F1 announces return to Africa with ‘landmark’ 10-year Rwanda contract

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Formula 1 will race in Rwanda after a “landmark” 10-year deal was agreed for the country to stage the African Grand Prix. F1 has not raced in Africa – the only habitable continent it doesn’t stage an event in – since the 1993 South African Grand Prix at Kyalami, on the outskirts of Johannesburg.