South African minister welcomes reported Rwanda F1 plan, predicts race at home before 2030

South African sports minister Gayton McKenzie welcomed the reported plan for a 2030 F1 race in Rwanda and predicted that South Africa would get one before then. He wrote on social media: “SA will get F1, even before 2030.”

McKenzie said Rwanda had worked towards a race longer than South Africa and deserved the opportunity. His response followed RacingNews365’s Tuesday report that Grand Prix racing would return to Africa in 2030, at a circuit planned near Kigali.

McKenzie pointed to Italy as an example: it held two Grands Prix a year from 2021 through 2025, while he said some reacted as if a continent of 55 countries could have only one race.