Sport in South Africa South Africa has staged Formula One Grand Prix, the last being the 1993 race at the Kyalami circuit. It has produced 1979 Formula One world champion, Jody Schekter, who triumphed for Ferrari that year. South Africa was also one of the host nations for the A1 Grand Prix. Former Indycar Series driver and son of Jody, Tomas Scheckter, led the most laps in both his first two Indianapolis 500 starts. Which was 85 laps during the 2002 Indianapolis 500 and 63 laps during the 2003 Indianapolis 500. He has two career Indycar victories during his career. He has driven full-time
Alexander Sims (racing driver) 2017 he competes at the GT Le Mans class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship with a factory BMW M6. He will compete in the upcoming Formula E season with MS Andretti. As Sims was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.<br> Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.<br> As Sims was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points. Season still in progress. Season still in progress. Alexander Sims (racing driver) Alexander Sims (born 15 March 1988, in London) is a British professional racing driver, and BMW