Home sweet home
Kyalami is a special circuit, and one that has witnessed huge change and its fair share of characters over the past 60 years
James Hunt leads the field for the start of the 1977 grand prix at Kyalami. The F1 teams loved the circuit and the nightlife
My home’. That’s what Kyalami means in Zulu (although apparently it should be spelled Kaya Lami). The South African Grand Prix venue certainly became a much-loved home from home for the travelling F1 circus, as much for the riotous socialising as the original, fast and challenging race track. But as a motor sport hub not only for a country but a whole continent, Kyalami was always about much more than its fabulous F1 race.