World Rallycross Championship coming to South Africa – Ticket prices

The FIA World Rallycross (RX) Championship is coming back to South Africa, with a double-header event scheduled for the Killarney International Raceway in Cape Town.

The event will take place on the 7th and 8th of October 2023, and tickets are now available for purchase online, or in-store at any Pick n Pay nationwide.

What to expect

Hot on the tail of the first Formula E race in Africa that graced Cape Town earlier this year, the upcoming rallycross event will feature a line-up of all-electric high-performance cars competing against each other on a track that consists of both tarmac and dirt sections.

These vehicles are capable of accelerating from 0 to 100km/h in a blistering 1.8 seconds, making them faster than a Formula 1 car, said Iaian Banner, the chairman of World Rallycross of South Africa, in a recent interview on Cape Talk.

The race will feature automakers like Volkswagen, Hyundai, and Subaru, who will each be using a twin-motor rally car with 500kW and 800Nm at their disposal.

The Cape Town-hosted event will be the second last stop in the current series, before the championship caps off the season with a finale in Hong Kong.

The rallycross event will use approximately half of the Killarney circuit, while the remainder of the course will use a relatively new dirt RX track that was implemented in 2017, according to Banner.

You can see a map of the track and the Killarney premises below:

Tickets

The ticket prices for the WRX Championship in Cape Town are as follows:

• General admission – R275 per person
• Grandstand C – E seating – R325 per person
• Grandstand I – M seating – R325 per person

A general admission ticket grants access to the grass embankment viewing area and visitors are permitted to bring picnic blankets and hand-held umbrellas for walking around. Children under the age of four (4) can be admitted to this area for free, but must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Grandstands C – E are located by the south side of the track and grant a view of the course’s first bend, while I – M are positioned on the north side of the circuit with a sightline overlooking turns 4, 5, and 6, as well as the merger after the Joker Lap.

Guests can also make a family or group booking for four tickets, which will cost R900, and enthusiasts looking for a more premium experience can book a spot at the Trackside Bar for R1,950.

Limited parking spaces can also be reserved for either the Saturday or Sunday showing at a cost of R100, and Cape Town’s MyCiti bus will service the event, letting people park offsite and catch a bus for the final leg.

Visitors to the track are only permitted to bring a sealed 1-litre bottle of water and are not allowed to bring any of the following through the gates: cooler boxes, gazebos and lawn umbrellas, camp chairs, glass containers, and alcohol.