Prince George Circuit

Prince George Circuit is a race track in East London, in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province. The original course was a road circuit running through several inhabited districts and measured 24.461 km. The start and finish straight ran along the sea shore. After three fast corners the route followed a road now called Molteno Drive, then passed through West Bank Village, Fort Glamorgan and Gately. At the western end it turned south onto Prince George Street and returned to the main straight through a long series of twisting bends and a hairpin.

In 1936 the circuit was cut to 18.619 km. Rather than heading east along Molteno Drive, it now went north over Potters Pass and rejoined the old route at the start of Settlers Way. The South African Grand Prix was held here in 1934 and from 1936 to 1939, before racing stopped because of the Second World War. The event returned to East London from 1960 to 1966.

The track was rebuilt in 1959 to meet Formula One regulations. The new layout sat in an amphitheatre-like setting by the sea, was 3.920 km long, had nine corners and ran clockwise.

The World Championship visited three times, in 1962, 1963 and 1965. Graham Hill won the first in a BRM, and both the drivers' and the constructors' titles were settled there. Jim Clark won in 1963 and 1965 for Lotus. The circuit was later judged too small for Formula One, and the Grand Prix moved to Kyalami. The 1965 race was the last World Championship round at East London.