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With Minister of Sports, Art and Culture, Gayton McKenzie set to announce a Formula 1 Steering Committee with a view to hosting a future South African Grand Prix on Wednesday 18 December, a new group has confirmed that it will submit a bid to host the South African Grand Prix at a significant site on the Cape West Coast.

While a formal announcement will follow early in the New Year, the Langa Lethu South African Grand Prix Bid Group has in the interim confirmed that it will tender a bid to host the future South African Grand Prix. Langa Lethu comprises a group of high level financiers and a team of international motorsport specialists with proven expertise and wherewithal in promoting and running Grand Prix motor races.

Langa Lethu plans to construct a Grand Prix-ready state-of-the art racetrack with the African icons of Table Mountain, Robben Island and the Cape Winelands as a backdrop. Located close to the Cape Town International Airport and Harbor, and state-of-the-art hospitals, the new Grade 1 FIA facility is fed by main arterial roads and public transport for easy access and convenient on-site car parks for over 100,000 seated spectators. 

The thrilling new circuit will also not only deliver many new jobs in the construction of the new facility, but it will also stimulate much needed long-term growth and opportunity in the area. Langa Lethu looks forward to minister McKenzie’s revelations on Wednesday, and to the opportunity to exercise its rights to bid for and host the South African Grand Prix in line with laws controlling government tenders.