French Grand Prix: the lost circuits and how to find them

Rediscover the forgotten French routes that hosted F1 races

Australian racing driver Jack Brabham takes the chequered flag to win the French Grand Prix at Rheims in a Cooper-Climax T53, 3rd July 1960.(Photo by /Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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The French Grand Prix returns to the Formula 1 schedule this weekend following a ten-year hiatus.

The race will be held at the Paul Ricard circuit, near Marseille - the first time the track has been used for an F1 event since 1990. The F1 action moved to the Mangy-Cours circuit from 1991, before the French round was removed from the calendar in 2009.

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