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Preview: F1 set for French connection
After a decade-long absence this weekend marks Formula 1’s return to France, home of motor-racing, the baguette and the nonchalant shoulder shrug. Motorsport Week previews the event and provides the key statistics. History The French Grand Prix was first officially held in 1906, after several events held under private entities, with Ferenc Szicz (a statue of whom is present at the entrance to the Hungaroring, incidentally) victorious for Renault, with the roads around Le Mans used for the circuit layout. The roads near several major cities played host to the event across the coming decades, with a handful of interruptions – most prominently the outbreak of the two World Wars....
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