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This time last year we reported, somewhat prematurely as it turned out, the demise of Magny-Cours as a world championship grand prix venue.
The Nievre region of France is not everyone's tasse de the and the French GP is often portrayed as a race in the middle of nowhere with nothing going on. Hence periodic attempts to come up with a venue near Paris, where sponsors and gladhanders can enjoy a better time once the business of the day is done.
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