Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit

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Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit

Address: Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit 1 Allendale Road Kyalami Midrand
Midrand , Gauteng , South Africa
Route type:	permanent race track
Opening:	1961
Formula 1 venue :	1967-1993
Time zone:	UTC + 2 ( SAST )
Track layout
Route data
Important events:	Motorcycle World Championship , Superbike World Championship
Route length:	4.261  km (2.65  mi )
Curves:	13
Records
Track record: (Formula 1)	1: 17.578 min. ( Nigel Mansell , Williams - Renault , 1992 )
http://www.kyalamiracing.co.za/

Coordinates: 25 ° 59 ′ 55.6 ″  S , 28 ° 4 ′ 11.7 ″  E

The Kyalami Circuit 1968 to 1985

The Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit is a motorsport racetrack in the South African province of Gauteng and is located between the provincial capital Johannesburg and the state capital Pretoria . The word Kyalami means "my home" in IsiZulu , one of South Africa's eleven official languages.

From 1967 to 1985 , the course was a regular venue for the Grand Prix of South Africa as part of the Formula 1 World Championship before it was temporarily suspended due to political pressure. In the late 1980s, the course was fundamentally rebuilt, with only the passages from the curves Jukskei Sweep to The Esses being kept in a slightly different form and the rest being redesigned. After the end of apartheid , Formula 1 returned to South Africa in the 1992 and 1993 seasons . Between 1983 and 1992 , the South African Grand Prix for motorcycles was held here four times as part of the motorcycle world championship.

Nowadays there are hardly any races on the course, as it is located in a residential area and has strict noise avoidance requirements. Instead, it was partially converted to the Kyalami Office Park , in which small and medium-sized companies have settled.

In 2009 , the Superbike World Championship took place in Kyalami for the first time since 2002 . After another event in 2010 , the contract between the government of Gauteng Province and the Superbike World Championship marketer , which originally ran until 2015, was terminated .

statistics

Lap records

formula 1

Route 1968–1985

• Qualification: 1: 02.366 min (Nigel Mansell, Williams-Honda, 1985)
• Race: 1: 08.149 min (Keke Rosberg, Williams-Honda, 1985)

Line from 1990

• Qualification: 1: 15.486 min (Nigel Mansell, Williams-Renault, 1992)
• Race: 1: 17.578 min (Nigel Mansell, Williams-Renault, 1992)

All winners of Formula 1 races in Kyalami

No.	year	driver	constructor	engine	tires	time	Route length	Round	Ø pace	date	GP of
1	1967	Pedro Rodríguez	cooper	Maserati	F.	2:05: 45,900 h	4.094 km	80	156.253 km / h	0Jan. 2	South Africa
2	1968	Jim Clark	lotus	ford	F.	1: 53: 56,600 h	4.104 km	80	172.886 km / h	0Jan. 1
3	1969	Jackie Stewart	Matra	ford	D.	1: 50: 39,100 h	4.104 km	80	178.029 km / h	01st Mar
4th	1970	Jack Brabham	Brabham	ford	G	1: 49: 34,600 h	4.104 km	80	179.775 km / h	07th Mar
5	1971	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	Ferrari	F.	1: 47: 35,500 h	4.104 km	79	180.804 km / h	06th Mar
6th	1972	Denis Hulme	McLaren	ford	G	1: 45: 49,100 h	4.104 km	79	183.834 km / h	04th Mar
7th	1973	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell	ford	G	1: 43: 11.070 h	4.104 km	79	188.526 km / h	03rd Mar
8th	1974	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham	ford	G	1: 42: 40.960 h	4.104 km	78	187.049 km / h	30th Mar
9	1975	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell	ford	G	1: 43: 16,900 h	4.104 km	78	185.964 km / h	01st Mar
10	1976	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Ferrari	G	1: 42: 18,400 h	4.104 km	78	187.737 km / h	06th Mar
11	1977	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	Ferrari	G	1: 42: 21,600 h	4.104 km	78	187.639 km / h	05th Mar
12	1978	Ronnie Peterson	lotus	ford	G	1: 42: 15.767 h	4.104 km	78	187.817 km / h	04th Mar
13	1979	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	Ferrari	M.	1: 41: 49.960 h	4.104 km	78	188.611 km / h	03rd Mar
14th	1980	René Arnoux	Renault	Renault	M.	1: 36: 52.540 h	4.104 km	78	198.262 km / h	01st Mar
15th	1982	Alain Prost	Renault	Renault	M.	1: 32: 08.401 h	4.104 km	77	205.779 km / h	Jan. 23
16	1983	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	BMW	M.	1: 33: 25.708 h	4.104 km	77	202.941 km / h	Oct 15
17th	1984	Niki Lauda	McLaren	Porsche ( TAG )	M.	1: 29: 23.430 h	4.104 km	75	206.599 km / h	0Apr 7
18th	1985	Nigel Mansell	Williams	Honda	G	1: 28: 22.866 h	4.104 km	75	208.959 km / h	19 Oct
19th	1992	Nigel Mansell	Williams	Renault	G	1: 36: 45.320 h	4.261 km	72	190.248 km / h	01st Mar
20th	1993	Alain Prost	Williams	Renault	G	1: 38: 45.082 h	4.261 km	72	186.403 km / h	14 Mar

Record winner
Driver: Niki Lauda (3) • Driver nations: Great Britain (5) • Constructors: Ferrari (4) • Engine manufacturer: Ford (8) • Tire manufacturer: Goodyear (11)

Web links

Commons : Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ South African Round confirmed in 2009 World Superbike calendar. www.worldsbk.com, September 15, 2008, archived from the original on September 16, 2008 ; accessed on September 19, 2008 (English). 
2. ↑ Lennart Schmid: Kyalami 2011 no longer in the Superbike calendar. www.motorsport-total.com, March 17, 2010, accessed on May 16, 2010 .