Round 8 · 2018

French Grand Prix

CircuitCircuit Paul RicardLocationLe castellet, FranceDates22 Jun – 24 Jun 2018Final

WinnerHAMMercedes · from P1

PoleHAM

Fastest lap1:34.225Bottas · L43

Most laps led54Hamilton

Biggest gain+6Hartley P20→P14

Retirements4of 20 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1	0	53	1:30:11.385	1	25
2	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	4	+2	53	+7.090	1	18
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	6	+3	53	+25.888	1	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	5	+1	53	+34.736	1	12
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	3	-2	53	+1:01.935	2	10
6	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	9	+3	53	+1:19.364	1	8
7	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	2	-5	53	+1:20.632 FL	2	6
8	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	7	-1	53	+1:27.184	1	4
9	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	12	+3	53	+1:31.989	1	2
10	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	8	-2	53	+1:33.873	1	1
11	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	10	-1	52	+1 lap	1
12	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	17	+5	52	+1 lap	1
13	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	15	+2	52	+1 lap	1
14	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	20	+6	52	+1 lap	1
15	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	18	+3	52	+1 lap	1
16	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	16	0	52	+1 lap	3
—	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	19		49	DNF · L49	1
—	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	13		28	DNF · L28	1
—	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	11		0	DNF · L0	—
—	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	14		0	DNF · L0	—

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	—	—	—	19
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	—	—	—	17
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	—	—	—	22
4	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	20
5	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	20
6	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	—	—	—	22
7	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	23
8	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	—	—	—	22
9	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	—	—	—	24
10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	—	—	—	20
11	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	—	—	—	14
12	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	15
13	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	—	—	—	15
14	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	17
15	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	—	—	—	18
16	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	—	—	—	10
17	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	—	—	—	10
18	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	—	—	—	9
19	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	—	—	—	10
20	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	10

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:33.666		3
2	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:34.953	+1.287	3
3	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:35.012	+1.346	5
4	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:36.365	+2.699	4
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:36.756	+3.090	5
6	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:37.547	+3.881	4
7	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:38.317	+4.651	5
8	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:38.450	+4.784	3
9	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:39.641	+5.975	4
10	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:39.738	+6.072	3
11	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:40.087	+6.421	4
12	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:40.743	+7.077	3
13	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:49.711	+16.045	3
14	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	2:02.399	+28.733	4
15	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	2:04.093	+30.427	5
16	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	—		1
17	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	—		3
18	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	—		1
19	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	—		2
20	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	—		3

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:32.539		27
2	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:33.243	+0.704	31
3	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:33.271	+0.732	24
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:33.426	+0.887	29
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:33.689	+1.150	35
6	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:33.699	+1.160	30
7	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:34.156	+1.617	7
8	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:34.400	+1.861	24
9	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:34.457	+1.918	33
10	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:34.535	+1.996	35
11	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:35.067	+2.528	30
12	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:35.086	+2.547	33
13	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:35.172	+2.633	28
14	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:35.583	+3.044	33
15	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:35.697	+3.158	31
16	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:35.705	+3.166	25
17	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:35.936	+3.397	34
18	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:35.970	+3.431	35
19	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:36.080	+3.541	13
20	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	—		0

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:32.231		25
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:32.371	+0.140	29
3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:32.527	+0.296	25
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:33.003	+0.772	23
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:33.172	+0.941	19
6	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:33.318	+1.087	22
7	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:33.331	+1.100	15
8	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:33.685	+1.454	23
9	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:33.719	+1.488	26
10	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:34.108	+1.877	23
11	Carlos Sainz SAI	Renault (2016–20)	1:34.258	+2.027	25
12	Esteban Ocon OCO	Force India	1:34.484	+2.253	14
13	Charles Leclerc LEC	Sauber	1:34.513	+2.282	21
14	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:34.592	+2.361	21
15	Brendon Hartley HAR	Toro Rosso	1:34.664	+2.433	25
16	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:34.862	+2.631	20
17	Lance Stroll STR	Williams	1:34.881	+2.650	28
18	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:34.993	+2.762	24
19	Stoffel Vandoorne VND	McLaren	1:35.021	+2.790	24
20	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	Williams	1:35.105	+2.874	25

Session schedule

Practice 1Final22 Jun 2018 08:00 UTC

Practice 2Final22 Jun 2018 10:00 UTC

Practice 3Final23 Jun 2018 08:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal23 Jun 2018 10:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal24 Jun 2018 10:00 UTC

Championship after round 8

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	145	▲1
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	131	▼1
3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	96	▲1
4	Valtteri Bottas BOT	92	▼1
5	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	83
6	Max Verstappen VER	68
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	34	▲1
8	Fernando Alonso ALO	32	▼1

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Valtteri Bottas BOT
Ferrari	Sebastian Vettel VET	—	Kimi Raikkonen RAI
Red Bull Racing	Max Verstappen VER	—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC
Renault (2016–20)	Carlos Sainz SAI	—	Nico Hülkenberg HUL
Sauber	Charles Leclerc LEC	—	Marcus Ericsson ERI
Haas	Kevin Magnussen MAG	—	Romain Grosjean GRO
Force India	Esteban Ocon OCO	—	Sergio Pérez PER
Toro Rosso	Pierre Gasly GAS	—	Brendon Hartley HAR
McLaren	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Stoffel Vandoorne VND
Williams	Sergey Sirotkin SIR	—	Lance Stroll STR

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
1990	French Grand Prix	Alain Prost PRO	Ferrari	4
1989	French Grand Prix	Alain Prost PRO	McLaren	1
1988	French Grand Prix	Alain Prost PRO	McLaren	1
1987	French Grand Prix	Nigel Mansell MNS	Williams	1
1986	French Grand Prix	Nigel Mansell MNS	Williams	2
1985	French Grand Prix	Nelson Piquet Souto Maior PIQ	Brabham	5
1983	French Grand Prix	Alain Prost PRO	Toleman	1
1982	French Grand Prix	Rene Alexandre Arnoux ALX	Toleman	1