Circuit Paul Ricard lap record & layout info

Description

Circuit Paul Ricard History

The pit building French GP F1/2019

The circuit was built thanks to the finance of an ccentric pastis magnate who's name was Paul Ricard. Ricard wanted to experience the challenge of building a racetrack. Ricard died in 1997 and the circuit is now owned by Bernie Ecclestone.

It was built in 1969 and was first used as Formula 1 track in 1971. The circuit has been modified to make it safer. The long Mistral straight use to be 1.8 km long. But because of the death of Elio de Angelis in 1986 during testing in the Brabham BT55 the circuit was modified.

The track is known for its distinctive black and blue runoff areas known as the Blue Zone. The runoff surface consists of a mixture of asphalt and tungsten, used instead of gravel traps, as common at other circuits  A second, deeper run-off area is the Red Zone, with a more abrasive surface designed to maximise tyre grip and hence minimise braking distance, although at the cost of extreme tyre wear. The final safeguard consists of Tecpro barriers, a modern improvement on tyre barriers.

Getting to Circuit Paul Ricard

French GP F1/2018

Circuit Paul Ricard is situated in the south of France and lays 8 km from the village Le Castelle in the Var departmenent Provence. The nearest international aiports are Marseille Provence (66 km) , Toulon Hyères (55 km) and Nice Côte d’Azur (176 km).  Le Castellet airport which is located next to the circuit is for private flights only.

By road from Marseille, the circuit can be driven to from the A50 autoroute. Take exit 11 and follow the signs for Le Beausset - Aubagne - Circuit du Castellet.  When your arriving from Toulon, take the A50 north and leave at exit 11 and follow the signs for Le Beausset - Aubagne - Circuit du Castellet. From Nice you can take the A8 towards Aix-en-Provence until you reach exit 35. Take the A52 towards Aubagne and then the A50 towards Toulon. At exit 11, follow the signs for Le Beausset - Aubagne - Circuit du Castellet.

The nearest major train stations (TGV) are at Aix-Provence (50 minutes by car to the circuit), Toulon (30 minutes by car) and Marseille St Charles (45 minutes by car).

Podiums

F1 Podium Winners on Paul Ricard Circuit

Year	Race	Date	Top 3 Drivers	Teams	Laps
2022	2022 French F1 GP	July 24	Max Verstappen Lewis Hamilton George Russell	Red Bull Mercedes Mercedes	53
2021	2021 French F1 GP	June 20	Max Verstappen Lewis Hamilton Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Mercedes Red Bull	53
2019	2019 French F1 GP	June 23	Lewis Hamilton Valtteri Bottas Charles Leclerc	Mercedes Mercedes Ferrari	53
2018	2018 French F1 GP	June 24	Lewis Hamilton Max Verstappen Kimi Räikkönen	Mercedes Red Bull Ferrari	53
1990	1990 French F1 GP	July 8	Alain Prost Ivan Capelli Ayrton Senna	Ferrari Leyton House McLaren	80
1989	1989 French F1 GP	July 9	Alain Prost Nigel Mansell Riccardo Patrese	McLaren Ferrari Williams	80
1988	1988 French F1 GP	July 3	Alain Prost Ayrton Senna Michele Alboreto	McLaren McLaren Ferrari	80
1987	1987 French F1 GP	July 5	Nigel Mansell Nelson Piquet Alain Prost	Williams Williams McLaren	80
1986	1986 French F1 GP	July 6	Nigel Mansell Alain Prost Nelson Piquet	Williams McLaren Williams	80
1985	1985 French F1 GP	July 7	Nelson Piquet Keke Rosberg Alain Prost	Brabham Williams McLaren	53
1983	1983 French F1 GP	April 17	Alain Prost Nelson Piquet Eddie Cheever	Renault Brabham Renault	54
1982	1982 French F1 GP	July 25	René Arnoux Alain Prost Didier Pironi	Renault Renault Ferrari	54
1980	1980 French F1 GP	June 29	Alan Jones Didier Pironi Jacques Laffite	Williams Ligier Ligier	54
1978	1978 French F1 GP	July 2	Mario Andretti Ronnie Peterson James Hunt	Team Lotus Team Lotus McLaren	54
1976	1976 French F1 GP	July 4	James Hunt Patrick Depailler John Watson	McLaren Tyrrell Penske	54
1975	1975 French F1 GP	July 6	Niki Lauda James Hunt Jochen Mass	Ferrari Hesketh McLaren	54
1973	1973 French F1 GP	July 1	Ronnie Peterson François Cevert Carlos Reutemann	Team Lotus Tyrrell Brabham	54
1971	1971 French F1 GP	July 4	Jackie Stewart François Cevert Emerson Fittipaldi	Tyrrell Tyrrell Team Lotus	55

