One of the oldest events in motorsport, the FrenchGP has produced many an enthralling moment over the years. Our writers pick their favourite ones. Feature:
The Paul Ricard circuit in its current guise as a test venue may not be a crowd favourite among Formula 1 fans, but that won't stop the fans flocking to the venue this weekend for the French Grand Prix.
Nobody other than Ferrari star Alberto Ascari had won a points-paying race for more than a year when the field arrived at Reims for the 1953 French Grand Prix. Hawthorn also went by Ascari, starting a fantastic duel with Fangio as they constantly swapped places. The lap charts show them exchanging the lead 11 times in the second half of the race, but it was probably a lot more than that as they slipstreamed past each other around the track.
Magny-Cours was never a brilliant layout for overtaking and arguably made worse by the new chicane installed at the end of the lap that year, although it provided some extra intrigue by catching out Rubens Barrichello's Ferrari. The Brazilian was lapped and finished seventh, behind Mark Webber's Jaguar.
Whether you decree that to be a sign of a flawed qualifying format is entirely subjective. But to the mind of this eight-year-old, it was utterly brilliant and greatly more deserving of attention than what transpired in the race itself. Carnage raged at the start when Mauricio Gugelmin locked up at the first corner and skittled into Thierry Boutsen and Gerhard Berger, before landing on top of Mansell’s rear wing. The race was immediately red flagged, as the 1985 British Formula 3 champion stepped out of his rolled March and remarkably was relatively unscathed.
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