F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali may be working on a ‘plan B’ to keep France on Formula 1’s race calendar. The contract of current French GP host Paul Ricard expires after the event in late July. “I think there are countries that we need to race in and one of them is France,” said Esteban Ocon, a French driver for the Renault-owned Alpine team. According to the authoritative French sports daily L’Equipe, the ‘current situation’ may involve talks between F1’s CEO Stefano Domenicali and promoters of a potential French GP in the coastal city of Nice. Domenicali is therefore “open to new ideas” such as a rumoured bid from Nice.

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