2018 Formula One French Grand Prix

[michelforest]

Grosjean is a moron.

Where are the Grand Stands?

Nice pics, but on television, they look far away from the track, when you can see them... The place looks empty and silent, like it's in the middle of nowhere. Anybody knows the attendance figures?

 

[michelforest]

The track is awful, a real backwards step for F1's new owners. It's a painted car park, which makes it ideal for testing, but truly awful for racing.

It's a baffling addition to the calendar. Magny Cours, I assume, is not up to F1 standard.

I will be skipping this race tomorrow, first race I have deliberately skipped since 1992.

Magny Cours was a crap track. As for Paul Ricard, it was redesigned by Tilke as a test track, ergo the awful painting in the runoff areas. At least, that's what Tilke said yesterday on SKY TV. It does look awful on TV.

 

[LEDzZzEPP]

F1 is probably the category where are more important the potential of the car & less the driver skills, but what Leclerc are doing with that Sauber is amazing, hope see him in a truly competitive car soon

 

[farjam]

The problem is not just the circuit being good or not...

https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/1010617808709877767

"Yes... it's 10:15pm... the sun has gone down a while ago and cars are still queuing on the roads around the circuit. Ridiculous. "
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[snyperal]

The problem is not just the circuit being good or not...

https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/1010617808709877767

"Yes... it's 10:15pm... the sun has gone down a while ago and cars are still queuing on the roads around the circuit. Ridiculous. "
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What on earth is the traffic going to be like on raceday?

 

[Koen Verlinde]

That's what happens when you try to change a perfectly decent test track far from everything where only a handful of people have to get to in a venue where tens of thousands of people are trying to get to 1 entrance (yes 1) from a normal double lane road in the hills.

Brillant plan.

 

[GP20]

I hope that it will stay like that and that they will change nothing for one week. Some people had an issue and some not.
A decent test track...lol. You don't know your basics, verstappen syndrome.

 

[GP20]

Magny Cours was a crap track. As for Paul Ricard, it was redesigned by Tilke as a test track, ergo the awful painting in the runoff areas. At least, that's what Tilke said yesterday on SKY TV. It does look awful on TV.

I saw this interview and found Tilke a little bit off. The design has not changed except a few chicanes and the stripes. This is what Tilke called redesigned? Nothing compared to Hockenheim.

By the way this tracks has been used for cars, trucks and bike probably hundred times before Tilke does something, if he really did.

in 1970, no stands

JP Beltoise who helped for the design

With stands

First bouchons

First GP 1971

Thanks to https://www.classiccourses.fr/

 

[GP20]

Check the dot yellow line which means that you are allowed to overtake. lol

 

[farjam]

What on earth is the traffic going to be like on raceday?

it's been couple of hours that traffic jam have started for the race! and the pictures of that are spreading at twitter again lol
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they had a good day it seems

 

[GP20]

Next year they will stay at home or start at 7 AM.

I hope that they will not bork the landscape with a highway for a bunch of morons one time a year.
It is the same story since 1970 and no one complained.
Twitter era, morons era.

25000 people arrived at 10 AM on the track.

First race stands at 9:30 AM.

 

[Deleted member 205301]

Twitter era, morons era.

CQFD
....people don't understand how right you are
@++

 

[farjam]

Vettel had some great moves on ericsson, grosjean , leclerc and magnussen(and also will have a similar great move on kimi soon) while bottas couldn't do it!

 

[M-Bimmer]

Great race from everyone (from second to last)

 

[Boby Kim]

Warning! Are you a Stoll fanboy, do NOT read any further!

Can somebody PLEASE take Stroll from the grid?? He is a ****ing HAZARD on the circuit.
Damn...

 

[Boby Kim]

Hamilton...damn, that guy knows how to drive a F1 car...

 

[farjam]

Noob ,too much positive camber

 

[BP]

Great win for Lewis, but man if there was any race that highlights how powerful the Ferrari is this year...Vettel plowed through the field from the back in no time at all.

 

[michelforest]

I saw this interview and find Tilke a little bit off. The design has not changed except a few chicanes and the stripes. This is what Tilke called redesigned? Nothing compare to Hockenheim.

By the way this tracks has been used for cars, trucks and bike probably hundred times before Tilke do something, if he really did.

in 1970, no stands

JP Beltoise who helped for the design

With stands

First bouchons

First GP 1971

Thanks to https://www.classiccourses.fr/

Great pictures!! Thank you!!

 

[muzikant]

Max again faster then Ric. For those who have compared him with Maldonado.. or the crashstappen bullshit. Good race Max

Well done!