国际汽联确认，时隔三十多年，一级方程式赛车将重返非洲，在2030年代初于卢旺达举办大奖赛。
Formula 1 will return to Africa for the first time in more than three decades with a Grand Prix in Rwanda in the early 2030s, the sport’s governing body confirmed.
国际汽联已承诺签订为期十年的赛事协议，并将此举与扩大F1全球影响力联系起来，强调非洲年轻粉丝群体所带来的“令人兴奋的增长机遇”。
The FIA, which has committed to a 10-year race deal, linked the move to expanding the global reach of F1, highlighting the “exciting growth opportunities” of the continent’s young fan base.
在卢旺达击败南非赢得举办大奖赛的荣誉后，卢旺达总统保罗·卡加梅在首都基加利的发布会上表示：“今天属于非洲。”该赛事是卢旺达国际赛事组合的重要补充，有助于提升其全球投资和旅游形象。
After Rwanda beat South Africa to the honor of hosting a Grand Prix, President Paul Kagame said at the launch in the capital, Kigali, that “today belongs to Africa.”The race forms a significant addition to Rwanda’s growing portfolio of international events as it raises its global investment and tourism profile.
但国际特赦组织指责国际汽联向该国授予了一项“体育洗白奖”。该组织指责卢旺达当局对反对派进行任意拘留和酷刑，并在邻国刚果民主共和国煽动冲突——这一切均被基加利政府予以否认。
But rights group Amnesty International has accused the FIA of handing the country a “sportwashing prize.”It accuses the authorities of arbitrary detention and torture of opponents, as well as stoking conflict in neighboring DR Congo — all of which Kigali denies.