What is Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours?
{{Infobox motorsport venue | Name = Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | Location = [[Magny-Cours]], [[France]] | Time = [[GMT]] +1 ([[Daylight Saving Time|DST]]: +2) | Image = [[File:Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.svg|250px]] | Events = [[Formula One|F1]], [[GP2 Series|GP2]], Superbike World Championship, Touring car racing, Superleague Formula | Layout1 = Grand Prix Circuit | Length_km = 4.411 | Length_mi = 2.741 | Turns = 17 | Record_time = 1:15.377 | Record_driver = {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Schumacher]] | Record_team = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | Record_year = {{F1|2004}} | Layout2 = National Circuit | Length_km2 = 2.684 | Length_mi2 = 1.668 | Turns2 = 12 | Record_time2 = | Record_driver2 = | Record_team2 = | Record_year2 = | Layout3 = Club Circuit | Length_km3 = 1.727 | Length_mi3 = 1.073 | Turns3 = 11 | Record_time3 = | Record_driver3 = | Record_team3 = | Record_year3 = }} '''Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours''' is a [[Auto racing|motor racing]] circuit in [[France]], near the towns of [[Magny-Cours]] and [[Nevers]]. It is often called just '''Magny-Cours'''. It is most well known for hosting the [[Formula One]] [[French Grand Prix]], which was held there between 1991 and 2008. == History == The circuit was built in 1960 by [[Jean Bernigaud]]. It was the home to the L'école de pilotage Winfield racing school. The school provided such drivers as [[François Cevert]] and [[Jacques Laffite]]. In the 1980s, the track condition was not very good. It needed a lot of repairs. The circuit was not used for international racing until it was purchased by the [[Nièvre|Regional Conseil de la Nièvre]]. In the 1990s the [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] (later known as [[Prost Grand Prix|Prost]]) Formula One team was based at the circuit. They did a lot of their testing at Magny-Cours. It started hosting the F1 French Grand Prix in 1991, and the Bol d'Or [[motorcycle]] race in 2000. The circuit