The Circuit Paul Ricard is a French motorsport race track built in 1969 at Le Castellet, Var, near Marseille, with finance from pastis magnate Paul Ricard. Ricard wanted to experience the challenge of building a racetrack. The circuit has hosted the FIA Formula One French Grand Prix intermittently from 1971 to 2022.
Location: Le Castellet, Var, France
Capacity: 90,000
Opened: 19 April 1970
FIA Grade: 1 (5 layouts) · 2 (2 layouts)
Broke ground: June 1969
Major events: Current: · ELMS 4 Hours of Castellet · (2010–present) · GT World Challenge Europe · 3 Hours of Paul Ricard (2012–present) · FIM EWC Bol d'Or (1978–1999, 2015–2019, 2021–present) · Ferrari Challenge Europe (2006–2010, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2024) · FFSA GT (1997, 2009, 2011–2015, 2017–present) · Former: · Formula One · French Grand Prix (Intermittently 1971–1990, 2018–2019, 2021–2022) · FIA Motorsport Games (2022) · WTCC Race of France (2014–2016) · Grand Prix motorcycle racing · French motorcycle Grand Prix · (Intermittently, 1973–1999) · FIA GT (2006, 2009)
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