GridpediaKyalami
- Location
- Midrand, South Africa
- Races held
- 20 (1967 to 1993)
- Most wins, drivers
- Niki Lauda (3), Nigel Mansell (2), Alain Prost (2), Jackie Stewart (2), Riccardo Patrese (1)
- Most wins, teams
- Ferrari (4), Williams (3), Brabham (3), McLaren (2), Renault (2)
- Most poles
- Jackie Stewart (3), Nigel Mansell (2), Niki Lauda (2), Jean-Pierre Jabouille (2), James Hunt (2)
- Fastest race lap
- 1:08.278, Alain Prost, 1982 (race laps since 1982; layouts change over time)
- Map
- OpenStreetMap
What is a lap of Kyalami like?
The circuit that hosted F1's 1992 and 1993 return was a near-new, anticlockwise track: it kept the Sunset-to-Esses section of the classic clockwise Kyalami used from 1967 to 1985, dropped the old main straight, Crowthorne Corner and Barbecue Bend, and added new pits. At 4.261 km the 1992 race ran 72 laps for 306.792 km; Nigel Mansell set the lap record for this configuration at 1:17.578 in the Williams FW14B in 1992. After Porsche South Africa's Toby Venter bought the circuit in 2014, the 1992 layout was remodelled from 2015 into the present Kyalami circuit.
- Lap length
- 4.261 km
- Turns
- 13
- Direction
- anticlockwise
- Longest straight
- about 860 m
- Character
- Balanced (about 40% of the lap is cornering)
- Layout described
- Rebuilt 1992 circuit, 4.261 km with 13 turns, using only a small part of the old track and extended to Gestetner Corner with new pits; used for the South African Grand Prix in 1992 and 1993
Sources for the checked facts (11)
- kyalamigrandprixcircuit.com/about-kyalami/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyalami
- motorsportmagazine.com/database/circuits/kyalami
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_South_African_Grand_Prix
- racingcircuits.info/africa/south-africa/kyalami.html
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_circuits
- fastestlaps.com/tracks/kyalami-new
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_South_African_Grand_Prix
- f1.fandom.com/wiki/Kyalami_Circuit
- motoring-projects.blogspot.com/2009/06/kyalami-track-notes.html
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_reduction_system
Map, character and grey values are approximate (measured from a GPS trace). Report a correction.
Does pole position win at Kyalami?
The pole sitter has won 4 of 20 races here (20%). Across all circuits since 1950 the pole sitter wins 44% of races. The winner started from the front row (P1 or P2) in 6 of 20 races (30%) and from the top three in 11 (55%). Lowest grid position to win: 16th, Jackie Stewart in 1973.
| Winner started from | Wins | Share |
|---|---|---|
| P1 | 4 | 20% |
| P2 | 2 | 10% |
| P3 | 5 | 25% |
| P4 | 4 | 20% |
| P5 | 2 | 10% |
| P8 | 1 | 5% |
| P11 or lower | 2 | 10% |
Where the winner started, every race at this circuit. Pole sitter means the driver who set the fastest qualifying time (first on the grid where no qualifying data exists); a grid penalty can move the pole sitter back, and that race still counts for them. Compare every circuit.