2021 Season/Races

French Grand Prix

Round 7 · Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France

2021-06-20

Winner: Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1	—	1:27:25.770	Finished	26
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	—	+2.904	Finished	18
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	4	▲1	+8.811	Finished	15
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	3	▼1	+14.618	Finished	12
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	8	▲3	+1:04.032	Finished	10
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	10	▲4	+1:15.857	Finished	8
7	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	6	▼1	+1:16.596	Finished	6
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	9	▲1	+1:17.695	Finished	4
9	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	12	▲3	+1:19.666	Finished	2
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	19	▲9	+1:31.946	Finished	1
11	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	5	▼6	+1:39.337	Finished	0
12	George Russell	Williams	14	▲2	—	+1 Lap	0
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	—	—	—	+1 Lap	0
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	11	▼3	—	+1 Lap	0
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	13	▼2	—	+1 Lap	0
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	7	▼9	—	+1 Lap	0
17	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	17	—	—	+1 Lap	0
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	16	▼2	—	+1 Lap	0
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	15	▼4	—	+1 Lap	0
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	18	▼2	—	+1 Lap	0

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.001	1:31.080	1:29.990
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.237	1:30.788	1:30.248
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:31.669	1:30.735	1:30.376
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:31.560	1:30.971	1:30.445
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:32.079	1:31.146	1:30.840
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:31.898	1:31.353	1:30.868
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:32.209	1:31.567	1:30.987
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.733	1:31.542	1:31.252
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	1:32.158	1:31.549	1:31.340
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:32.181	1:31.615	1:31.382
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	1:32.139	1:31.736	—
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:32.132	1:31.767	—
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:32.722	1:31.813	—
14	George Russell	Williams	1:33.060	1:32.065	—
15	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	1:32.942	—	—
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:33.062	—	—
17	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:33.354	—	—
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	1:33.554	—	—
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	—	—	—
20	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	—	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

2 stops

1 stop

1 stop

1 stop

1 stop

1 stop

1 stop

1 stop

1 stop

1 stop

Lap 1

Lap 53

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	Final
Verstappen	P2	P2	P2	P2	P1	P1	P3	P3	P2	P2	P1
Hamilton	P1	P1	P1	P3	P2	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2
Pérez	P4	P4	P4	P1	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P3	P3
Bottas	P3	P3	P3	P4	P3	P3	P2	P2	P3	P4	P4
Norris	P10	P10	P8	P5	P14	P9	P6	P5	P5	P5	P5

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Charles Leclerc	1	14	15:26:59	30.798
Yuki Tsunoda	1	15	15:28:52	30.226
Mick Schumacher	1	15	15:29:09	31.457
Daniel Ricciardo	1	16	15:30:21	29.951
Valtteri Bottas	1	17	15:31:34	30.572
Carlos Sainz	1	17	15:32:00	30.534
Pierre Gasly	1	17	15:32:01	30.781
George Russell	1	17	15:32:17	30.092
Max Verstappen	1	18	15:33:10	29.803
Fernando Alonso	1	18	15:33:49	31.288
Nicholas Latifi	1	18	15:34:01	29.775
Lewis Hamilton	1	19	15:34:46	30.263
Sergio Pérez	1	24	15:43:14	29.682
Lando Norris	1	24	15:43:44	30.531
Esteban Ocon	1	28	15:50:47	30.207
Antonio Giovinazzi	1	28	15:50:48	30.586
Nikita Mazepin	1	31	15:56:17	30.983
Max Verstappen	2	32	15:56:20	30.123
Kimi Räikkönen	1	33	15:59:18	31.327
Lance Stroll	1	34	16:00:37	30.996
Sebastian Vettel	1	37	16:05:29	31.069
Charles Leclerc	2	38	16:07:29	31.368