Kyalami

The sound of high-revving engines and the squeal of tyres will soon return to the renovated Kyalami racetrack for the inaugural motorsport festival scheduled from 21 to 23 October. With over 300 entries confirmed, this event is billed as the biggest motorsport gathering ever held at South Africa’s premier...

We take a trundle around Kyalami’s new 1.1km long dynamic handling track. Sandwiched between the main circuit’s two long straights, the twisty handling circuit is a stern test for any machine and combined with the low-friction skidpan offers a comprehensive facility for product launches and demonstrations....

A seemingly never ending upgrade of Kyalami is now rounding the last corner as events, notably the Bike Show and Festival of Speed, are ready to give showgoers their first taste of South Africa’s premier circuit and facilities. A year of meticulous planning and rigorous construction has seen a...

Flat out through the wider first kink of Kyalami in a new Porsche 911 and perhaps more importantly the throttle stays pinned well beyond the point where the older track would have peeled up and left. New Kyalami’s extended straight to 900m means that in a 2016 Porsche 911...

The international launch of the new 911 is currently underway at Kyalami – a tempting reason to bunk work and try sneak through security –  and here’s the first bit of full length footage. The on-board camera provides a good idea of the circuit’s revisions, the racing lines and some insight into the sound and...