{"id":133916,"date":"2015-08-04T14:55:23","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T12:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=133916"},"modified":"2015-08-04T14:56:31","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T12:56:31","slug":"kyalami-race-tracks-massive-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/motoring\/133916-kyalami-race-tracks-massive-upgrades.html","title":{"rendered":"Kyalami race track’s massive upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 2015 marked one year since the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit was put on auction and snapped up Porsche South Africa CEO, Toby Venter, for R205 million.<\/p>\n

Since then, a lot has happened at the racing complex, including the start of a refurbishment programme which was announced in May.<\/p>\n

The track will be resurfaced to “international specifications”, the main straight will be lengthened, corners will be modified, and safety upgrades to bring the track to FIA Grade 2 standards will be made.<\/p>\n

Upgrades to the pit building and conference facilities will also take place.<\/p>\n

Kyalami upgrades<\/h3>\n

The images below show the construction taking place at the track currently, and an artist’s impression of what the completed upgrades will look like.<\/p>\n

\"Main<\/a>

Main straight<\/p><\/div>\n

The main straight is being extended, while the entire track is being resurfaced.<\/p>\n

All\u00a0debris fencing, safety barriers, and tyre and belting safety systems will also be replaced. New gravel\u00a0will be laid in the arrestor beds.<\/p>\n

\"Beam<\/a>

Beam is placed on the underpass<\/p><\/div>\n

The work on the track is expected to be completed by the end of October, and\u00a0includes a new underpass that will allow easy access to central part of the racing complex.<\/p>\n

The underpass will include a pedestrian walkway.<\/p>\n

\"New<\/a>

New underpass and straight<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Crocodiles\"<\/a>

The Crocodiles<\/p><\/div>\n

A new corner at the track, turn 13, will follow after an extended straight – providing “great overtaking opportunities”. The new corner will be called The Crocodiles.<\/p>\n

\"Aeriel<\/a>

Aeriel view impression<\/p><\/div>\n

Part of the upgrades will include improvements to the track’s pit building and conferencing and exhibition facilities.<\/p>\n

Cap parks for the complex will also be resurfaced.<\/p>\n

\"Pit<\/a>

Pit building impression<\/p><\/div>\n

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Take a look at the latest developments at South Africa’s most famous race track, and what lies ahead for the circuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":133918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29366],"tags":[22161,35,31842,31844],"class_list":["post-133916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-formula-one","tag-headline","tag-kyalami","tag-race-track"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133916"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133920,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133916\/revisions\/133920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}