Formula One ends a decade-long hiatus with its return to France which it last visited back in 2008. The venue of French soil is Le Castellet which has not hosted a GP since 1990. This race will be the 59th running of the French Grand Prix history. It was a permanent fixture on the race calendar until 2008. The only exception was 1955 when the organizers cancelled the event following the Le Mans disaster of that year. The Paul Ricard track did last host a Grand Prix back in 1990. The circuit is not unfamiliar to the drivers, teams and the tyre supplier tough. Pirelli has made extensive use of the circuit in recent years for both wet and slick tyre tests with Ferrari, Mercedes, Red Bull and...
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