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France beat Ireland in six nations rugby. 33-10

France shattered Ireland’s dreams of a repeat of their Six Nations Grand Slam here yesterday beating them 33-10 with scrum-half Morgan Parra who had accused the Irish of being cheats earlier in the week masterminding the defeat.

First-half tries by William Servat – his second for his country – and Yannick Jauzion – his 19th in his 65th test – and a second-half one from Clement Poitrenaud – his sixth – [...]

Vancouver Winter Olympics

Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luge slider competing at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, died today after crashing during a training run and hitting a metal pole. He was 21.

I have watched a video of his crash and am shocked that they are continuing to use the course the metal supports are not protected at all.

At Friday night’s Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, a moment of silence was observed to honor Kumaritashvili and [...]

Tribute to Gerry Birrell.

Gerry Birrell

Before our visit to Rouen, I thought it would be good to remember Gerry.

During the final practice session in sight of the XXI Grand Prix de Rouen, held on Saturday 23 June 1973, Gerry Birrell’s works Chevron B25 – Hart suffered a front left tyre failure while approaching Virage des Six Frères at about 240km/h.

In an accident almost exactly the same as Denis Dayan’s three years before, the tyre [...]

Rouen Circuit Normandy

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Rouen GP Poster from 1966

Rouen-Les-Essarts was a 6.542 km (4.065 mile) race track in Grand-Couronne, near Rouen, Normandy, France.
Opened in 1950, Rouen-Les-Essarts was recognized as one of Europe’s finest circuits, with modern pits, a wide track, and spectator grandstands. The circuit (which ran on public roads) had a few medium straights, a cobbled hairpin turn (Nouveau Monde) at the southernmost tip, and a few [...]

Caen Grand Prix Circuit 1950's Normandy

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Caen Circuit 1950’s

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Caen Circuit pictured from the Caen Holiday Inn Hotel 2009

A Grand Prix for formula One (F1) and formula two (F2) cars was held at the circuit in Caen during the 1950’s, With great drivers such as Sir Stirling Moss and Jean Behra in cars like the 250F Maserati and the BRM 25 winning the event. Traces of [...]

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Information for Normandy, Brittany, and Pays de la Loire regions of France. a site for motorsport  fans, food and drink lovers and travellers, or in my case all of them!

Our Store is now open here selling books, dvd’s guides, computer games and maps of the Normandy and Brittany area’s of France.

I have started a project to document disused motor racing circuits across Europe that can still be visited and have started to build a [...]