Former rider Jim RUSSELL runs a flying school in Magny Cours in the Nièvre. For him, piloting is an exact science. Previously selected students are introduced to controlled trajectory and skid techniques. They are then dropped on the circuit aboard a Formula 3.
This car race organized on the Magny Cours circuit brought together about twenty crew associating a journalist and a driver with among others Jean Pierre Beltoise, Jean Pierre Jabouille or Jean-Pierre Jaussaud.
About twenty young people from the social center of Guérigny in the Nièvre carried out a karting course on the circuit of Magny Cours First reactions from Ludovic, Emilie, David and Christopher after the first laps.
On the circuit of Nevers Magny Cours, Alexandre Debanne, TV host and David Hallyday, offer the thrill aboard a Formula 1. These two car racing enthusiasts, after a few laps on board Formula 2 and the expert advice of the technical team, are taking their first steps in the world of F1. Warm testimonies of their impressions.
Cathy Muller, despite the machismo of the jury, is the winner of the Elf-Winfields School Elf Pilot Contest of the 1981 Magny-Cours circuit. Indeed victorious in the final (5 drivers, 5 laps) following a road trip by Gilles Lempereur, Cathy Muller was forced by the jury to resort to a second final against Gilles Lempereur which she won with more than 3 seconds advantage.
Announced by François MITTERRAND, President of the Republic, during his official visit in the Nièvre, that the French Grand Prix of Formula 1 car will take place on the circuit of Magny Cours from 1991. Information confirmed by Mr Jean-Marie BALESTRE (Founder and President of the International Motor Sport Federation)
Portrait of a car mechanic in Magny-Cours. Well known in the fields, "Michel" is installed in a caravan. He must adapt to the requirements of his trade, in particular by agreeing to work day and night. Michel says he is passionate above all else.
Jean Pierre Beltoise wants the federation to include Peugeot and Renault in the French championship races of production cars. Production car races are less prestigious in France than rallies or F1 because they are less known but in the United States with the Nascar these races are prestigious.
Report on the tests of the Formula 2 MK16 of the manufacturer Tico Martini on the circuit of Magny Cours. For Tico Martini, the MK16 is the consecration of all his work as a car manufacturer and he puts great hopes in it. In the absence of Jacques Lafitte on the F1 circuits, René Arnoud is in charge of testing and preparing the MK16 before it enters the competition.
On 7 July 1991, the Formula 1 French Grand Prix will start on the Nevers Magny-Cours circuit. The homologation of the circuit of Nevers Magny-Cours given by the French Federation of Motorsport is valid for 5 years.
Jacqueline Bernigaud, said that of the 7 French drivers in Formula 1 today 3 are licensed to the Nivernais Automobile Sports Association (ASAN) of which she is the President. All these drivers started in Formula 3, then went from Formula 2 to Formula 1. In Formula 3, leading the European championship, we find Alain Prost first and "Dalex" in second, both regulars of the Magny Cours circuit.
An interview with Alain Prost about the next race he will race the following Sunday on the Magny Cours circuit in Formula 3, driving his Renault Martini.
Magny-Cours, the new capital of motor sport. The driver Jean Jacques CLERICO talks about his career, the profesionnalism of the Formula Renault and the importance of the role of the preparer and the mechanic.