Driver Ranking

Driver Ranking Paul Ricard Circuit

	Driver	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Alain Prost	9	4	2	2	8	3	2	3.0	3.9	56
2	Lewis Hamilton	4	2	2	0	4	2	0	2.0	1.5	86
3	Max Verstappen	4	2	1	0	3	1	1	2.8	2.0	81
4	Nigel Mansell	6	2	1	0	3	2	2	5.7	11.2	24
5	Nelson Piquet	9	1	2	1	4	0	1	7.6	5.2	33
6	James Hunt	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	5.5	3.0	20
7	Ronnie Peterson	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	9.0	10.4	15
8	Mario Andretti	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	9.0	7.3	13
9	René Arnoux	7	1	0	0	1	1	0	8.6	10.6	13
10	Jackie Stewart	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	1.0	2.5	12
11	Alan Jones	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	15.2	13.6	11
12	Niki Lauda	7	1	0	0	1	1	1	7.1	14.3	9
13	François Cevert	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	5.5	2.0	12
14	Ayrton Senna	6	0	1	1	2	1	0	2.2	12.5	13
15	Didier Pironi	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	7.3	5.0	10
16	Valtteri Bottas	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	4.5	6.8	36
17	Keke Rosberg	6	0	1	0	1	1	1	13.8	8.5	13
18	Patrick Depailler	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	9.8	12.3	7
19	Ivan Capelli	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	12.8	11.0	6
20	Sergio Pérez	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	8.5	9.3	27
21	Kimi Räikkönen	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	11.7	9.0	21
22	Charles Leclerc	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	4.8	12.3	16
23	George Russell	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	13.3	11.3	15
24	John Watson	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	10.3	12.2	7
25	Emerson Fittipaldi	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	15.0	13.3	7
26	Jacques Laffite	8	0	0	1	1	1	0	12.6	10.8	6
27	Carlos Reutemann	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	8.4	10.4	5
28	Michele Alboreto	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	10.3	10.0	5
29	Riccardo Patrese	10	0	0	1	1	0	1	11.1	13.5	5
30	Jochen Mass	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	17.4	12.4	4
31	Eddie Cheever	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	16.0	12.6	4
32	Sebastian Vettel	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	8.5	7.5	23
33	Carlos Sainz	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	9.3	7.5	23
34	Daniel Ricciardo	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	7.5	22
35	Lando Norris	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.7	7.0	18
36	Fernando Alonso	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.7	10.0	12
37	Kevin Magnussen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.7	13.7	8
38	Pierre Gasly	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.8	12.3	7
39	Patrick Tambay	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	7.2	7
40	Nico Hülkenberg	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.5	8.5	6
41	Stefan Johansson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	9.5	5
42	Gerhard Berger	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.7	13.3	5
43	Esteban Ocon	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.7	13.7	4
44	Jo Siffert	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	4.0	3
45	Jean Alesi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.5	13.5	3
46	Carlos Pace	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.3	12.0	3
47	Chris Amon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	5.0	2
48	Teo Fabi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.3	16.3	2
49	Lance Stroll	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.5	12.5	2
50	Jacky Ickx	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.3	14.3	2
51	Elio de Angelis	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.8	17.0	2
52	Jody Scheckter	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.8	10.0	2
53	Olivier Grouillard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	6.0	1
54	Reine Wisell	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	13.5	1
55	Philippe Streiff	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.7	15.7	1
56	Alessandro Nannini	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.8	17.2	1
57	Harald Ertl	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	29.0	27.0	0
58	Zhou Guanyu	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	16.0	0
59	Tony Brise	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	7.0	0
60	Marcus Ericsson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	13.0	0
61	Alex Soler-Roig	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	23.0	0
62	Tim Schenken	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	12.0	0
63	Luis Perez-Sala	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.0	16.0	0
64	Rikky von Opel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.0	15.0	0
65	Sergey Sirotkin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	15.0	0
66	Roberto Guerrero	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	20.0	0
67	Johnny Dumfries	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	14.0	0
68	Johnny Cecotto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	11.0	0
69	Gabriele Tarquini	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	22.0	0
70	Patrick Nève	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	18.0	0
71	Nikita Mazepin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	20.0	0
72	Bernd Schneider	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	19.0	0
73	Jackie Oliver	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	25.0	0
74	Lella Lombardi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	18.0	0
75	Huub Rothengatter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	17.0	0
76	Pedro Rodríguez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	18.0	0
77	Corrado Fabi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	15.0	0
78	Robert Kubica	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	18.0	0
79	Stefan Bellof	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	13.0	0
80	Pascal Fabre	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	9.0	0
81	Brian Henton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	10.0	0
82	François Mazet	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	13.0	0
83	Michel Leclère	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	13.0	0
84	Oscar Larrauri	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	17.0	0
85	Mike Hailwood	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	19.0	0
86	Gijs Van Lennep	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	15.0	0
87	Danny Sullivan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	21.0	0
88	Eliseo Salazar	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	24.0	0
89	John Surtees	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	8.0	0
90	Daniil Kvyat	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	14.0	0
91	Gunnar Nilsson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	26.0	0
92	Aguri Suzuki	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	7.0	0
93	Allen Berg	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	18.0	0
94	Rupert Keegan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	21.0	0
95	Ricardo Zunino	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	24.0	0
96	David Brabham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.0	15.0	0
97	Mark Donohue	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	24.0	0
98	Stoffel Vandoorne	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	12.0	0
99	Chico Serra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	19.0	0
100	Geoff Lees	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	12.0	0

