After a decade of absence, the French Grand Prix is back on the calendar – Round 8 of the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship – marking the return of a country with a storied past in the history of motorsports. The oldest ever Grand Prix was run on 26 June 1906 under the auspices of the Automobile Club de France in Le Mans, with a starting field of 32 cars. Since the advent of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship in 1950, the French Grand Prix has been held on 58 occasions of which 14 were held at Paul Ricard in Le Castellet. Here is a timeline of French achievements at the French Grand Prix: 1951 – Aldo Gordini’s grand prix Aldo Gordini, Amédée’s son, raced in only one...
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