Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit

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Flag of South Africa.png Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit
Track details
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Location Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa
Time Zone GMT +2
Type Road Course
First held
Times held
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Lap details
Length 4.2 km (2.6 miles)
Turns 13
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Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit is a circuit in Gauteng, South Africa.

Kyalami Racing Circuit (from Kyalami, My home in Zulu) is a motor racing circuit located in Midrand, Gauteng province, South Africa. The circuit has been used for Grand Prix and Formula One races and has hosted the South African Grand Prix many times. Among the Formula One races held at the track the 1977 South African Grand Prix stands out, as it is principally remembered for the fatal accident that claimed the lives of race marshal Frederick Jansen van Vuuren and driver Tom Pryce. In recent years, the area surrounding the circuit has developed into a residential and commercial suburb of Johannesburg. More recently, Kyalami has played host to five rounds of the Superbike World Championship from 1998 to 2002 and later in 2009 and 2010, the season finale of the Superstars Series in 2009 and 2010, and the South African round of the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season.