Rwandan president Paul Kagame announced last December, while the east African country hosted the FIA end-of-season awards gala, that Rwanda is bidding to host an F1 race as the sport eyes a return to the African continent for the first time since 1993.
Yet South Africa are also eyeing a return, perhaps as soon as 2027, with Kyalami (which hosted the last South African GP in 1993) and Cape Town mooted as possible venues.
Rwandan president Paul Kagame announced last December that the country is bidding to host an F1 grand prix.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has urged Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali to end talks with Rwanda over hosting a grand prix in the future.
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has previously stated that “Rwanda is the best place” for F1 to return to Africa.
