Kyalami

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Kyalami is a motor racing circuit, and suburb in Gauteng, South Africa north of Johannesburg. The circuit has been used for Grand Prix and Formula One races and has hosted the South African Grand Prix many times. In recent years, the area surrounding the circuit has developed into a residential and commercial suburb of Johannesburg. The circuit has also played host to five rounds of the World Superbike series from 1998 - 2002.

The original, sweeping circuit was in use from 1962 until political sanctions eliminated the Grand Prix after the 1985 race. When the circuit was rebuilt in the early 1990s as part of a housing development, the Crowthorne bend, Barbeque and Jukskei sweep corners were either eliminated or heavily modified, with the result that the circuit became a narrow, twisty ribbon rather than one of the fastest circuits on the calendar. Formula One abandoned the rebuilt circuit in 1993 after just two races (and a bankruptcy on the part of the promoter).

The South African Grand Prix has also been held at East London.

[edit] Complete Formula One history

Season	Date	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1993	March 14	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault	*
1992	March 1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	*
1985	October 19	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	*
1984	April 7	Niki Lauda	McLaren-TAG	*
1983	October 15	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	*
1982	January 23	Alain Prost	Renault	*
1980	March 1	René Arnoux	Renault	*
1979	March 3	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari	*
1978	March 4	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus-Ford	*
1977	March 5	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	*
1976	March 6	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	*
1975	March 1	Jody Scheckter	Tyrrell-Ford	*
1974	March 30	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham-Ford	*
1973	March 3	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford	*
1972	March 4	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	*
1971	March 6	Mario Andretti	Ferrari	*
1970	March 7	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Ford	*
1969	March 1	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford	*
1968	January 1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford	*
1967	January 2	Pedro Rodríguez	Cooper-Maserati	*

[edit] External links

• Satellite picture by Google Maps
• Kyalami Kart Circuit

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Coordinates: 25°59′51″S, 28°04′04″Eca:Circuit de Kyalami de:Kyalami es:Kyalami fr:Circuit de Kyalami it:Circuito di Kyalami lt:Trasa Kyalami ja:キャラミ pl:Kyalami (tor wyścigowy) pt:Kyalami ru:Кьялами (трасса) sl:Kyalami fi:Kyalami