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Home / Seasons / 2021 F1 World Championship Season / 2021 French Grand Prix

2021 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 20 June 2021
Winner
  • Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Honda
Pole position
  • Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Honda
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 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda531hr 27m 25.770s26 FL
2 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes53+2.904s18
3+1Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda53+8.811s15
4-1Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes53+14.618s12
5+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes53+1m 04.032s10
6+4Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes53+1m 15.857s8
7-1France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda53+1m 16.596s6
8+1Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault53+1m 17.695s4
9+3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes53+1m 19.666s2
10+9Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes53+1m 31.946s1
11-6Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzFerrari53+1m 39.337s 
12+2United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellWilliams-Mercedes52+1 lap 
13PLJapan flag lazyload Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda52+1 lap 
14-3France flag lazyload Esteban OconAlpine-Renault52+1 lap 
15-2Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari52+1 lap 
16-9Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari52+1 lap 
17 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari52+1 lap 
18-2Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes52+1 lap 
19-4Germany flag lazyload Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari52+1 lap 
20-2Russia flag lazyload Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari52+1 lap 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda
2 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
3 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes
4 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda
5 Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzFerrari
6 France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda
7 Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari
8 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes
9 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault
10 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes
11 France flag lazyload Esteban OconAlpine-Renault
12 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes
13 Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
14 United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellWilliams-Mercedes
15 Germany flag lazyload Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari
16 Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes
17 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
18 Russia flag lazyload Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari
19 Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes
Started from the pit lane
 -5Japan flag lazyload 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
1Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda1:29.990 
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:30.2480.258
3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasMercedes1:30.3760.386
4Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda1:30.4450.455
5Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzFerrari1:30.8400.850
6France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-Honda1:30.8680.878
7Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari1:30.9870.997
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:31.2521.262
9Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault1:31.3401.350
10Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes1:31.3821.392
Q2
11France flag lazyload Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:31.736 
12Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes1:31.767 
13Italy flag lazyload Antonio GiovinazziAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:31.813 
14United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellWilliams-Mercedes1:32.065 
15Germany flag lazyload Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari– 
Q1
16Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes1:33.062 
17Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:33.354 
18Russia flag lazyload Nikita MazepinHaas-Ferrari1:33.554 
19Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes2:12.584 
20Japan flag lazyload Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda– 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
Israel flag lazyload Roy NissanyUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2021 French Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen131
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton119
3Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez84
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando Norris76
5Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas59
6Monaco flag lazyload Charles Leclerc52
7Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz42
8France flag lazyload Pierre Gasly37
9Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo34
10Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel30
11Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso17
12France flag lazyload Esteban Ocon12
13Canada flag lazyload Lance Stroll10
14Japan flag lazyload Yuki Tsunoda8
15Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen1
16Italy flag lazyload Antonio Giovinazzi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Honda215
2Germany flag lazyload Mercedes178
3United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes110
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari94
5Italy flag lazyload AlphaTauri-Honda45
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Aston Martin-Mercedes40
7France flag lazyload Alpine-Renault29
8Switzerland flag Alfa Romeo-Ferrari2

Statistics & 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)

See also

  • French Grand Prix
  • Le Castellet circuit
  • 2021 World Championship season

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