Circuit · 1991–2008 · 18 Races

Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours

Name: Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
Address: Magny Cours, France

Magny Cours, France · 46.8642000, 3.1636100 · Wikipedia ↗

Races

Races held

Lap Record

1:15.045

race laps · 2002

Most Wins · Driver

Michael Schumacher

8 wins

Most Wins · Team

Ferrari

8 wins

Winners · by year

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1990s		MAN Williams	MAN Williams	PRO Williams	MSC Benetton	MSC Benetton	HIL Williams	MSC Ferrari	MSC Ferrari	FRE Jordan
2000s	COU McLaren	MSC Ferrari	MSC Ferrari	SCH Williams	MSC Ferrari	ALO Renault	MSC Ferrari	RAI Ferrari	MAS Ferrari

won from pole one cell per edition, filled with the winning team colour — empty cells are years it was not held

Season	R	Grand Prix	Wins	Pole Position
2008	R8	French Grand Prix	19 Felipe Massa	7 Kimi Räikkönen
2007	R8	French Grand Prix	7 Kimi Räikkönen	19 Felipe Massa
2006	R11	French Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
2005	R10	French Grand Prix	14 Fernando Alonso	14 Fernando Alonso
2004	R10	French Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	14 Fernando Alonso
2003	R10	French Grand Prix	Ralf Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher
2002	R11	French Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Juan Pablo Montoya
2001	R10	French Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Ralf Schumacher
2000	R9	French Grand Prix	David Coulthard	Michael Schumacher
1999	R7	French Grand Prix	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Rubens Barrichello
1998	R8	French Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Mika Häkkinen
1997	R8	French Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Michael Schumacher
1996	R9	French Grand Prix	Damon Hill	Michael Schumacher
1995	R7	French Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Damon Hill
1994	R7	French Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	Damon Hill
1993	R8	French Grand Prix	Alain Prost	Damon Hill
1992	R8	French Grand Prix	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell
1991	R7	French Grand Prix	Nigel Mansell	Riccardo Patrese

Most successful driver

Michael Schumacher	8
Nigel Mansell	2
Alain Prost	1
Damon Hill	1
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1
David Coulthard	1
Ralf Schumacher	1
Fernando Alonso	1
Kimi Räikkönen	1
Felipe Massa	1

Most successful team

Ferrari	8
Williams	5
Benetton	2
Jordan	1
McLaren	1
Renault	1

Most poles

Michael Schumacher	4
Damon Hill	3
Ralf Schumacher	2
Fernando Alonso	2
Riccardo Patrese	1
Nigel Mansell	1
Mika Häkkinen	1
Rubens Barrichello	1
Juan Pablo Montoya	1
Felipe Massa	1

Grand Prix	Period	Editions
French Grand Prix	1991–2008	18

Career record at this circuit. Highlighted rows are drivers on the current grid.

