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Chairman of Motorsport South Africa, Anton Roux, claims Covid restrictions in the country could mean a South African GP is “in jeopardy” for the time being.

South Africa currently has a restriction in place whereby sporting events are only allowed to be held at 50% capacity, limiting the amount of people present – and, thus, the amount of revenue that can be brought in from such events.

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has made multiple visits to South Africa as the country looks to negotiate its way onto the calendar for the first time since 1993, and are reportedly in “advanced talks” to do so.

Roux, also a member of the FIA Senate, explained that tourism accounts for a majority portion of the crowd at certain race weekends, so such restrictions would be problematic for the holding of a race.

“What most people don’t realise is that if you look at a host country hosting a Formula 1 [race], 60% of the spectators are not from the host country,” he told South African TV Channel eNCA.

“So if you look at some of the events, such as the ones in Texas, who had 380,000 spectators last year, which I think was more spectators than at the Olympic Games, and 60% of them are foreigners coming in.

“Now, I don’t necessarily think we’re going to get that amount of spectators. But you know, we could get between, let’s say, 250,000 and 300,000 spectators over the period.

“And South Africa is a distance to travel, so they’re not