The South African government has announced its endorsement of a project aiming at luring Formula 1 back to the nation.

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Mtshavheni announced on Friday that the government’s preferred project was that submitted by CEO of the Kyalami 9 Hours Tom Pearson-Adams.

Kyalami F1 project to receive government endorsement

The project, one of three submitted for consideration by a government-appointed Bid Steering Committee earlier this year, intends to host an event at Kyalami.

In June, it announced that the FIA had approved plans to upgrade the venue to Grade 1 standards, should its quest to attract F1 be successful.

PlanetF1.com revealed in July that Kyalami was the preferred submission , with a meeting having since taken place between officials from the

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