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French Grand Prix

Formula 1 Lenovo Grand Prix de France 2022

Round 12 of 22Circuit Paul Ricard, Le CastelletJul 24 202253 laps

Podium

HAMMercedes

VERRed Bull

RUSMercedes

Key facts

WinnerVER1:30:02.112 from P2

PoleLEC1:30.872

Fastest lapSAI1:35.781 on lap 51

Pit stops25recorded stops

Finishers16 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	2	▲1	53	1:30:02.112	25	1:37.491	1
2	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	4	▲2	53	+10.587s	18	1:37.668	1
3	RUSGeorge Russell	Mercedes	6	▲3	53	+16.495s	15	1:37.548	1
4	PERSergio Pérez	Red Bull	3	▼1	53	+17.310s	12	1:37.780	1
5	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	19	▲14	53	+28.872s	11	1:35.781	2
6	ALOFernando Alonso	Alpine	7	▲1	53	+42.879s	8	1:38.160	1
7	NORLando Norris	McLaren	5	▼2	53	+52.026s	6	1:39.037	1
8	OCOEsteban Ocon	Alpine	10	▲2	53	+56.959s	4	1:38.684	1
9	RICDaniel Ricciardo	McLaren	9	–	53	+60.372s	2	1:39.133	1
10	STRLance Stroll	Aston Martin	15	▲5	53	+62.549s	1	1:39.185	1
11	VETSebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	12	▲1	53	+64.494s		1:39.044	1
12	GASPierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	14	▲2	53	+65.448s		1:38.786	1
13	ALBAlexander Albon	Williams	13	–	53	+68.565s		1:39.199	1
14	BOTValtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	11	▼3	53	+76.666s		1:37.963	2
15	MSCMick Schumacher	Haas	17	▲2	53	+80.394s		1:39.068	2
16	ZHOGuanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	16	–	47	+6 laps		1:39.368	2
DNF	LATNicholas Latifi	Williams	18		40	Collision damage		1:39.650	2
DNF	MAGKevin Magnussen	Haas	20		37	Collision damage		1:39.265	2
DNF	LECCharles Leclerc	Ferrari	1		17	Accident		1:38.088
DNF	TSUYuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	8		17	Undertray		1:40.216	1

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	VER	16	35.3s
2	GAS	18	36.0s
3	RIC	18	36.3s
4	MAG	18	36.4s
5	ZHO	9	36.4s
6	BOT	36	36.5s
7	ALO	18	36.5s
8	VET	19	36.7s
9	MSC	9	36.7s
10	MAG	8	36.8s
11	LAT	38	36.9s
12	MSC	18	37.0s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 25 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	LECCharles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.727	1:31.216	1:30.872
2	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.891	1:31.990	1:31.176	+0.304s
3	PERSergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:32.354	1:32.120	1:31.335	+0.463s
4	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.041	1:32.274	1:31.765	+0.893s
5	NORLando Norris	McLaren	1:32.672	1:32.777	1:32.032	+1.160s
6	RUSGeorge Russell	Mercedes	1:33.109	1:32.633	1:32.131	+1.259s
7	ALOFernando Alonso	Alpine	1:32.819	1:32.631	1:32.552	+1.680s
8	TSUYuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:33.394	1:32.836	1:32.780	+1.908s
9	SAICarlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:32.297	1:31.081	–	+0.209s
10	MAGKevin Magnussen	Haas	1:32.756	1:32.649	–	+1.777s
11	RICDaniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:33.404	1:32.922	–	+2.050s
12	OCOEsteban Ocon	Alpine	1:33.346	1:33.048	–	+2.176s
13	BOTValtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:33.034	1:33.052	–	+2.180s
14	VETSebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:33.285	1:33.276	–	+2.404s
15	ALBAlexander Albon	Williams	1:33.423	1:33.307	–	+2.435s
16	GASPierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:33.439	–	–	+2.567s
17	STRLance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:33.439	–	–	+2.567s
18	ZHOGuanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:33.674	–	–	+2.802s
19	MSCMick Schumacher	Haas	1:33.701	–	–	+2.829s
20	LATNicholas Latifi	Williams	1:33.794	–	–	+2.922s

Circuit Paul Ricard

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2022. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2021	Max Verstappen	Red Bull
2019	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2018	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
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

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