Le Chateau Chazepaud, was our base for part of the Trip

The usual suspects! with Monsieur Patrick Albright, Le Patron du Chateau

Day 1 - Issoire, south of Clermont Ferrand. A french version of MIRA.

Day2 - Le Mas Du Clos. The best Circuit anywhere. Don't miss the Ferrari Museum!!

Day 3 - Charade(Clermont Ferrand) Looking back towards Pits and Start/Finish area!

Day 3 - Charade, looking back towards first RH corner. The old GP circuit used to join the road at this point. Le Puy De Dome in the Background (Volvic??)

The other side of Le Puy De Dome, Charade lies beyond it.

Journey Home - Rheims crumbling remains - The Old Scoreboard

Rheims - Start/Finish Straight

Rheims - Grandstand

Rheims - View from the back of the Grandstands

Rheims - Another view of the Grandstand

I have been lucky enough to experience a number of continental circuits while Marshaling with Wheeltorque (Sadly no longer!)

Day 3 of Les Circuits 1997 found us at Charade (Clermont Ferrand as was) the circuit is somewhat shorter than in its hey day and no longer uses the Road Section.

Standing in the Pit area was extremely nostalgic and reminded me of the scenes from the film Grand Prix where James Garner is trying to Interview Mr Yamamoto(I think?).

The return Journey was via Rheims. It was extremely sad to see the crumbling remains. However prior to our visit some restoration work had started (The Race Control building had been whitewashed) in preparation for a Retro event. Unfortunately this was never held.

Sitting in the grandstand, with your eyes closed listening to the Traffic rushing past you could just imagine Maseratis, Ferraris, BRM's etc going by. The only thing missing was the commentary. Brilliant!!