The French Grand Prix could return to the Formula One calendar as soon as 2018 per recent reports.
On Monday, plans will be submitted in Paris for a race at the Paul Ricard circuit, a popular testing venue, and a track that last hosted the sport back in 1990.
A press conference is believed to be already scheduled for early next week and a new deal is understood to last for five years until 2022.
Should the race return in two years time, it would be the first French GP in exactly a decade as Magny-Cours last held the race in 2008.
The revival of a ‘classic’ race would seem to indicate a shift in the sport’s focus regarding new additions to the calendar. In recent years, Austria and Mexico have also made successful, welcome returns to F1 with Azerbaijan and Russia the only countries without a previous history to have joined since 2014.
At the same time, however, other long-lasting races are struggling to maintain their presence with Germany having lost its race again in 2017, Brazil currently pending and Canada having only recently confirmed its future. The odds look good for France with a Virgin games promo code.
It is the future of the German Grand Prix that could decide the exact return of the French race with Hockenheim already holding a contract for 2018 and financially capable of hosting F1 biannually.
Should a race at Paul Ricard be made official, however, few will be unhappy and hope that this is part of a strategy by the sport’s new owner to maintain and consolidate F1’s European roots.
