Circuit · Midrand, South Africa
Kyalami
Hosted the South African GP in two configurations. Not used since 1993; periodically discussed as a candidate for a return.
- Championship races
- 20
- Seasons
- 1967–199320 seasons
- Length
- 4.261 kmcurrent layout
- Turns
- 13
- Direction
- clockwise
- Type
- permanent
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
High altitude and a long uphill main straight
Most wins here
| Driver | Wins | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Niki Lauda | 3 | 1976–1984 |
| Alain Prost | 2 | 1982–1993 |
| Nigel Mansell | 2 | 1985–1992 |
| Sir Jackie Stewart | 2 | 1969–1973 |
| Carlos Reutemann | 1 | 1974 |
| Denny Hulme | 1 | 1972 |
| Gilles Villeneuve | 1 | 1979 |
| Jim Clark | 1 | 1968 |
| Jody Scheckter | 1 | 1975 |
| Mario Andretti | 1 | 1971 |
| Pedro Rodriguez | 1 | 1967 |
| Rene Arnoux | 1 | 1980 |
| Riccardo Patrese | 1 | 1983 |
| Ronnie Peterson | 1 | 1978 |
| Sir Jack Brabham | 1 | 1970 |
Constructors here
Where winners start here
All 20 races won here, counted together. No layout timeline is recorded for this circuit.
- Won from first on the grid
- 4 of 20 (20%), against 140 of 398 (35%) at every circuit, 1967–1993
- Won from the first two slots
- 6 of 20 (30%), against 220 of 398 (55%) at every circuit
- Lowest winning grid slot
- 16th — Sir Jackie Stewart, 1973
- Most wins by a driver
- Niki Lauda, 3
- Most wins by a team
- Ferrari, 4
A dot is a race won from that slot; over eight, the box shows the count. Boxes stand two abreast, as grids do now. Coloured by winner: the entrant’s national racing colour, not the team’s. A hollow dot has no colour on record.
| Grid slot | Wins | Races won |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4 | 1968 Jim Clark (Team Lotus); 1985 Nigel Mansell (Williams); 1992 Nigel Mansell (Williams); 1993 Alain Prost (Williams) |
| 2nd | 2 | 1976 Niki Lauda (Ferrari); 1980 Rene Arnoux (Renault) |
| 3rd | 5 | 1970 Sir Jack Brabham (Brabham); 1975 Jody Scheckter (Tyrrell); 1977 Niki Lauda (Ferrari); 1979 Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari); 1983 Riccardo Patrese (Brabham) |
| 4th | 4 | 1967 Pedro Rodriguez (Cooper); 1969 Sir Jackie Stewart (Matra); 1971 Mario Andretti (Ferrari); 1974 Carlos Reutemann (Brabham) |
| 5th | 2 | 1972 Denny Hulme (McLaren); 1982 Alain Prost (Renault) |
| 8th | 1 | 1984 Niki Lauda (McLaren) |
| 11th | 1 | 1978 Ronnie Peterson (Team Lotus) |
| 16th | 1 | 1973 Sir Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell) |
Race by race
- 1960s
- 1967 South African Grand Prix Cooper 4th
- 1968 South African Grand Prix Team Lotus 1st
- 1969 South African Grand Prix Matra 4th
- 1970s
- 1970 South African Grand Prix Brabham 3rd
- 1971 South African Grand Prix Ferrari 4th
- 1972 South African Grand Prix McLaren 5th
- 1973 South African Grand Prix Tyrrell 16th
- 1974 South African Grand Prix Brabham 4th
- 1975 South African Grand Prix Tyrrell 3rd
- 1976 South African Grand Prix Ferrari 2nd
- 1977 South African Grand Prix Ferrari 3rd
- 1978 South African Grand Prix Team Lotus 11th
- 1979 South African Grand Prix Ferrari 3rd
- 1980s
- 1980 South African Grand Prix Renault 2nd
- 1982 South African Grand Prix Renault 5th
- 1983 South African Grand Prix Brabham 3rd
- 1984 South African Grand Prix McLaren 8th
- 1985 South African Grand Prix Williams 1st
- 1990s
- 1992 South African Grand Prix Williams 1st
- 1993 South African Grand Prix Williams 1st
Every layout raced here 2
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists. Each one is fitted to its own box, so these are not to scale: a longer layout is not drawn larger, and none of them carries a direction, a position or a start line. The drawing that opens the page is the latest layout raced or on the calendar here, not the longest.
1 more layout
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
Every race here 20
Held here as the South African Grand Prix (20 races).
The same on all 20 rows: Layout — not established.
Where this comes from
- Official name
- Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit
- Location
- Midrand, South Africa
- Confidence
- medium