
Circuit Paul Ricard – F1 Track Layout, Records & Winners

Circuit Paul Ricard, located near Le Castellet in southern France, was opened in 1970 by pastis magnate Paul Ricard. The 5.842 km Grand Prix variant hosted the French Grand Prix on and off from 1971 to 1990, then again from 2018 to 2022. Famous for its blue-and-red painted runoff areas (the most extensive of any F1 venue) and its long Mistral Straight, broken by a chicane for safety from 2018 onwards.
Where in the world
Every circuit that has hosted a Formula 1 Grand Prix. Marker size shows how many, and green marks the circuits on this year’s calendar.
Track Geometry
| Lap distance | 5.842 km / 3.630 mi |
| Circuit type | Permanent circuit |
| DRS zones | 2 zones |
| Elevation change | 33 meters / 108 feet |
| Driving direction | Clockwise ↻ |
| Corners | 16 corners (6 low / 8 medium / 2 high speed) |
Driving Demands
Performance
| Wins by grid position | P161%P217%P411%P511%based on 18 races |
| Pole position side | Left side |
| Top speed | 335 km/h (208 mph) |
| Average race speed | 309 km/h (192 mph) |
| Pit lane time loss | 23.0 seconds |
| Lap record | 1:08.012 (309 km/h / 192 mph) (Nigel Mansell, 1990) Ferrari 641 · Ferrari |
Race Strategy
Heritage
| Opened | 1970 (56 years ago) |
| Local timezone | Europe/Paris (CET, UTC+01) |
| Owner | Excelis (Paul Ricard SA) |
| Official website | www.circuitpaulricard.com |
Surface & Tyres
Key corners
01 Signes
A long, slightly banked right-hander at the end of the Mistral Straight, taken at over 320 km/h. Once flat-out, now compromised by aerodynamic drag from the chicane added to break up the straight.
02 Mistral Chicane
The slow chicane mid-way along the back straight, added in 2018 to break up the 1.8 km flat-out section for safety. The primary overtaking spot on the modern layout.
03 Beausset
A medium-low left at the end of the lap leading onto the start-finish straight. A clean exit defined the entire main DRS zone effectiveness.
F1 winners & podiums
All-time driver ranking
| NO | Driver | GP | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pod | Pole | FL | Avg Grid | Avg Pos | Points | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 56 | 206 | |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 86 | 144 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 81 | 45 |
| 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5.7 | 11.2 | 24 | 136 | |
| 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7.6 | 5.2 | 33 | 72 | |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 20 | 46 | |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10.4 | 15 | 13 | |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 13 | 54 | |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.6 | 10.6 | 13 | 33 | |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 12 | 55 | |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15.2 | 13.6 | 11 | 20 | |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.1 | 14.3 | 9 | 62 | |
| 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.2 | 12.5 | 13 | 26 | |
| 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 16 | Valtteri Bottas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 36 | 0 |
| 17 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13.8 | 8.5 | 13 | 10 | |
| 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 12.3 | 7 | 0 | |
| 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 | 11.0 | 6 | 45 | |
| 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 27 | 5 | |
| 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 9.0 | 21 | 1 | |
| 22 | Charles Leclerc | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.8 | 12.3 | 16 | 17 |
| 23 | George Russell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 |
| 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 13.3 | 7 | 0 | |
| 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.3 | 12.2 | 7 | 0 | |
| 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.6 | 10.8 | 6 | 34 | |
| 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.4 | 10.4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11.1 | 13.5 | 5 | 6 | |
| 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17.4 | 12.4 | 4 | 0 | |
| 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 12.6 | 4 | 0 | |
| 32 | Carlos Sainz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.3 | 7.5 | 23 | 0 |
| 33 | Sebastian Vettel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 23 | 0 |
| 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| 35 | Lando Norris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 36 | Fernando Alonso | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 8 | 0 | |
| 38 | Pierre Gasly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 | 12.3 | 7 | 0 |
| 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7.2 | 7 | 0 | |
| 40 | Nico Hülkenberg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 8.5 | 6 | 0 |
| 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 9.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 13.3 | 5 | 27 | |
| 43 | Esteban Ocon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 13.7 | 4 | 0 |
| 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 | 13.5 | 3 | 0 | |
| 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 12.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 48 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 17.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 49 | Lance Stroll | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 12.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 16.3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 51 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 52 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 10.0 | 2 | 41 | |
| 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 | 13.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| 55 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 15.7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.8 | 17.2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 76 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 77 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 83 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 87 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 88 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 89 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 91 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 92 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 93 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 95 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 96 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 97 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 98 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 99 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 |
All-time constructor ranking
| NO | Team | GP | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pod | Pole | FL | Avg Grid | Avg Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren | 18 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 103 |
| 2 | Williams | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 10.9 | 10.3 | 56 |
| 3 | Mercedes | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 137 |
| 4 | Ferrari | 18 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6.8 | 10.9 | 108 |
| 5 | Red Bull | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 121 |
| 6 | Renault | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 41 |
| 7 | Team Lotus | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11.3 | 12.3 | 38 |
| 8 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14.5 | 10.5 | 37 | |
| 9 | Brabham | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10.8 | 13.5 | 28 |
| 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13.7 | 12.8 | 14 | |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 6 | |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 15.3 | 6 | |
| 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 4 | |
| 14 | Alpine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 16 |
| 15 | Haas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 8 |
| 16 | AlphaTauri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 6 |
| 17 | Benetton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.9 | 14.0 | 6 |
| 18 | Alfa Romeo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.6 | 14.2 | 6 |
| 19 | Aston Martin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 | 10.0 | 4 |
| 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 11.6 | 3 | |
| 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 5.0 | 2 | |
| 22 | Matra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 2 |
| 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 2 | |
| 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 1 | |
| 25 | Sauber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1 |
| 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 1 | |
| 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| 29 | Racing Point | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 12.5 | 0 |
| 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.5 | 19.5 | 0 | |
| 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 15.8 | 0 | |
| 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.5 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 18.4 | 0 | |
| 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 20.3 | 0 | |
| 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.2 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.5 | 18.3 | 0 | |
| 44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 13.6 | 0 | |
| 45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 16.1 | 0 | |
| 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 20.9 | 0 | |
| 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 16.2 | 0 | |
| 48 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| 49 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.8 | 19.9 | 0 | |
| 50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.5 | 19.1 | 0 |
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