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Paul Ricard Speed Trap: Who is the fastest of them all?

Red Bull's Christian Horner said this weekend that if his team can beat Mercedes fair and square at Paul Ricard, then the bulls can beat the reigning world champions anywhere. And the reason perhaps lies in the optimized balance of Red Bull's RB16B coupled with the car's straightline speed. Putting the two together adds up to a near perfect package as poleman Max Verstappen aptly demonstrated in qualifying. Many deplore the presence of the chicane that splits Paul Ricard's long Mistral straight, but the venue still delivers reasonably big numbers when it comes to maximum velocity. Verstappen clocked in at 328.7 km/h at the end of the first part of the Mistral straight when F1's main speed...
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