Le Castellet · France
Paul Ricard
Circuit Paul Ricard. Permanent track. Clockwise circuit. Hosted 18 Grands Prix between 1971 and 2022.
18Grands Prix
5.842Length (km)
15Corners
408Altitude (m)
1969Opened
The layout
The colour shows how tight each stretch is: pale on the straights, deep in the slow corners. It is measured in degrees of turn per 110 metres of track, on the same scale for every circuit.
StraightTight corner
Sinuosity: 48° per 110 m. It ranks 11 of 40 for speed among the circuits with a drawn layout.
Geometry: the bacinger/f1-circuits project (GeoJSON, MIT licence), matched to this circuit by coordinates. The chequered flag marks the finish line. Length per that source: 5,842 m.
Kings of this track
The drivers with most wins here.
1Alain Prost4 wins
2Nigel Mansell2 wins
3Lewis Hamilton2 wins
4Max Verstappen2 wins
5Jackie Stewart1 win
6Ronnie Peterson1 win
7Niki Lauda1 win
8James Hunt1 win
9Mario Andretti1 win
10Alan Jones1 win
Every Grand Prix here
| Year | Grand Prix | Winner | Team | Pole | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | France | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | Charles Leclerc | 53 |
| 2021 | France | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | 53 |
| 2019 | France | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | 53 |
| 2018 | France | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | 53 |
| 1990 | France | Alain Prost | Ferrari | Nigel Mansell | 80 |
| 1989 | France | Alain Prost | McLaren | Alain Prost | 80 |
| 1988 | France | Alain Prost | McLaren | Alain Prost | 80 |
| 1987 | France | Nigel Mansell | Williams | Nigel Mansell | 80 |
| 1986 | France | Nigel Mansell | Williams | Ayrton Senna | 80 |
| 1985 | France | Nelson Piquet | Brabham | Keke Rosberg | 53 |
| 1983 | France | Alain Prost | Renault | Alain Prost | 54 |
| 1982 | France | René Arnoux | Renault | René Arnoux | 54 |
| 1980 | France | Alan Jones | Williams | Jacques Laffite | 54 |
| 1978 | France | Mario Andretti | Lotus | John Watson | 54 |
| 1976 | France | James Hunt | McLaren | James Hunt | 54 |
| 1975 | France | Niki Lauda | Ferrari | Niki Lauda | 54 |
| 1973 | France | Ronnie Peterson | Lotus | Jackie Stewart | 54 |
| 1971 | France | Jackie Stewart | Tyrrell | Jackie Stewart | 55 |