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Pirelli confirms off-season F1 test plans involving Mercedes, Ferrari and others
2022 F1 season
Posted onPirelli will conduct tests with teams over the winter using this year’s Formula 1 cars as it continues to develop new dry and wet-weather tyres.
More F1 venues following Silverstone’s lead in aim for full crowds
2021 F1 season
Posted onAs Silverstone seeks full attendance at the British Grand Prix, race promoters in Hungary, the Netherlands, Italy, Russia, USA and Brazil have the same aim.
Paul Ricard reprofiles corners in bid to improve racing
2021 F1 season
Posted onAlmost every corner at Paul Ricard has been resurfaced and reprofiled, by the team behind recent renovations at Zandvoort and Silverstone, in a bid to improve racing at the French track.
Why F1 could return to Paul Ricard sooner than expected
2020 F1 calendar
Posted onA carefully-worded statement announcing the cancellation of the French Grand Prix left the door open for F1 to race at Paul Ricard this year, as Dieter Rencken explains.
Paul Ricard could change Mistral chicane for 2020 but will keep asphalt run-offs
2020 French Grand Prix
Posted onPaul Ricard could use a different version of the chicane on its longest straight for this year’s French Grand Prix, but its asphalt run-offs will stay.
New first sector at Paul Ricard will “create big opportunity for overtaking” – Boullier
2020 F1 season
Posted onThe first five corners at Paul Ricard will be changed to aid overtaking if the FIA approves their plans, but the chicane on the Mistral straight will remain.
Remove Mistral chicane to improve races at Paul Ricard – Wolff
2019 French Grand Prix
Posted onMercedes team principal Toto Wolff has suggested removing the Mistral chicane from the Paul Ricard circuit to improve the quality of racing at the track.
New, “more fun” pit entry and exit at resurfaced Paul Ricard
2019 French Grand Prix
Posted onThe pit entry and exit configuration at Paul Ricard has been changed for this weekend’s French Grand Prix to improve safety.
F1 to use chicane in Mistral Straight at Paul Ricard
2018 F1 season
Posted onFormula One will not use the full 1.8-kilometre Mistral Straight at Paul Ricard when the track hosts the French Grand Prix in 2018.
Video: French GP history 1980-2008
Posted onJourneyer concludes his look back on the history of the French Grand Prix – read part one here. A Leyton House leading a race? A driver winning after making four pit stops? The French Grand Prix has seen some highly unusual developments.
2008 French Grand Prix preview: Last Tango in Magny-Cours
Posted onFor the second year in a row Formula 1 heads to the Circuit de Nevers in Magny-Cours expecting it to be the final visit. I’ve never found it the most exciting of F1 circuits – in fact, for me it’s the closest track I haven’t been to. And when we discussed the expected dropping of … Continue reading 2008 French Grand Prix preview: Last Tango in Magny-Cours