Hiding over as the GR Cup heads for EL

The East London Grand Prix Circuit has an inevitable reputation of being the fastest and scariest track in South Africa.

- Charl Bosch

A venue that has hosted motorsport since before WWII, the current 3.9km track served as the first home of the South African Grand Prix with three F1-sanctioned races taking place between 1962 and 1965, and four non-official events, the last being in 1966.

Thoroughly old-school in its layout, the equally famous "circuit next to the ocean" hosts the fifth round of the National Extreme Festival this weekend, and by extension, round five of the Toyota GR Cup.

The final race weekend before an enforced one-month break until the penultimate round at Killarney in September, the track has been the one most feared by all of the GR Cup media since the start of the year.