Charade Circuit layout & records

History

Charade Circuit History

Host of the French GP on four occassions, the Circuit Louis Rosier - better known as Clermont-Ferrand - twisted and turned around the side of two extinct volcanos over its five mile length. A trio of champions, Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt and Jackie Stewart (twice), were the victors of the GPs, although the ever-unlucky Chris Amon was denied the win in 1972 by a puncture, having dominated the meeting in his Matra.

It certainly brought out the best in the bravest of drivers - Denny Hulme commenting once that many drivers wore open-face helmets so they could throw up more easily as they went down the left-right-left hills - but in truth Clermont-Ferrand was never likely to survive as a venue for the French GP for long. The world's most complete and modern circuit sprang up at Paul Ricard in 1971 and the French GP moved away, never to return.

This is also the circuit were Helmut Marko lost his left eye when it got hit by a stone flying from the tyre of Emerson Fittipaldi's Lotus that penetrated the helmet visor of Marko.

Clermont-Ferrand soldiered on, continuing to host races for the Trophées d'Auverne until 1988, when it closed for the construction of a new, smaller circuit utilising the lower sections only. This became known as Charade - although its official title is Circuit de Montagne d'Auvergne - and has hosted French championship races ever since on its still challenging layout.

Podiums

F1 Podium Winners on Charade Street Circuit

Year	Race	Date	Top 3 Drivers	Teams	Laps
1972	1972 French F1 GP	July 2	Jackie Stewart Emerson Fittipaldi Chris Amon	Tyrrell Team Lotus Matra	38
1970	1970 French F1 GP	July 5	Jochen Rindt Chris Amon Jack Brabham	Team Lotus March Brabham	38
1969	1969 French F1 GP	July 6	Jackie Stewart Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jacky Ickx	Matra Matra Brabham	38
1965	1965 French F1 GP	June 27	Jim Clark Jackie Stewart John Surtees	Team Lotus BRM Ferrari	40

Driver Ranking

Driver Ranking Charade Street Circuit

	Driver	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Jackie Stewart	4	2	1	0	3	1	1	2.5	3.3	24
2	Jim Clark	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.0	1.0	9
3	Jochen Rindt	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	7.0	9.7	9
4	Chris Amon	4	0	1	1	2	1	1	4.5	6.8	10
5	Emerson Fittipaldi	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	2.0	6
6	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	10.3	10.0	6
7	Jack Brabham	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	5.0	3.0	4
8	John Surtees	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.0	3.0	4
9	Jacky Ickx	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	3.0	10.7	4
10	Denny Hulme	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.3	5.8	6
11	Bruce McLaren	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	7.0	3
12	François Cevert	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	7.5	3
13	Graham Hill	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.3	7.8	3
14	Henri Pescarolo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	5.0	2
15	Vic Elford	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	5.0	2
16	Ronnie Peterson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	11.0	2
17	Mike Hailwood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	6.0	1
18	Dan Gurney	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	10.0	1
19	Jo Siffert	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	10.3	1
20	Mike Beuttler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	19.0	0
21	Richie Ginther	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	15.0	0
22	Brian Redman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	9.0	0
23	Carlos Pace	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	22.0	0
24	Lorenzo Bandini	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	8.0	0
25	Silvio Moser	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	7.0	0
26	Tim Schenken	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	17.0	0
27	Pedro Rodríguez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	19.0	0
28	Jo Bonnier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	11.0	0
29	Patrick Depailler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	20.0	0
30	Ronnie Bucknum	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	16.0	0
31	Carlos Reutemann	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	12.0	0
32	Helmut Marko	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	23.0	0
33	Ignazio Giunti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	14.0	0
34	Bob Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	9.0	0
35	Piers Courage	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	12.0	0
36	David Walker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	18.0	0
37	Jackie Oliver	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	20.0	0
38	Innes Ireland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	13.0	0
39	Wilson Fittipaldi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	8.0	0
40	Reine Wisell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	21.0	0
41	George Eaton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	12.0	0
42	Mike Spence	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	7.0	0
43	Nanni Galli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	13.0	0
44	Niki Lauda	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	24.0	0
45	John Miles	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	10.5	0
46	Rolf Stommelen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.5	11.5	0
47	Andrea de Adamich	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.5	14.5	0

Team Ranking

Team Ranking Charade Street Circuit

	Team	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Team Lotus	4	2	1	0	3	1	1	10.9	8.5	25
2	Matra	3	1	1	1	3	2	2	3.4	4.8	21
3	Tyrrell	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	8.7	8.3	12
4	March	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	12.4	14.1	8
5	BRM	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	13.0	14.6	8
6	Brabham	4	0	0	2	2	0	1	11.5	8.2	12
7	Ferrari	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	6.9	11.0	4
8	McLaren	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.1	7.3	9
9	Surtees	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	12.3	1
10	Honda	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	15.5	0
11	Cooper-Climax	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	13.5	0