
一群致力于将一级方程式赛车带到开普敦的团队表示,即使卢旺达已获得举办大奖赛的协议,他们仍将继续推进在该市附近建设新赛道的计划。
A group working to bring Formula 1 racing to Cape Town said it will press ahead with plans for a new circuit near the city, even after Rwanda secured a pact to host a Grand Prix.
蓝山赛车集团表示,该团队将坚持在2031年举办赛事的目标,并在周三的一份声明中作此表述。
Blue Mountain Racing is sticking with its target to host an event in 2031, the group said in a statement Wednesday.
“我们认为一级方程式重返非洲对我们的计划是鼓舞人心的,”该团队表示。“非洲是一个拥有超过50个国家和约16亿人口的大洲,因此它有容纳多于一场大奖赛的空间。”
“We find Formula 1’s return to Africa encouraging for our own plans,” it said. “Africa is a continent of more than 50 countries and approximately 1.6 billion people and therefore it has room for more than one” Grand Prix, it said.
蓝山赛车集团由前西比anye Stillwater Ltd.首席执行官尼尔·弗罗曼领导,成员还包括矿业老手斯里尼瓦斯·文卡塔克里希南以及律所韦伯·温特泽的罗伯特·阿佩尔鲍姆。他们与南非企业家鲍勃·哈特斯利夫一起,计划在开普敦北部的斯瓦特兰小麦种植区建设一个耗资67亿兰特(约4.06亿美元)的赛车综合体。
Blue Mountain is led by former Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Neal Froneman and includes mining veteran Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan and law firm Webber Wentzel’s Robert Appelbaum. Together with South African entrepreneur Bob Hartslief, they’re planning to build a 6.7 billion-rand ($406 million) motorsport complex in the wheat-growing Swartland region north of Cape Town.
卢旺达的首场比赛将在位于布吉塞拉的专门建造的6公里(3.7英里)赛道完工后举行,该赛道预计将在下个十年初完工,据一级方程式官方消息。
Rwanda’s inaugural race will take place once the purpose-built 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) circuit in Bugesera has been completed, which is expected to be early in the next decade, according to Formula 1.
这些发展将使赛车运动在非洲大陆的存在得以复兴,这几乎是在上一次非洲大奖赛举行后四十年后。
The developments will revive the motorsport’s presence on the continent, almost four decades after the last Grand Prix race took place in Africa.
最近一次比赛是在1993年于约翰内斯堡北部的卡亚米赛道举行的,法国人阿兰·普罗斯特赢得了该场比赛。
The most recent competition was in 1993 at the Kyalami Raceway, north of Johannesburg in South Africa. Frenchman Alain Prost won.