Round 8 · 2019

French Grand Prix

CircuitCircuit Paul RicardLocationLe castellet, FranceDates21 Jun – 23 Jun 2019Final

WinnerHAMMercedes · from P1

PoleHAM

Fastest lap1:32.740Vettel · L53

Most laps led51Hamilton

Biggest gain+5Raikkonen P12→P7

Retirements1of 20 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1	0	53	1:24:31.198	1	25
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	2	0	53	+18.056	1	18
3	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	3	0	53	+18.985	1	15
4	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	4	0	53	+34.905	1	12
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	7	+2	53	+1:02.796 FL	2	11
6	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	6	0	53	+1:35.462	1	8
7	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	12	+5	52	+1 lap	1	6
8	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	13	+5	52	+1 lap	1	4
9	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	5	-4	52	+1 lap	1	2
10	Pierre Gasly GAS	Red Bull Racing	9	-1	52	+1 lap	1	1
11	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	8	-3	52	+1 lap	1
12	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	14	+2	52	+1 lap	1
13	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	17	+4	52	+1 lap	1
14	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	19	+5	52	+1 lap	1
15	Alexander Albon ALB	Toro Rosso	11	-4	52	+1 lap	1
16	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	10	-6	52	+1 lap	2
17	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	15	-2	52	+1 lap	1
18	Robert Kubica KUB	Williams	18	0	51	+2 laps	1
19	George Russell RUS	Williams	20	+1	51	+2 laps	2
—	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	16		44	DNF · L44	1

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	—	—	—	20
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	—	—	—	19
3	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	—	—	—	19
4	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	19
5	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	—	—	—	21
6	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	—	—	—	21
7	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	—	—	—	19
8	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	20
9	Pierre Gasly GAS	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	19
10	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	—	—	—	17
11	Alexander Albon ALB	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	14
12	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	—	—	—	14
13	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	15
14	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	—	—	—	15
15	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	—	—	—	17
16	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	6
17	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	—	—	—	9
18	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	—	—	—	9
19	George Russell RUS	Williams	—	—	—	8
20	Robert Kubica KUB	Williams	—	—	—	8

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:30.159		18
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:30.200	+0.041	15
3	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:30.605	+0.446	15
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:30.633	+0.474	13
5	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:31.538	+1.379	11
6	Pierre Gasly GAS	Red Bull Racing	1:31.599	+1.440	14
7	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:31.654	+1.495	14
8	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	1:31.802	+1.643	12
9	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	1:31.887	+1.728	14
10	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	1:31.943	+1.784	16
11	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:32.023	+1.864	15
12	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	1:32.171	+2.012	15
13	Alexander Albon ALB	Toro Rosso	1:32.178	+2.019	16
14	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:32.385	+2.226	15
15	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:32.400	+2.241	13
16	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	1:32.491	+2.332	15
17	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:32.540	+2.381	22
18	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	1:32.678	+2.519	14
19	Robert Kubica KUB	Williams	1:33.902	+3.743	21
20	George Russell RUS	Williams	1:39.987	+9.828	4

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:30.937		34
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:31.361	+0.424	25
3	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:31.586	+0.649	31
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:31.665	+0.728	32
5	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:31.882	+0.945	31
6	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:32.049	+1.112	29
7	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	1:32.432	+1.495	27
8	Pierre Gasly GAS	Red Bull Racing	1:32.448	+1.511	29
9	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	1:32.677	+1.740	34
10	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:32.789	+1.852	30
11	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	1:32.973	+2.036	34
12	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	1:33.020	+2.083	34
13	Alexander Albon ALB	Toro Rosso	1:33.023	+2.086	35
14	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:33.081	+2.144	32
15	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:33.254	+2.317	37
16	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	1:33.300	+2.363	30
17	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:33.591	+2.654	27
18	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	1:33.884	+2.947	32
19	George Russell RUS	Williams	1:34.614	+3.677	33
20	Robert Kubica KUB	Williams	1:35.195	+4.258	32

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:32.738		21
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:32.807	+0.069	20
3	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:33.111	+0.373	21
4	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:33.618	+0.880	20
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:33.790	+1.052	22
6	Pierre Gasly GAS	Red Bull Racing	1:34.091	+1.353	20
7	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:34.110	+1.372	23
8	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	1:34.261	+1.523	26
9	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	1:34.540	+1.802	18
10	Alexander Albon ALB	Toro Rosso	1:34.804	+2.066	25
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	1:34.809	+2.071	21
12	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:34.810	+2.072	25
13	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	1:35.063	+2.325	22
14	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:35.326	+2.588	24
15	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:35.410	+2.672	19
16	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	1:35.522	+2.784	22
17	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	1:36.102	+3.364	22
18	Nicholas Latifi LAT	Williams	1:37.147	+4.409	25
19	Robert Kubica KUB	Williams	1:37.172	+4.434	27
20	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:37.620	+4.882	9

Session schedule

Practice 1Final21 Jun 2019 08:55 UTC

Practice 2Final21 Jun 2019 12:55 UTC

Practice 3Final22 Jun 2019 10:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal22 Jun 2019 13:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal23 Jun 2019 13:10 UTC

Championship after round 8

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	187
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	151
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	111
4	Max Verstappen VER	100
5	Charles Leclerc LEC	87
6	Pierre Gasly GAS	37
7	Carlos Sainz SAI	26
8	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	19	▲2

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Valtteri Bottas BOT
Ferrari	Charles Leclerc LEC	—	Sebastian Vettel VET
Red Bull Racing	Max Verstappen VER	—	Pierre Gasly GAS
McLaren	Lando Norris NOR	—	Carlos Sainz SAI
Renault (2016–20)	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	—	Nico Hülkenberg HUL
Alfa Romeo	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	—	Kimi Raikkonen RAI
Toro Rosso	Alexander Albon ALB	—	Daniil Kvyat KVY
Racing Point	Sergio Pérez PER	—	Lance Stroll STR
Haas	Kevin Magnussen MAG	—	Romain Grosjean GRO
Williams	George Russell RUS	—	Robert Kubica KUB

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2018	French Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1
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