Wakanda wants F1

FEEDBACK: PROPOSED SMART CITY SEEKS TO BID TO HOST GRAND PRIX

- Faizel Patel

Though Kyalami has been proposed as a possible Grand Prix circuit to host a F1 race, Wakanda Smart City in the Eastern Cape wants to be on the grid.

It has insisted on a free and fair parliamentary bid process to determine who crosses the line to host a future race.

Wakanda Smart City bid director MK Malefane said they were still awaiting feedback from the government.

"We have been left with little option but to go directly to Formula 1 and the FIA with our concerns," he said.

"We believe that our smart city development with centrepiece Grand Prix circuit ticks all the right Formula 1 boxes and that we deserve an opportunity to present our Formula 1 bid in an open and transparent manner."

Malefane claims that despite several representations to the government and the department of sport, arts and culture, they have not yet had the courtesy of a response.