Driver	Starts	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Best	Avg finish	Avg grid	Last 5
Michael Schumacher	15	8	11	4	1	5.3	2.7	1 · 3 · 1 · 3 · 1
Nigel Mansell	3	2	2	1	1	5.3	2.3	R · 1 · 1
Damon Hill	7	1	4	3	1	7.6	6.7	R · R · 12 · 1 · 2
Kimi Räikkönen	8	1	4	1	1	3.8	6.6	2 · 1 · 5 · 2 · 7
Felipe Massa	6	1	3	1	1	8.7	7	1 · 2 · 3 · R · 13
Fernando Alonso current	7	1	3	2	1	7.9	6.6	8 · 7 · 2 · 1 · 2
David Coulthard	14	1	3		1	7.2	6.6	9 · 13 · 9 · 10 · 6
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	9	1	2		1	8.1	8.9	12 · 8 · 7 · 1 · 15
Ralf Schumacher	10	1	2	2	1	6	6.4	10 · 4 · 7 · 1 · 5
Alain Prost	2	1	2		1	1.5	2	1 · 2
Rubens Barrichello	16		4	1	3	9.8	8.8	14 · 11 · R · 9 · 3
Mika Häkkinen	9		3	1	2	8.6	7.3	22 · 2 · 2 · 3 · R
Eddie Irvine	9		2		2	11.8	10.2	R · R · 13 · 6 · 2
Gerhard Berger	6		1		3	13.2	6.5	4 · 12 · 3 · 14 · R
Jarno Trulli	12		1		3	10.8	6.4	3 · R · R · 5 · 4
Jean Alesi	11		1		3	10.2	7.9	12 · 14 · R · 7 · 5
Martin Brundle	6		1		3	10	10.5	8 · 4 · R · 5 · 3
Ayrton Senna	3		1		3	10	3.7	4 · R · 3
Juan Pablo Montoya	5		1	1	2	9.8	4.6	R · 8 · 2 · 4 · R
Jacques Villeneuve	10		1		2	9.4	9.5	11 · 8 · 9 · R · R
Lewis Hamilton current	2		1		3	6.5	7.5	10 · 3
Riccardo Patrese	3		1	1	2	5.7	5	10 · 2 · 5
Andrea Chiesa	1				26	26	26	R
Bertrand Gachot	3				19	23	18	R · R · R
Fabrizio Barbazza	1				23	23	24	R
Satoru Nakajima	1				22	22	18	R
Gabriele Tarquini	1				22	22	23	R
David Brabham	1				22	22	24	R
Taki Inoue	1				22	22	18	R
Alessandro Zanardi	3				14	21.7	18.3	R · R · R
Ivan Capelli	2				16	20	11.5	R · R
Toranosuke Takagi	2				18	20	21	22 · R
Esteban Tuero	1				20	20	22	R
Enrique Bernoldi	1				20	20	20	R
Anthony Davidson	1				20	20	19	R
Andrea Montermini	2				17	19	21	R · R
Shinji Nakano	2				17	19	16.5	17 · R
Gastón Mazzacane	1				19	19	22	R
Zsolt Baumgartner	1				19	19	20	R
Tarso Marques	2				15	18.5	22	15 · R
Karl Wendlinger	2				17	18	16	R · R
Olivier Beretta	1				18	18	25	R
Jean-Christophe Boullion	1				18	18	15	R
Jan Magnussen	1				18	18	15	R
Gianmaria Bruni	1				18	18	19	18
Patrick Friesacher	1				18	18	18	R
Adrian Sutil	2				17	18	19.5	19 · 17
Vitantonio Liuzzi	2				13	17.5	19.5	R · 13
Jos Verstappen	7				12	17.4	16.1	16 · 13 · R · 12 · R
Takuma Sato	5				11	17.4	13.6	16 · R · 11 · R · R
Michele Alboreto	3				7	17.3	20	R · 7 · R
Giorgio Pantano	1				17	17	18	17
Christijan Albers	3				15	17	18.3	R · 15 · R
Tiago Monteiro	2				13	17	19	R · 13
Sébastien Bourdais	1				17	17	14	17
Pedro Diniz	6				11	16.8	15.5	11 · R · 14 · R · R
Aguri Suzuki	3				12	16.7	16.7	12 · R · R
Éric Bernard	2				16	16.5	19	R · R
Ukyo Katayama	6				11	16.5	18.3	11 · R · R · R · R
Ricardo Rosset	2				11	16.5	18.5	R · 11
Gianni Morbidelli	4				8	16.3	16	14 · R · 8 · R
Stefano Modena	2				14	16	15.5	R · R
Maurício Gugelmin	2				7	16	16.5	R · 7
Norberto Fontana	1				16	16	20	R
Franck Montagny	1				16	16	20	16
Ricardo Zonta	2				9	15.5	14.5	R · 9
Jyrki Järvilehto	3				9	15.3	20.3	R · 9 · R
Mark Blundell	4				10	15	12.8	11 · 10 · R · R
Ralph Firman	1				15	15	18	15
Narain Karthikeyan	1				15	15	17	15
Kazuki Nakajima	1				15	15	15	15
Roberto Moreno	2				13	14.5	16	16 · R
Luca Badoer	4				10	14.3	19.8	10 · R · 13 · R
Christian Klien	3				11	14.3	13.7	12 · R · 11
Marc Gené	3				10	14	16	10 · 15 · R
Justin Wilson	1				14	14	20	14
Scott Speed	2				10	14	14.5	R · 10
Johnny Herbert	10				6	13.7	14.3	R · R · 8 · 8 · 13
Alexander Wurz	5				5	13.4	13	14 · R · R · 5 · R
Olivier Grouillard	2				11	13	21.5	11 · R
Derek Warwick	1				13	13	15	13
Nico Rosberg	3				9	13	15.3	16 · 9 · 14
Thierry Boutsen	3				11	12.7	15	11 · R · 12
Mika Salo	6				10	12.7	15.5	R · 10 · 13 · R · 10
Cristiano da Matta	2				11	12.5	12	14 · 11
Giancarlo Fisichella	13				6	12.2	11.8	18 · 6 · 6 · 6 · 12
Pedro Lamy	1				12	12	18	12
Sebastian Vettel	1				12	12	12	12
Olivier Panis	9				7	11.6	10.3	15 · 8 · R · 9 · 8
Pedro de la Rosa	5				7	11.6	14.2	7 · 9 · 14 · R · 11
Jenson Button	9				4	11.6	11.6	R · 8 · R · 4 · 5
Pierluigi Martini	4				5	11	18.3	R · 5 · 10 · 9
Allan McNish	1				11	11	17	11
Timo Glock	1				11	11	8	11
Érik Comas	4				5	10.8	13.3	11 · 16 · 5 · 11
Nick Heidfeld	9				5	10.4	12.2	13 · 5 · 8 · 14 · 16
Mark Webber	7				6	10.1	11.6	6 · 12 · R · 12 · 9
Andrea de Cesaris	4				6	10	17	6 · 15 · R · 6
Luciano Burti	1				10	10	15	10
Alex Yoong	1				10	10	19	10
Antônio Pizzonia	1				10	10	11	10
Heikki Kovalainen	2				4	9.5	8	4 · 15
Philippe Alliot	1				9	9	10	9
Jean-Marc Gounon	1				9	9	26	9
Nelson Piquet	1				8	8	7	8
Christian Fittipaldi	2				8	8	20.5	8 · 8
Nelson Piquet Jr.	1				7	7	9	7
Michael Andretti	1				6	6	16	6
Robert Kubica	2				4	4.5	4.5	5 · 4

