The French Grand Prix is Next

From the hot-hot weather of Indianapolis, we move to cool and serene Magny Cours – The home of the Formula One French Grand Prix since 1991. The build-up to this race has been fairly interesting , Micheal Schumacher reckons that Ferrari will take the advantage they had in Indianapolis to France too, but Renault has other ideas. Alonso dubbed Indianapolis a fluke and even went on to say that things will be ‘normal’ (Ahem Ahem !!!) in France.

Here are some stats of the French Grand Prix to keep you busy.

Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours – General Statistics

Laps 70
Circuit length 4.41 km (2.74 miles)
Race length 308.59 km (191.75 miles)
Fastest lap 1’16.423
Fastest lap driver Kimi Räikkönen
Fastest lap team McLaren-Mercedes

Previous Winners

2005 Fernando Alonso Renault
2004 Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2003 Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW

Useless Trivia

Michael Schumacher was able to win the 2004 French Grand Prix using a four-stop strategy. ( WOW !!! )

From 1985-1990 , the French Grand Prix was held at Paul Ricard




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