Name: Circuit Paul Ricard
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Number of Grands Prix held: 18
Type: Race circuit, Clockwise
Location: Le Castellet, France
Track Length: 5.842 km (3.630 mi)
Seasons: 1971, 1973, 1975–1976, 1978, 1980, 1982–1983, 1985–1990, 2018–2019, 2021–2022
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The Circuit Paul Ricard (French pronunciation: [siʁkɥi pɔl ʁikaʁ]) is a French motorsport race track built in 1969 at Le Castellet, Var, near Marseille, with finance from pastis magnate Paul Ricard. Ricard wanted to experience the challenge of building a racetrack. The circuit has hosted the FIA Formula One French Grand Prix intermittently from 1971 to 2022.
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