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Formula One May Head Back To France For The First Time In A Decade
Formula One May Head Back To France For The First Time In A Decade-May 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:27

For what will be the first time in 10 years by the time the race rolls around, various reports say Formula One will return to France in 2018. French media first reported a five-year deal for a revived French Grand Prix, and according to reports, an announcement of the return to France will come on Monday.

reports that the race will return to a track that last hosted F1 in 1990, Circuit Paul Ricard near the French city of Marseille. The circuit was , reopening to the public in 2009. According to BBC Sport, F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone said he believes the race will materialize and will have a spot on the schedule late in July.

This follows the for the 2017 season, a race held in late July in 2016. But according to BBC Sport, the Germany drop —one of two venues that currently alternates hosting it. BBC Sport reports that Hockenheimring, the other venue, has a contract to host the race again come 2018.

But don’t start booking your French hotels until the potential announcement occurs, because this isn’t the first time a deal for the French Grand Prix has been likely. From :

The French GP nearly returned to F1 for 2013, with Ecclestone declaring a deal was “done” in April 2012, and the race was also in the running later that year when a GP in New Jersey failed to materialise.

During the previous talks about F1 returning to Paul Ricard, circuit bosses declared that the plan would be to use its full layout, rather than the truncated version used from 1986-90 in the wake of the death of Elio de Angelis in a testing accident.

The subject of whether the layout would include the use of a chicane on the famous 1.1-mile Mistral Straight was also debated, with track director Stephane Clair saying at the time it would be up to the race promoters.

With all of the F1 schedule swaps and switches lately, it’s hard to remember when the races are—or if they’re even happening. But hey, a bit of uncertainty is always fun. Let’s see what happens, or doesn’t happen, tomorrow.

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