F1 returns to Africa with Rwanda signing 10-year deal

Key points

• Rwanda will host the first Formula 1 grand prix in Africa since 1993, under a 10-year agreement. The race will be called the African Grand Prix and held at a circuit yet to be built at Bugesera, about 40 kilometres south of the capital Kigali.
• The first race could take place as early as 2030. Formula 1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali called the deal a landmark moment, saying the sport would race on every inhabited continent.
• The track is expected to be completed early in the next decade and will have a capacity of 100,000.