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Ferrari for the Grand Prix of France - The Triplete begins

What is part of the calendar, after a ten-year absence, is the dean of all the Grand Prix. The first race with this title took place in France, 112 years ago, in Le Mans. What then was a triangular track of the length of ..., 103 kilometers and broken, to be repeated twelve times. The Hungarian Ferenc Szisz, on Renault, won the respectable average of 101.19 km / h. Many years later, the F1 era began and the French GP migrated several times on various circuits: Reims, Le Mans, Rouen, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon ... but before that, in 1991, the Magny plant was inaugurated -Cours, the lion's share for the presences had it the Circuit du Castellet, or the Paul Ricard. What, after the last GP in the 90s (and won by Prost on Ferrari 641), had become, for Formula 1, a test track, equipped with artificial irrigation systems and without fixed stands. Now we are back in Provence, with a race that opens the first real "triple header", or three Grand Prizes at a distance of one week from each other. France, Austria, Great Britain. Then a weekend break that will precede two other races in succession, in Hockenheim and Hungaroring. A particularly demanding championship phase before the August break. Planning three trips, one of which on a virtually new infrastructure circuit, is not an easy task for logistics. After Sunday's race, however, the cars and most of the staff will return to Maranello. The weekend will be all to be discovered, on the track of 5,861 Km you will use Soft, Super soft and Ultrasoft tires, with a tread similar to the one used a month ago in Spain.