Red Bull's Max Verstappen and other drivers head back to pit after red flag at the start of the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix race at Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan on April 7, 2024.
According to media reports, the circuit, to be designed by a company headed by former Austrian F1 driver Alexander Wurz, would be located near a new international airport under construction in Bugesera, some 40km from Kigali.
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton also said in August that the time was right for a race in Africa and that he was working behind the scenes with both Rwanda and South Africa to make it happen.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame announced his country's bid to host a Formula One race on Friday, ahead of an awards ceremony in the capital Kigali where Max Verstappen will be presented with the championship trophy for the fourth year running.
Formula One has not raced in Africa since the last South African Grand Prix in 1993 at Kyalami, north of Johannesburg.
