How the 2030 Winter Olympics dampened the French Grand Prix

F1 may return to France, but not before the first half of the 2030s. While the fervor surrounding the Historic Grand Prix attests to its good health, nothing can rival the exhilaration of the highest peaks.

Published 06/05/2025 à 09:00

Jean-Michel Desnoues

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How the 2030 Winter Olympics dampened the French Grand Prix

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It was July 2023. A mission to examine " the conditions for a return of the Formula 1 in France " had just been entrusted by the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron to Christian Estrosi and Nicolas Deschaux, then president of the French Motor Sport Federation (FFSA). Please be assured that I fully share your ambition.", the head of state replied to the mayor of Nice, who was keen, one year after the last edition of the French Grand Prix in 2022, to see F1 return to national soil. Our country must be able (...) to reconnect with Formula 1, for everyone's pleasure. It's a matter of attractiveness for our country, of

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Yves-Henri RANDIER

06/05/2025 at 11:12 a.m.

The 2030 Winter Olympics, beyond some new or modernized infrastructure, will cost residents how much? Ask the residents of Albertville and the surrounding area how long the Olympics' impact on their local taxes was! F1 must be less expensive for local authorities but may not have the same impact. As for the ecological impact of the two events, it's perhaps best not to dwell on it.

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