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French Grand Prix

Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018

Round 8 of 21Circuit Paul Ricard, Le CastelletJun 24 201853 laps

Podium

VERRed Bull

HAMMercedes

RAIFerrari

Key facts

WinnerHAM1:30:11.385 from P1

PoleHAM1:30.029

Fastest lapBOT1:34.225 on lap 41

Pit stops20recorded stops

Finishers17 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	–	53	1:30:11.385	25	1:34.509	1
2	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	4	▲2	53	+7.090s	18	1:34.275	1
3	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	6	▲3	53	+25.888s	15	1:34.398	1
4	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	5	▲1	53	+34.736s	12	1:35.382	1
5	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	3	▼2	53	+61.935s	10	1:34.485	2
6	MAGKevin Magnussen	Haas	9	▲3	53	+79.364s	8	1:35.425	1
7	BOTValtteri Bottas	Mercedes	2	▼5	53	+80.632s	6	1:34.225	2
8	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	7	▼1	53	+87.184s	4	1:35.638	1
9	HULNico Hülkenberg	Renault	12	▲3	53	+91.989s	2	1:35.873	1
10	LECCharles Leclerc	Sauber	8	▼2	53	+93.873s	1	1:35.977	1
11	GRORomain Grosjean	Haas	10	▼1	52	+1 lap		1:35.695	1
12	VANStoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	17	▲5	52	+1 lap		1:36.675	1
13	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	15	▲2	52	+1 lap		1:36.494	1
14	HARBrendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	20	▲6	52	+1 lap		1:36.839	1
15	SIRSergey Sirotkin	Williams	18	▲3	52	+1 lap		1:38.300	1
16	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	16	–	50	+3 laps		1:35.133	2
17	STRLance Stroll	Williams	19	▲2	48	+5 laps		1:38.319	1
DNF	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	13		27	Engine		1:38.319
DNF	OCOEsteban Ocon	Force India	11		0	Collision		–
DNF	GASPierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	14		0	Collision		–

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	RAI	34	24.3s
2	ERI	35	24.3s
3	HAR	38	24.3s
4	RIC	28	24.3s
5	HAM	33	24.3s
6	VER	25	24.4s
7	VAN	40	24.4s
8	ALO	46	24.8s
9	HUL	37	25.0s
10	LEC	31	25.0s
11	MAG	28	25.4s
12	SAI	26	25.4s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 20 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.271	1:30.645	1:30.029
2	BOTValtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:31.776	1:31.227	1:30.147	+0.118s
3	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:31.820	1:30.751	1:30.400	+0.371s
4	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.531	1:30.818	1:30.705	+0.676s
5	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:31.910	1:31.538	1:30.895	+0.866s
6	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:31.567	1:30.772	1:31.057	+1.028s
7	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1:32.394	1:32.016	1:32.126	+2.097s
8	LECCharles Leclerc	Sauber	1:32.538	1:32.055	1:32.635	+2.606s
9	MAGKevin Magnussen	Haas	1:32.169	1:31.510	1:32.930	+2.901s
10	GRORomain Grosjean	Haas	1:32.083	1:31.472	–	+1.443s
11	OCOEsteban Ocon	Force India	1:32.786	1:32.075	–	+2.046s
12	HULNico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:32.949	1:32.115	–	+2.086s
13	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	1:32.692	1:32.454	–	+2.425s
14	GASPierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:32.447	1:32.460	–	+2.431s
15	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:32.804	1:32.820	–	+2.791s
16	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	1:32.976	–	–	+2.947s
17	HARBrendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:33.025	–	–	+2.996s
18	VANStoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:33.162	–	–	+3.133s
19	SIRSergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:33.636	–	–	+3.607s
20	STRLance Stroll	Williams	1:33.729	–	–	+3.700s

Circuit Paul Ricard

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2018. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1990	Alain Prost	Ferrari
1989	Alain Prost	McLaren
1988	Alain Prost	McLaren
1987	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1986	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1985	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
1983	Alain Prost	Renault
1982	René Arnoux	Renault
1980	Alan Jones	Williams
1978	Mario Andretti	Lotus

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