2018 French Grand Prix

 2018 French Grand Prix

Racing data
8th of 21 races of the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018
Date:	June 24, 2018
Place:	Le Castellet
Course:	Circuit Paul Ricard
Length:	309.626 km in 53 laps of 5.842 km
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 30.029 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Time:	1: 34.225 min (lap 41)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Third:	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari

The 2018 French Grand Prix (officially Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018 ) took place on June 24th at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet and was the eighth race of the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the Canadian Grand Prix , Sebastian Vettel led the drivers' standings with one point ahead of Lewis Hamilton and 35 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led Ferrari with 17 points and Red Bull Racing with 72 points .

At the French Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Soft (yellow), P Zero Supersoft (red), P Zero Ultrasoft (purple), as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions .

The French Grand Prix was part of the Formula 1 racing calendar for the first time since 2008 . The last time the race took place at Circuit Paul Ricard was in 1990 , but on a track variant that was around two kilometers shorter. Since then, the line has been completely rebuilt and modernized.

Marcus Ericsson , (seven), Romain Grosjean , Kevin Magnussen , Max Verstappen (five each), Brendon Hartley (four), Kimi Räikkönen , Sergio Pérez , Stoffel Vandoorne , Vettel (three each), Pierre Gasly , Nico Hülkenberg , Daniel Ricciardo , Sergei Sirotkin (two each) and Lance Stroll (one) went into the race weekend with penalty points.

With Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso (one each), two former winners competed in this Grand Prix. Both won the race when it was held at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours .

Race stewards were Garry Connelly (AUS), Yannick Dalmas (FRA), Jean-Marie Krempff (FRA) and Vincenzo Spano (VEN).

free training

Hamilton was fastest in the first free practice with a lap time of 1: 32.231 minutes ahead of Bottas and Ricciardo. The training session was stopped a few minutes before the end after Ericsson hit the barrier and the vehicle caught fire. After the first free practice session, the speed limit was reduced from 80 to 60 km / h.

In the second free practice, Hamilton was again fastest in 1: 32.539 minutes ahead of Ricciardo and Verstappen.

In the third free practice session, Bottas set the fastest time in 1: 33.666 minutes ahead of Sainz and Charles Leclerc . After a few minutes it started to rain, so that most drivers only drove a few installation laps.

Qualifying

The qualifying consisted of three parts with a net running time of 45 minutes. In the first qualifying segment (Q1), the drivers had 18 minutes to qualify for the race. All drivers who achieved a time in the first section that was a maximum of 107 percent of the fastest lap time qualified for the Grand Prix. The best 15 drivers reached the next part. Hamilton was fastest. The Williams and McLaren drivers and Hartley were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. The Mercedes and Red Bull drivers drove their fastest lap on the Supersoft compound, all others on Ultrasoft . Hamilton was again fastest. Ericsson, Pierre Gasly , the Force India drivers and Hulkenberg were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 30.029 minutes ahead of Bottas and Vettel. It was the 74th pole position for Hamilton in the Formula 1 World Championship.

Hartley was moved to the end of the field this season because of the use of the fourth internal combustion engine, the fourth turbocharger , the fourth MGU-H , the third MGU-K , the third energy storage device and the third control electronics.

run

Hamilton won the race ahead of Verstappen and Raikkonen. Ricciardo, Vettel, Magnussen, Bottas, Sainz, Hülkenberg and Leclerc took the further points.

Hamilton thus took the lead in the overall standings from Vettel, Ricciardo was now third. The first three places in the constructors' championship remained unchanged.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG F1 W09 EQ Power +	Mercedes-AMG F1 M09 EQ Power +	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF71H	Ferrari 062 EVO	P
	07th	Kimi Raikkonen
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing RB14	Day, this year	P
	33	Max Verstappen
Sahara Force India F1 Team	11	Sergio Perez	Force India VJM11	Mercedes-AMG F1 M09 EQ Power +	P
	31	Esteban Ocon
Williams Martini Racing	18th	Lance Stroll	Williams FW41	Mercedes-AMG F1 M09 EQ Power +	P
	35	Sergei Sirotkin
Renault Sport F1 Team	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault RS18	Renault RE18	P
	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.
Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	28	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso STR13	Honda RA618H	P
	10	Pierre Gasly
Haas F1 team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-18	Ferrari 062 EVO	P
	20th	Kevin Magnussen
McLaren F1 Team	14th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren MCL33	Renault RE18	P
	02	Stoffel Vandoorne
Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team	09	Marcus Ericsson	Clean C37	Ferrari 062 EVO	P
	16	Charles Leclerc

