘ Bratches said at a Sport Industry Breakfast Club event.
“We race on five continents now and the last habitable continent that we don’t race in is Africa,” said Bratches.
‘‘It’s a marketplace in which we would like to race.’‘ he continued.
Morocco and South Africa have hosted world cup championships grand prix in the past. Casablanca in 1958 and South Africa in East London in the 1960s and Kyalami 20 times between 1967 and 1993.