Team Ranking

Team Ranking Paul Ricard Circuit

	Team	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	McLaren	18	3	2	5	10	3	3	8.2	9.9	103
2	Williams	15	3	2	2	7	2	4	10.9	10.3	56
3	Mercedes	4	2	3	1	6	2	1	2.6	2.8	137
4	Ferrari	18	2	1	4	7	3	5	6.8	10.9	108
5	Red Bull	4	2	1	1	4	1	1	4.0	3.6	121
6	Renault	7	2	1	1	4	2	1	6.6	8.5	41
7	Team Lotus	14	2	1	1	4	1	0	11.3	12.3	38
8	Tyrrell	14	1	3	0	4	2	1	14.5	10.5	37
9	Brabham	13	1	1	1	3	1	1	10.8	13.5	28
10	Ligier	11	0	1	1	2	1	0	13.7	12.8	14
11	Leyton House	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	8.5	11.5	6
12	Hesketh	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	19.0	15.3	6
13	Penske	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	13.0	13.5	4
14	Alpine	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.3	9.0	16
15	Haas	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	15.8	8
16	AlphaTauri	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	12.8	6
17	Benetton	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.9	14.0	6
18	Alfa Romeo	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.6	14.2	6
19	Aston Martin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.5	10.0	4
20	BRM	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.3	11.6	3
21	Matra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	6.0	2
22	Parnelli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	5.0	2
23	Onyx	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	9.0	2
24	Wolf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	6.0	1
25	Sauber	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	11.5	1
26	March	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	16.3	15.9	1
27	Force India	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	18.5	0
28	Iso Marlboro	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.5	18.5	0
29	Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	11.5	0
30	Racing Point	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	12.5	0
31	Martini	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	14.0	0
32	Lola	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.5	19.5	0
33	Wolf-Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.5	11.5	0
34	RAM	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.5	16.5	0
35	Rial	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	10.0	0
36	Theodore	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.5	15.5	0
37	Toro Rosso	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	15.8	0
38	Dallara	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.3	20.3	0
39	Euro Brun	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	15.5	0
40	Toleman	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.2	18.4	0
41	Fittipaldi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.2	19.0	0
42	Larrousse	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.3	13.6	0
43	AGS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.5	18.3	0
44	ATS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.7	16.0	0
45	Zakspeed	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	20.9	0
46	Shadow	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	16.2	0
47	Surtees	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.3	16.1	0
48	Ensign	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.3	16.0	0
49	Minardi	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.8	19.9	0
50	Osella	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.5	19.1	0
51	Arrows	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.3	14.3	0