2019 French Grand Prix

 2019 French Grand Prix

Racing data
8th of 21 races of the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2019
Date:	June 23, 2019
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: 28.319 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
Time:	1: 32.740 min (lap 53)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Third:	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari

The 2019 French Grand Prix (officially Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2019 ) took place on June 23 at the Paul Ricard Circuit in Le Castellet and was the eighth race of the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the Canadian Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton leads the drivers' standings with 29 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas and 62 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes leads Ferrari with 123 points and Red Bull Racing with 171 points .

At the French Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Hard (white, compound C2 ), P Zero Medium (yellow, C3 ) and P Zero Soft (red, C4 ), as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full for wet conditions -Wets (blue) available.

With Raikkonen and Hamilton (once each) two former winners competed at this Grand Prix.

Race stewards were Yannick Dalmas (FRA), Jean-Marie Krempff (FRA), Tim Mayer (USA) and Mathieu Remmerie (BEL).

free training

In the first free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 32.738 minutes ahead of Bottas and Charles Leclerc .

In the second free practice, Bottas was fastest in 1: 30.937 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Leclerc.

In the third free practice session, the first three positions remained unchanged.

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. Bottas was the fastest. Grosjean, Kwjat, the Williams pilots and Stroll were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Bottas was again fastest. Perez, Magnussen, Nico Hülkenberg , Raikkonen and Albon 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: 28.319 minutes ahead of Bottas and Leclerc. It was Hamilton's 86th pole position in the Formula 1 World Championship and the fastest lap time ever on this track.

run

Hamilton won the race ahead of Bottas and Leclerc. The remaining points were placed by Verstappen, Vettel, Sainz, Ricciardo, Raikkonen, Hülkenberg and Norris.

In the drivers' championship, Hamilton stayed ahead of Bottas and Vettel. 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 W10 EQ Power +	Mercedes-AMG F1 M10 EQ Power +	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF90	Ferrari 064	P
	16	Charles Leclerc
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing RB15	Honda RA619H	P
	10	Pierre Gasly
Renault F1 Team	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault RS19	Renault E-Tech 19th	P
	27	Nico Hulkenberg
Rich Energy Haas F1 Team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-19	Ferrari 064	P
	20th	Kevin Magnussen
McLaren F1 Team	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren MCL34	Renault E-Tech 19th	P
	04th	Lando Norris
SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team	11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point RP19	BWT Mercedes	P
	18th	Lance Stroll
Alfa Romeo Racing	07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing C38	Ferrari 064	P
	99	Antonio Giovinazzi
Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	26th	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso STR14	Honda RA619H	P
	23	Alexander Albon
ROKiT Williams Racing	63	George Russell	Williams FW42	Mercedes-AMG F1 M09 EQ Power +	P
	88	Robert Kubica
	40	Nicholas Latifi

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Williams with the starting number 40 was used in the first free practice for Latifi. Russell then took over the vehicle with his number 63 for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 30.609	1: 29.520	1: 28.319	01
02	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 30.550	1: 29.437	1: 28.605	02
03	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1: 30.647	1: 29.699	1: 29.965	03
04th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 31.327	1: 30.099	1: 29.409	04th
05	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1: 30.989	1: 30.019	1: 29.418	05
06th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	1: 31.073	1: 30.319	1: 29.522	06th
07th	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 31.075	1: 29.506	1: 29.799	07th
08th	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1: 30.954	1: 30.369	1: 29.918	08th
09	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 31,152	1: 30.421	1: 30.184	09
10	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 31.180	1: 30.408	1: 33.420	10
11	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 31.445	1: 30.461	-	11
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 30.972	1: 30.533	-	12
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 30.865	1: 30.544	-	13
14th	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 30.964	1: 30.738	-	14th
15th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 31.166	1: 31.440	-	15th
16	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 31.564	-	-	16
17th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 31.626	-	-	17th
18th	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 31.726	-	-	18th
19th	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1: 32.789	-	-	19th
20th	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	1: 33.205	-	-	box

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	Launch site	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1	1: 24: 31,198	01	1: 32,764 (53rd)
02	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	53	1	+ 18.056	02	1: 33,586 (43.)
03	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	53	1	+ 18.985	03	1: 33.828 (40.)
04th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	53	1	+ 34.905	04th	1: 34,162 (38th)
05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	53	2	+1: 02.796	07th	1: 32,740 (53rd)
06th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	53	1	+1: 35.462	06th	1: 34,561 (52nd)
07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	52	1	+ 1 lap	12	1: 34,950 (46th)
08th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	52	1	+ 1 lap	13	1: 34.754 (45th)
09	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	52	1	+ 1 lap	05	1: 35,197 (47.)
10	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing Honda	52	1	+ 1 lap	09	1: 35,150 (42nd)
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	52	1	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 34.873 (47th)
12	Sergio Perez	Racing Point BWT-Mercedes	52	1	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 35.014 (42nd)
13	Lance Stroll	Racing Point BWT-Mercedes	52	1	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 34.924 (44th)
14th	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	52	1	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 35.225 (43.)
15th	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	52	1	+ 1 lap	11	1: 35.029 (51st)
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	52	2	+ 1 lap	10	1: 35,115 (50.)
17th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	52	1	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 35.692 (50th)
18th	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	51	1	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 36.608 (50th)
19th	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	51	2	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 35.830 (51st)
-	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	44	1	DNF	16	1: 35.691 (42nd)

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. In addition, there was a point for the fastest race lap, as the driver ended up in the top ten.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 187 02  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 151 03  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 111 04th  Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda 100 05  Charles Leclerc Ferrari 87 06th  Pierre Gasly Red Bull Racing Honda 37 07th  Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 26th 08th  Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 19th 09  Daniel Ricciardo Renault 16 10  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 16

Item driver constructor Points 11  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 14th 12  Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 14th 13  Sergio Perez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 13 14th  Daniil Kvyat Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 10 15th  Alexander Albon Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 7th 16  Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 6th 17th  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 2 18th  Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 0 19th  George Russell Williams-Mercedes 0 20th  Robert Kubica Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 338 2  Ferrari 198 3  Red Bull Racing Honda 137 4th  McLaren-Renault 40 5  Renault 32

Item constructor Points 06th  Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 19th 07th  Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 19th 08th  Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 17th 09  Haas-Ferrari 16 10  Williams-Mercedes 0

Web links

Commons : French Grand Prix 2019  - Images, Videos and Audio Files Collection

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the 1st free practice. Retrieved June 21, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Results of the 2nd free training. Retrieved June 21, 2019 .