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 31.271	1: 30.645	1: 30.029	01
02	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 31.776	1: 31.227	1: 30.147	02
03	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 31.820	1: 30.751	1: 30,400	03
04th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1: 31.531	1: 30.818	1: 30.705	04th
05	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	1: 31.910	1: 31.538	1: 30.895	05
06th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 31.567	1: 30.772	1: 31.057	06th
07th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	1: 32.394	1: 32.016	1: 32.126	07th
08th	Charles Leclerc	Clean Ferrari	1: 32.538	1: 32.055	1: 32.635	08th
09	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 32.169	1: 31.510	1: 32.930	09
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 32.083	1: 31.472	no time	10
11	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1: 32.786	1: 32.075	-	11
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 32.949	1: 32.115	-	12
13	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 32.692	1: 32.454	-	13
14th	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 32.447	1: 32.460	-	14th
15th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 32.804	1: 32.820	-	15th
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	1: 32.976	-	-	16
17th	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 33.025	-	-	20th
18th	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	1: 33.162	-	-	17th
19th	Sergei Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	1: 33.636	-	-	18th
20th	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1: 33.729	-	-	19th
107 percent time : 1: 37.659 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 31.271 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Hartley was moved to the end of the field to use a new power unit.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1	1: 30: 11.385	01	1: 34,509 (49.)
02	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	53	1	+ 7.090	04th	1: 34.275 (47th)
03	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	53	1	+ 25.888	06th	1: 34.398 (48th)
04th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	53	1	+ 34.736	05	1: 35.382 (37.)
05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	53	2	+1: 01.935	03	1: 34.485 (42nd)
06th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	53	1	+1: 19.364	09	1: 35.425 (50.)
07th	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	53	2	+1: 20.632	02	1: 34.225 (41.)
08th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	53	1	+1: 27.184	07th	1: 35.638 (46.)
09	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	53	1	+1: 31.989	12	1: 35.873 (46.)
10	Charles Leclerc	Clean Ferrari	53	1	+1: 33.873	08th	1: 35.977 (45th)
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	52	1	+ 1 lap	10	1: 35.695 (47th)
12	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	52	1	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 36.675 (48th)
13	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	52	1	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 36.494 (37.)
14th	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	52	1	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 36.839 (40.)
15th	Sergei Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	52	1	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 38,300 (35th)
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	50	2	DNF	16	1: 35,133 (48th)
17th	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	48	1	DNF	19th	1: 38.319 (35.)
-	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	27	0	DNF	13	1: 38.319 (25.)
-	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	0	0	DNF	11	-
-	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	0	0	DNF	14th	-

Remarks

1. ↑ Sirotkin subsequently received a time penalty of five seconds because he drove unnecessarily slowly behind the safety car.

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 145 02  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 131 03  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 96 04th  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 92 05  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 83 06th  Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 68 07th  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 34 08th  Fernando Alonso McLaren-Renault 32 09  Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 28 10  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 27

Item driver constructor Points 11  Pierre Gasly Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 18th 12  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 17th 13  Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 11 14th  Charles Leclerc Clean Ferrari 11 15th  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Renault 8th 16  Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 4th 17th  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 2 18th  Brendon Hartley Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 1 19th  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 0 20th  Sergei Sirotkin Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 237 2  Ferrari 214 3  Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 164 4th  Renault 62 5  McLaren-Renault 40

Item constructor Points 06th  Force India-Mercedes 28 07th  Haas-Ferrari 27 08th  Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 19th 09  Clean Ferrari 12 10  Williams-Mercedes 4th

Individual evidence