FILE PHOTO - Force India Formula One team's deputy principal Bob Fernley (L) and John Yates, former assistant commissioner of Britain's Metropolitan Police and current police advisor to Bahrain's Ministry of Interior, are seen at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, south of Manama April 20, 2012. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
LE CASTELLET, France (Reuters) - France celebrated its first Formula One Grand Prix in a decade but organizers may struggle to convince some spectators to return next year after a weekend blighted by traffic gridlock and tailbacks.
The healthy attendance figures, officially 160,000 over the four days, contrasted with fans venting their frustration on social media at the lost hours trying to get there on jammed approach roads.
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