The Paul Ricard Circuit is a motorsport race track built at Le Castellet, near Marseille, France, in 1969 with finance from the eccentric drinks magnate Paul Ricard, who created what essentially became Pernod Ricard.
Read the rest of this entry »
The Autódromo do Estoril (officially: Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva) is a 4.36 km (2.709 miles) race course in Portugal, and the home of the Formula One Portuguese Grand Prix from 1984 to 1996.
Read the rest of this entry »
The Circuit de Valencia (officially named “Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo”) is a motorsport race track located in Cheste (Valencia, Spain) and built in 2000. It has a capacity of 120,000 spectators and seating for 60,000. It is often used as a test track by the Formula One teams, because of the mild temperatures in winter. Kimi Räikkönen holds the unofficial lap record, set while testing a McLaren-Mercedes, with a time of 1m 09.005sec.
Read the rest of this entry »