Retirements · by year

all-time average 33.7% share of starters that retired, by year

Lap Record · how the record fell

official lap record 1996–2002 · 4.250 km · 1:15.045 2003–2008 · 4.411 km · 1:15.377 regulation change race distance changed — likely a new layout dots = fastest race lap that year, step line = the standing record — lap times move mostly with the cars, then with weather, layout changes and how the race ran held since 1991, but lap-by-lap data starts in 1996 — this circuit's first year with lap data is 1996

Lap Records · race laps Top 5 (1996+)

1:15.045	David Coulthard	2002 · L62
1:15.052	David Coulthard	2002 · L61
1:15.159	David Coulthard	2002 · L53
1:15.311	Michael Schumacher	2002 · L25
1:15.323	David Coulthard	2002 · L48

Retirement Rate · avg DNF rate

33.7%

136 of 403 starters retired

Safety Car / Track Limits

This circuit: OpenF1 No race data in the collected range (2023+).

Record Basis · Calculation basis

Scope: World Championship races at this circuit (1950–) · Lap record = race laps only (no qualifying), lap data range 1996+ · layout changes not distinguished · Pole Position = Grid P1 · DNF율 = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished rate (incl. DSQ)
Source: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast-compatible API) · last fetch: 2026-09-05 14:15