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Jum'at - 29/6
Latihan Bebas 1
Latihan Bebas 2 |
Sabtu - 30/6
Latihan Bebas 1
Latihan Bebas 2
Kualifikasi |
Minggu - 1/7
Pemanasan
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Circuit information:
| Round Number: |
10 |
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| Race Date: |
01-07-2001 |
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| Country: |
France |
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| City: |
Nevers (click for location map) |
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| Circuit Name: |
Magny Cours |
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| Circuit Length: |
4251 m. |
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| Number of Laps: |
72 |
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| Race Length: |
305.886 m |
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| 2000 Pole Position: |
Michael Schumacher |
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| 2000 Winner: |
David Coulthard |
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| 2000 Fastest Lap: |
David Coulthard |
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 Circuit
Description, History, Facts and
Figures |
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Formula 1 might be dominated by British teams,
but grand prix motor racing has its roots in the
octagon that is France. Racing from Paris to
Bordeaux was already taking place at the end of
the nineteenth century and the Le Mans circuit
claims the honour of hosting the first ever grand
prix in 1906. The Hungarian Ferenc Szisz won,
driving a massive 13 litre Renault. The French car
manufacturer would wait another 73 years for its
next win, when Jean-Pierre Jabouille took the flag
at Dijon-Prenois.
Including these two
venues, the French race in modern times has been
held at eight different circuits, only the USA GP
moving house more often. No doubt this can be put
down to the Gallic love of gastronomy as the race
shifted from one centre of haute cuisine to
another. Even travelling to the much maligned
current location of Magny Cours, involves a
journey through some of France's best wine
producing areas!
The French can claim to
have invented motor racing, staging a round of the
F1 world championship for 49 of its 50 years and
great manufacturers like Bugatti, Renault, Peugeot
and Matra have all left an indelible mark on the
sport. This year's event will actually be France's
86th grand prix. However, their success in Formula
1 has not been proportional to their
participation, with Alain Prost their only world
champion; on no less than four occasions mind you.
On just one of those, in 1993, was national honour
satisfied, as Prost's last title was taken at the
wheel of a Renault-powered Williams. "A prophet is
not without honour, save in his own country and in
his own home," so the saying goes and it is an apt
epitaph to Prost's time as a Renault driver. Alain
devoted three years to the national team, but when
the title slipped from his grasp in the very last
race of 1983, he was blamed and vilified.
Disgusted and disillusioned he moved house to
Switzerland and switched teams to McLaren.
Prost now drives a desk, running his own
team, which rose from the ashes of Guy Ligier's
equipe. Ligier is a typical example of France's
eclectic approach to sport, enjoying a
distinguished career as a Rugby Union
international, before turning to racing in 1963.
Endurance events and Formula 2 eventually led to
Formula 1 in 1966, when he raced a
Cooper-Maserati. Two pole positions and a sixth
place in the 1967 German GP were the high points
of his driving career, before he became a
constructor in 1976. The team scored nine wins,
but for most of the time, "Les Bleus" as the
patriotically liveried cars were known, simply
made up the numbers.
While Renault will be
best remembered for the five titles it won as an
engine supplier, perhaps its greatest achievement
was daring to join the ranks of Ferrari and Honda
in building its own engine as well as the chassis.
The Regie can also claim to have launched the
turbo era at the 1977 British GP, when it wheeled
out a car fitted with a 1500 cc turbocharged
engine. It was soon dubbed the "Yellow Teapot"
because it was always boiling over. France now
waits for a successor to Prost and all eyes are on
Renault's official return, scheduled for
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