Dismissed from a possible return of Formula 1 in France, Magny-Cours intends to regain its former glory. The mayor of Nevers will defend the candidacy of the Burgundian circuit with the Minister of Sports.
The French Grand-Prix no longer appears on the Formula 1 World Championship calendar. The tricolor stage has been removed from the calendar for the 2023/24 period. Nevertheless, the specter of a return to France of the queen discipline of motorsport hovers. “The day when President Macron tells me that he wants to discuss to talk about the return of France, I come” notably pronounced Stefano Domenicali, the boss of F1. A message that did not fall on deaf ears because Emmanuel Macron asked Christian Estrosi to work closely with the French Motorsport Federation.
Emmanuel Macron is not against the idea of a return to the French GP!
According @Nice morning the president of the French republic would have entrusted the mission to the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, to reintegrate the F1 calendar.
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— Pierre Gasly Fan Page Fr (@PG10_FanactuFr) July 11, 2023
An innovative project in Nice would then hold the rope to repatriate Formula 1 to France. However, Magny-Cours, the scene of many Grand-Prix de France, does not intend to let things go in this matter. Through the voice of the mayor of Nevers, Denis Thuriot, this candidacy will be defended with the Minister of Sports. Amélie Oudéa-Castéra will receive the Burgundian elected official on August 31 next teaches us The team this Tuesday. “I discussed with Renaud Muselier (President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region) who would agree that our two projects work alternately, which would limit the cost of the organization for each of the regions” supported the mayor of Nevers.
The last French Grand Prix was held in 2022 on the Paul-Ricard circuit in the Var where Max Verstappen (Red Bull) triumphed in front of the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. The French Esteban Ocon (Alpine) had won an honorable 8th place that day. Pierre Gasly, still under contract with Alpha Tauri in 2022, had for his part failed beyond the top 10 in 12th position.
