Circuit Paul Ricard
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The French GP... Where to begin. The organisation of crowds isn't the best. Everybody is kind of everywhere. I believe they should make lines to food stands clearer, maybe even do 1 row for this order, 1 line for that one (e.g. Burger, pasta, wrap) and the people behind the counter would be able to prepare it quicker, charge it quicker. The whole circuit is surrounded by dust, so don't bring any nice shoes. There is little to no vegetation, so it gets extremely hot. They claim to have made the "French village" there, but there are no restaurants, or the one or two there are, they are absurdly full and just a little area is dedicated to it. I think they should have made it bigger, with large restaurant facilities to accommodate for all the people that come to the circuit. And no, I didn't go from 12-14h (recommended to avoid that time to get food by the organisers) to get me something to eat, but the one food stand was totally packed. I waited 50 minutes in the sun and then gave up as I was about 2/3 of the line length and one of the races was about to start. The shuttles provided - nonsense. One in half an hour and on the day of qualifying, they all got stuck in the outgoing traffic. They don't have their own designated lanes, which doesn't make sense really and 3 of the 4 arriving buses is dedicated for Staff, so be ready to wait hours to get inside the bus if you don't want to walk around the circuit. The camping is an abomination and an isult to camps that I've been in during my recent travels. Everything I have is covered in dust, it was a dusty field full of sharp weeds and pointy branches on the ground so my tent has holes on the bottom and it even punctured my mattress, so thank you very much for that. Completely unsuitable for camping. Furthermore, having one facility with only cold water - I mean I enjoyed the cold shower after a hot day, but not everybody can get used to it. Plus, it's super far away from the camping. The dry toilets were quite nice, good supplier, didn't smell so bad, well done on that. But, not even having some water to wash my hands after a toilet is ridiculous as well. Plus, having only one entrance to the whole campsite created chaos and hours of waiting lines for Sunday evening when people wanted to leave. I really expected better.
Sebastian ArmentanoSebastian Armentano
20
Don't book anything. I was on soo many F1 races all over the world and i have to tell something about Circuit PR. (sorry for bad english) We book the F1 Race 2018 and it was the worst Organisation that ive ever seen. No Buses no walking way. Parking costs 15€ for park my car in the forest and scratch the ground of my car everywhere. The traffic was horrble, waiting times up to 3 hours.after the Training/Qualifying/Race we had over 1 hour only to came out of the parkingarea/forest. to came home we need 5 hours. Circuit Paul Richard is hopeless overwhelmed to do1 a F1 Race there. Nowhere was signs to show the way to the places. you have to go 4 hours erlier to came right to the race. after parking you walk thru the forest/desert to the track and wo walk the nearest way to our tribune but 100m before we was there was the way closed and we have to walk the track back 6km we had over 2 hours alone to came to our places from the entry of the track. No signs, not for parking, not for tribunes not for the way. and the tribunes was to far away from the track. and we pay for 2 tickets 1350€(start/finish line) No More! Listen to me! don't book anything there. look at your tv at home.
BekBoss Sen Bektas Jr.BekBoss Sen Bektas Jr.
20
The circuit is beautiful in a fantastic area - but the facilities are not well organised for GP races at present. Traffic both in and out needs sorting with local authorities to avoid the jams. Catering very limited around track - organIsers should go to see how other race tracks operate. Also transport in general for those using pubic transport is terrible & very expensive - our taxi trip back from circuit on Saturday was 66 euros & the same trip on Sunday was 150 euros! Sorry but those prices are far too high. France taxis were so disorganised it was unbelievable. Taxis empty waiting for 'booked' customers not turning up on time whilst other customers had to wait looking at all these empty taxis. Not good. Hope they learn from this years experience & next year is a big improvement as it could be a top track if these things get sorted.
Andrea ShortAndrea Short
10
1ere et dernière fois ! À deux (mon père à 70 ans mais se porte bien) nous avons mis 800€ (pass 3 jours) pour une expérience chaotique !!! L'eau des toilette est chaude, même brûlante, impossible de se laver les mains, je voulais faire une photo sur le gros hastag #frenchGPf1 ben non plein de gens dessus pour mieux voir le circuit (voir photo) Sièges dégueulasses plein de poussière mon short à tout lavé en m'assoyant dessus, parking Relais au Bausset et nos places sont à Sainte baume on nous laisse à l'opposé.. Soit 4km a pied soit On doit prendre une navette, marcher et prendre un petit train qui va moins vite que si nous marchions.. Mais sous 40 degrés chaque effort est compté.. Donc du parking relais à ma place il faut 2h.. Le speaker nous "chauffe" avec des "faites le moteur de voiture avec votre bouche " pendant 45 minutes .. Le gars au bord du circuit, ou des mecs dans publique avec des trompettes nous fait des Olas, des oléééé et nous chauffe plus que le speaker... Pour partir c'est assez anarchique, chacun veut aller dans sons sens pour partir mais c'est tellement étroit ça bouchonne a mort.. Des chemins avec marqué interdit piétons.. Ben ils y vont quand même et à la fin La navette interne, à la moitié on doit finalement continuer a pied car le chauffeur nous dit "si vous voulez descendre vous irez plus vite " sous 40 degrés (au soleil) je le rappel.. Pour prendre notre bus relais 1h30-2h d'attente (toujours au soleil) dans une file d'attente interminable.. Notre bracelet rouge indique le numéro 7 medieval.. Mais l'affiche montre le 6 rose médiéval (voir photo) heureusement on est un peu réfléchi.. ..Le staff nous offre des bouteilles d'eau c'est pas mal.. Ces jeunes étaient sympa..Mais elle était chaude comme pas possible.. Il est 20h30 nous avons mis 3h20 (départ après le podium).. 25 km en 3 jours..J'en fait moins à Disney.. Pour finir si vous avez lavez votre voiture avant le circuit.. Faites le encore après c'est poussiéreux à mort... On devrait même être remboursé tellement c'était honteux.. Magny-Cours reviens vite 👏🏻 adieu Castellet
Samuel MeyerSamuel Meyer
70
Well.. Unless you are in a privileged taxi, getting to the circuit is the worst experience ever. One tiny road leads to a "parking" created by running a bulldozer through a forrest. Organization was total rubbish, beer queue was like a kilometer and the circuit was out of beer before end of the race (Formula 1)! Good that organizers allowed you to bring own food and drink, many people would starve otherwise. We got more lucky in the race day. Race was interesting and we had perfect seats. Still, nobody knows why there was Russian flag around the track.. 😊
Tomáš BohuněkTomáš Bohuněk
00
Access to the circuit is pretty poor, and poor public transport links mean that traffic jams form quickly. The car park is seemingly a part of the forest. The surroundings are pretty though, as is the track, although it is not possible to walk all the way around, which is irritating. I'm not sure if the catering for the F1 fell under the responsibility of the track but there wasn't enough, service was poor and the queues were huge so I didn't bother quite often. I'm unlikely to visit again due to the traffic issues.
Adam GattoAdam Gatto
20
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The Circuit Paul Ricard is a French motorsport race track built in 1969 at Le Castellet, Var, near Marseille, with finance from pastis magnate Paul Ricard. Ricard wanted to experience the challenge of building a racetrack. The circuit has hosted the FIA Formula One French Grand Prix intermittently from 1971 to 2022.
attractions: , restaurants: La Table du Castellet***, Le San Felice, LA CANTINE DE L'OURS, Grand Prix Burger, Class'croute, L'Ephémère, Porte Rouge
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