With the French Grand Prix making a return to the Formula 1 calendar in 2018, the Circuit Paul Ricard could make some changes to the track characteristics to accommodate the cars. Currently, there is a chicane halfway down the Mistral Straight.
Originally, it was decided that the long straight would feature the chicane, but there are now plans to have it removed. The straight runs from the exit of turn 3, Saint-Beaume to the entry of turn 5, Signes.
Esteban Ocon will be racing next year at his first ever home Grand Prix, along with fellow Frenchman Romain Grosjean. Ocon admitted that the news of the French Grand Prix being confirmed on the calendar is a dream come true.