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2021 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitLe Castellet, 53 laps
Round7 of 22
Race numbers

The 2021 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 1,042nd World Championship race
  • 61st World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 17th World Championship race at Le Castellet
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda531hr 27m 25.770s26 FL
2 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes53+2.904s18
3+1(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda53+8.811s15
4-1(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes53+14.618s12
5+3(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes53+1m 04.032s10
6+4(AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes53+1m 15.857s8
7-1(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda53+1m 16.596s6
8+1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault53+1m 17.695s4
9+3(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes53+1m 19.666s2
10+9(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes53+1m 31.946s1
11-6(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari53+1m 39.337s 
12+2(GBR) George RussellWilliams-Mercedes52+1 lap 
13PL(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda52+1 lap 
14-3(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault52+1 lap 
15-2(ITA) Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari52+1 lap 
16-9(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari52+1 lap 
17 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari52+1 lap 
18-2(CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes52+1 lap 
19-4(DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari52+1 lap 
20-2(RUS) Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari52+1 lap 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda
2 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
3 (FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes
4 (MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda
5 (ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari
6 (FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda
7 (MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari
8 (GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes
9 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault
10 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes
11 (FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault
12 (DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes
13 (ITA) Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
14 (GBR) George RussellWilliams-Mercedes
15 (DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari
16 (CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes
17 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
18 (RUS) Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari
19 (CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes
Started from the pit lane
 -5(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda

Notes

  • Yuki Tsunoda received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change, and was required to start from the pit lane due to changes made to his car under parc ferme conditions.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda1:29.990 
2(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:30.2480.258
3(FIN) Valtteri BottasMercedes1:30.3760.386
4(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda1:30.4450.455
5(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari1:30.8400.850
6(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda1:30.8680.878
7(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari1:30.9870.997
8(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:31.2521.262
9(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault1:31.3401.350
10(AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes1:31.3821.392
Q2
11(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:31.736 
12(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes1:31.767 
13(ITA) Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:31.813 
14(GBR) George RussellWilliams-Mercedes1:32.065 
15(DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari– 
Q1
16(CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes1:33.062 
17(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:33.354 
18(RUS) Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari1:33.554 
19(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes2:12.584 
20(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda– 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(ISR) Roy NissanyWilliams-Mercedes

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(NLD) Max Verstappen131
2(GBR) Lewis Hamilton119
3(MEX) Sergio Perez84
4(GBR) Lando Norris76
5(FIN) Valtteri Bottas59
6(MCO) Charles Leclerc52
7(ESP) Carlos Sainz42
8(FRA) Pierre Gasly37
9(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo34
10(DEU) Sebastian Vettel30
11(ESP) Fernando Alonso17
12(FRA) Esteban Ocon12
13(CAN) Lance Stroll10
14(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda8
15(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen1
16(ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Red Bull-Honda215
2Mercedes178
3McLaren-Mercedes110
4Ferrari94
5AlphaTauri-Honda45
6Aston Martin-Mercedes40
7Alpine-Renault29
8Alfa Romeo-Ferrari2

Stats & milestones

Wins
13th for Max Verstappen
68th for Red Bull
Podiums
170th for Lewis Hamilton (1st driver to score 170 podiums, 1st British driver)
48th for Max Verstappen
12th for Sergio Perez
244th for Mercedes
190th & 191st for Red Bull
Poles
5th for Max Verstappen
65th for Red Bull
Fastest laps
13th for Max Verstappen
71st for Red Bull
Front row starts
164th for Lewis Hamilton
19th for Max Verstappen
Pole & win
3rd for Max Verstappen
Win & fastest lap
3rd for Max Verstappen (first since 2019)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
1st for Max Verstappen (46th different driver to complete a hat-trick, 1st Dutch driver)