卢旺达与F1达成十年协议 2030年代初起办赛 赛道设计细节公布
基加利讯——据路透社10月14日报道，卢旺达将自2030年代初起举办一级方程式（F1）比赛，协议为期十年，F1时隔多年重返非洲。F1官方与赛道设计方10月14日前后公布了卢旺达赛道RISE Motordrome的设计细节。
据PlanetF1报道，赛道设计师蒂尔克（Tilke）表示，该赛道单圈海拔爬升达197米，创F1赛历纪录，赛道坡度上下达13%与12%，充分利用当地地形。项目选址于布盖塞拉地区，与卢旺达发展局的新机场总体规划带相邻，赛道坐落在两座山丘与湖泊之间；设计方表示，两侧山丘可容纳约35,000至40,000名观众，赛道将在山丘间起伏。
据报道，该项目的契机是基加利于2024年承办国际汽联（FIA）大会，其间与当地政府展开了办赛讨论。前F1车手伍尔兹（Wurz）参与了选址工作。南非官员同日在社交媒体上表示，南非「输给」卢旺达F1的说法是对F1赛历运作方式的误读，两国并非在竞争同一年份。
（资料来源：路透社、F1官方、PlanetF1）
Rwanda to Host F1 Race From Early 2030s in 10-Year Deal, Circuit Design Detailed
KIGALI — Rwanda will host a Formula 1 race from the early 2030s under a 10-year agreement, Reuters reported on October 14, marking F1's return to Africa. Formula 1 and the circuit's designers released design details for Rwanda's RISE Motordrome around October 14.
The circuit will feature a record-breaking 197-metre elevation gain per lap, the highest on the F1 calendar, designer Tilke said, according to PlanetF1. The track rises and falls with gradients of 13 percent and 12 percent, making use of the topography. The site is in the Bugesera district, next to the Rwanda Development Board's strategic airport development area, set between two hills with a lake below. The designers said the two hillsides can hold around 35,000 to 40,000 spectators on either side, with the track oscillating between them.
The project took off after Kigali hosted the FIA General Assembly in 2024, which triggered conversations with the local government about staging a race, and former F1 driver Alex Wurz was involved in identifying the circuit location. A South African official wrote on social media the same day that the narrative that South Africa 'lost' Formula 1 to Rwanda misinterprets how the F1 calendar operates, as the two countries are not competing for the same years.
(Sources: Reuters, Formula 1, PlanetF1)
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