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Circuit Paul Ricard race winners

Financed by drinks magnate Paul Ricard, the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet in the south of France has been one of the country’s top racing circuits since it first opened in 1970.

Construction of the flat circuit was completed by the turn of the decade, and the venue opened its doors for the first time in April 1970.

Regarded as one of the safest circuits at the time, the original layout featured the daunting 1.8 km long Mistral Straight.

The circuit quickly attracted Formula One, hosting the French Grand Prix in 1971 and after alternating initially with Charade and then Dijon, by 1985 it was the main host of the event.

Alas, that year would be the final time the full circuit was used for F1 – following the death of Elio de Angelis at the fast Verrerie corners in a 1986 testing accident, only the short 3.812 km variant was used for the top-line event.

It lost the Grand Prix after the 1990 running, and aside from hosting the 1995 FIA Touring Car World Cup, staged few top international events for over a decade.

Purchased by a consortium headed by Bernie Ecclestone in 1998, the circuit went through a phase of rejuvenation, turning it into the Paul Ricard High-Tech Test Track (HTTT).

Changes were completed by 2001, the circuit reopening for testing the following year. The adjustments focussed on reconfiguring the Virage de l’Ecole sequence of corners, the Bendor chicane and l’Epingle bend and the final corner, Virage du Pont.

Elsewhere, numerous additional links and options were added, to create many more configurations to suit testing needs. New red and blue high-grip asphalt runoff was also installed, giving the circuit a very distinctive look. Tec-Pro barriers were also installed circuit-wide.

Two further notable changes came in following years – in 2003 another chicane option was added halfway down the Mistral Straight, before in 2005 the first corner ‘Verrerie S’ was modified, creating a new tighter opening left-right turn – again with alternative options.

In 2006 the circuit was again homologated by the FIA for racing, receiving the FIA GT Championship, which visited again in 2009.

World Touring Cars came from 2014 to 2016, and in recent seasons the track has become an established part of the TCR Europe calendar. From 2018, the circuit also secured the French Grand Prix once again.

  Note: Data valid for period between 15th Oct 1995 and 23rd Jul 2023
Series
Year
Layout
Driver
Entrant
Car
Time
WT Cup
1995
Audi Sport Italia
Audi A4 Quattro
39:11.167
WT Cup
1995
ROC Competition
Audi A4 Quattro
39:02.263
ETC
2014
Campos Racing
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
34:46.794
ETC
2014
Campos Racing
Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
26:35.543
WTCC
2014
Citroën Total WTCC
Citroën C-Elysée WTCC
27:58.347
WTCC
2014
Citroën Total WTCC
Citroën C-Elysée WTCC
30:24.551
ETC
2015
ADAC Team Hessen - Thüringen e.V.
SEAT León Racer
22:57.164
ETC
2015
NIS Petrol Racing Team
SEAT León Racer
22:44.032
WTCC
2015
Citroën Total WTCC
Citroën C-Elysée WTCC
24:38.108
WTCC
2015
Citroën Total WTCC
Citroën C-Elysée WTCC
24:50.700
ETC
2016
Krenek Motorsport
SEAT León Cup Racer
22:28.931
ETC
2016
Krenek Motorsport
SEAT León Cup Racer
22:44.952
WTCC
2016
Citroën Total WTCC
Citroën C-Elysée WTCC
25:53.030
WTCC
2016
Honda Racing Team JAS
Honda Civic WTCC
24:26.764
TCR EU
2018
Target Competition
Hyundai i30 N TCR
27:08.766
TCR EU
2018
Target Competition
Hyundai i30 N TCR
46:08.760
TCR IT
2018
Pit Lane Competizioni
Hyundai i30 N TCR
28:22.187
TCR IT
2018
Pit Lane Competizioni
CUPRA TCR
11:07.397
TCR EU
2020
Brutal Fish Racing Team
Honda Civic Type-R FK7 TCR
22:36.607
TCR EU
2020
Profi Car Team Halder
Honda Civic Type-R FK7 TCR
22:26.162
TCR EU
2021
Team Clairet Sport
Peugeot 308 TCR
22:27.473
TCR EU
2021
Team Clairet Sport
Peugeot 308 TCR
22:31.356
TCR EU
2022
Comtoyou Racing
Audi RS3 LMS TCR II
22:31.824
TCR EU
2022
Comtoyou Racing
Audi RS3 LMS TCR II
22:32.610
FIA MG
2022
Comtoyou Racing
Audi RS3 LMS TCR II
33:49.063
FIA MG
2022
Comtoyou Racing
Audi RS3 LMS TCR II
29:11.370
TCR EU
2023
Comtoyou Racing
Audi RS3 LMS TCR II
22:27.672
TCR EU
2023
Comtoyou Racing
Audi RS3 LMS TCR II
22:34.906