U Rwanda rwongeye kugarukwaho nk’umwe mu bahatanira kwakira isiganwa rya Formula 1 ku mugabane wa Afurika, nyuma y’uko ubuyobozi bw’iri rushanwa butangaje ko ibiganiro n’ibihugu birimo u Rwanda biri gutera imbere.
U Rwanda ruri mu bihugu bine biri mu biganiro bikomeye byo kongera isiganwa rya Formula 1 ku mugabane wa Afurika, aho rushobora kuzaba mu bihugu bizakira iri rushanwa guhera mu mwaka wa 2028.
Umuyobozi Mukuru wa Formula 1, Stefano Domenicali, yatangaje ko ibiganiro ku bijyanye no kongera ahazakinirwa Formula 1 biri kugenda neza. Mu bihugu biri ku isonga muri ibi biganiro harimo u Rwanda, Afurika y’Epfo, Argentina na Thailand.
Nubwo ibi biganiro biri kugenda neza, nta gihugu muri ibi bine kiratangazwa ku mugaragaro nk’icyahawe uburenganzira bwo kwakira isiganwa rya Formula 1 mu 2028.
U Rwanda rumaze igihe rugaragaza ubushake bwo kwakira iri rushanwa rizwi cyane ku isi. Ku wa 13 Ukuboza 2024, Perezida Paul Kagame yatangaje ku mugaragaro ko u Rwanda rwatangiye gahunda yo gusaba kwakira Grand Prix ya Formula 1, ubwo i Kigali habaga inama rusange ya FIA, ari yo mpuzamahanga ishinzwe imikino y’imodoka.
Umushinga w’u Rwanda uteganya kubaka umuhanda wihariye wo gusiganiraho hafi y’Ikibuga Mpuzamahanga cy’Indege cya Bugesera. Umuzenguruko uteganyijwe wateguwe ku buryo wakoresha imiterere y’imisozi y’aho uzubakwa, kandi umwe mu bantu bagize uruhare mu kuwutegura ni Alexander Wurz, wahoze ari umushoferi wa Formula 1.
Ibi byatumye u Rwanda ruba umwe mu bakandida bakomeye bashaka gutuma Formula 1 igaruka muri Afurika.
Formula 1 iheruka gukinira ku mugabane wa Afurika mu 1993, ubwo Grand Prix ya Afurika y’Epfo yabereye i Kyalami. Kuva icyo gihe, uyu mugabane nta rindi siganwa rya Formula 1 wakiriye.
Kuba u Rwanda ruri mu biganiro bikomeye byo kwakira iri rushanwa bifatwa nk’amahirwe yo kongera gushyira Afurika ku ikarita y’imikino ikomeye ku rwego mpuzamahanga.
U Rwanda si rwo gihugu cyonyine cyo muri Afurika cyifuza kwakira Formula 1. Afurika y’Epfo nayo iri mu biganiro byo kugarura Grand Prix yayo, mu gihe Nigeria nayo yagaragaje ubushake bwo kwinjira muri iri rushanwa.
Ibi bivuze ko u Rwanda rushobora kuba ruhanganye n’ibindi bihugu bya Afurika mu guhatanira umwanya umwe wo kugarura Formula 1 kuri uyu mugabane.
Mu gihe u Rwanda rwaba rutsinze iri rushanwa, igice kinini cy’ibikorwa byaryo cyazabera mu Karere ka Bugesera, ahateganyijwe kubakwa umuzenguruko wa Formula 1 hafi y’ikibuga cy’indege gishya.
