A 1.8km Mistral straight, a chicane to break it up, two hairpins to aid overtaking, and a few more straights and kinks – the Paul Ricard circuit has all the ingredients for a good race and that's something F1 needs after back-to-back boring GPs. Both Monaco and Canada failed to produce the excitement that Formula 1 needs but the sport is hoping that France's return to the calendar will add something special. Alas it didn't really in the past. 2008 was the last year that France appeared on the calendar as dwindling spectator numbers and rising costs meant Magny-Cours was unable to continue, booted off the calendar. 10 years later France is back but this time at Paul Ricard in Le...
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