Cape Town: Date for Formula E World Championship is set

Cape Town is set to host the Formula E World Championship motorsport event in 2023, and the official date has been confirmed!

Formula E heading to the Mother City

The official date for South Africa’s very first Formula E race has been confirmed, set to take place on 25 February 2022. The day will see the city of Cape Town playing host to the fifth race of the 17-race season, says Tourism Update.

The race has a predicted 33 000 spectator base (based on previous races in similar cities), and for the Cape Town e-Prix, 10 000 of these spectators are projected to be international arrivals, which is ideal news for the tourism industry.

Another 10 000 are forecast to be domestic spectators from outside Cape Town. Tourism Update reports that all this will bring in an estimated R2 billion and more than R500 million in media exposure for the city.

Amanda Kotze-Nhlapo, who is Chief Convention Bureau Officer at South African Tourism, said that the formal strategic partnership with e-Movement will provide the industry with the opportunity to showcase to the world South Africa’s readiness to host global events and welcome travellers to the destination.

Kotze-Nhlapo added that Formula E had become a fast-growing motorsport event in terms of spectator audience and global TV audience being broadcast in more than 190 territories. The race is also televised globally to an estimated audience of 411 million viewers.

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Fast and Furious

The Cape Town track is predicted to be one of the fastest in the series.

The track will reportedly start at the Green Point precinct’s Vlei Road, with Signal Hill as a stunning backdrop. Then, it will be a left into Helen Suzman Boulevard, and another left into Granger Bay Boulevard.

Drivers will then head along the oceanfront on Mouille Point’s Beach Road, before taking a sharp left turn into Fritz Sonnenberg Road and a final right to reach the finish line.