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Analysis: Strategies and set-up for the French Grand Prix
With the French Grand Prix coming up this weekend, we break down the venue, Paul Ricard, and how teams will likely drive during the weekend at Le Castellet in terms of tyre strategy and set-up. Looking at the track as a whole, Paul Ricard really is bang in the middle in terms of downforce-heavy and power-heavy. You can basically split up the track into the first two sectors, which feature the two DRS zones and three straights (well, two straights, but the back straight is split up by a chicane). Then, there's the third sector, which features fast and long-winding corners, which are very taxing on the tyres. Adding to this is the type of corners in the two 'halves' of the circuit....
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