A sea of change
After ten years of absence and under the impetus of Christian Estrosi, France is back on the international motor sport scene and is once again integrated into the calendar of the Formula 1 World Championship.
It is in the form of a GIP (Groupement d’Intérêt Public) that the Grand Prix de France returns to the Paul Ricard circuit, with public and private partners such as the South Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region, the Toulon-Provence-Mediterranean Metropolis, the Var Departmental Council, the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolitan Area, the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolitan Area, the Bouches-du-Rhône Departmental Council, the Var Chamber of Commerce, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Chamber of Commerce, the South Sainte-Baume Urban Community, and the Paul Ricard Circuit. Lewis Hamilton won the 2018 and 2019 Grand Prix in front of hundreds of thousands of spectators.