One of South Africa's premier motorsport locations, there is a palpable excitement among competitors new and old, who arrive at these hallowed grounds. The layout, the architecture and details as small as the rumble strips allude to a world class facility, there is no doubt about that.
Shared with any other circuit in the world, top-tier or not, it's not over until the chequered flag is paraded at the finish line.
Coming off the back of a modest performance in Cape Town, with P3 in the bag but a sizable pace deficit, I had hoped to up the ante, since Kyalami is not only a circuit with which I have a good deal of experience, but the first that fostered and reinforced my love of local motorsport.
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