2021 French Grand Prix
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Circuit | Le Castellet, 53 laps |
Round | 7 of 22 |
Race numbers | The 2021 French Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | (NLD) Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda | 53 | 1hr 27m 25.770s | 26 FL | |
2 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 53 | +2.904s | 18 | |
3 | +1 | (MEX) Sergio Perez | Red Bull-Honda | 53 | +8.811s | 15 |
4 | -1 | (FIN) Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 53 | +14.618s | 12 |
5 | +3 | (GBR) Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 53 | +1m 04.032s | 10 |
6 | +4 | (AUS) Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | 53 | +1m 15.857s | 8 |
7 | -1 | (FRA) Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-Honda | 53 | +1m 16.596s | 6 |
8 | +1 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | 53 | +1m 17.695s | 4 |
9 | +3 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 53 | +1m 19.666s | 2 |
10 | +9 | (CAN) Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 53 | +1m 31.946s | 1 |
11 | -6 | (ESP) Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 53 | +1m 39.337s | |
12 | +2 | (GBR) George Russell | Williams-Mercedes | 52 | +1 lap | |
13 | PL | (JPN) Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-Honda | 52 | +1 lap | |
14 | -3 | (FRA) Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 52 | +1 lap | |
15 | -2 | (ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 52 | +1 lap | |
16 | -9 | (MCO) Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 52 | +1 lap | |
17 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 52 | +1 lap | ||
18 | -2 | (CAN) Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | 52 | +1 lap | |
19 | -4 | (DEU) Mick Schumacher | Haas-Ferrari | 52 | +1 lap | |
20 | -2 | (RUS) Nikita Mazepin | Haas-Ferrari | 52 | +1 lap |
Starting grid
Pos | Driver | Constructor | |
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1 | (NLD) Max Verstappen | Red Bull-Honda | |
2 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |
3 | (FIN) Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | |
4 | (MEX) Sergio Perez | Red Bull-Honda | |
5 | (ESP) Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | |
6 | (FRA) Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-Honda | |
7 | (MCO) Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | |
8 | (GBR) Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | |
9 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | |
10 | (AUS) Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | |
11 | (FRA) Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | |
12 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin-Mercedes | |
13 | (ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | |
14 | (GBR) George Russell | Williams-Mercedes | |
15 | (DEU) Mick Schumacher | Haas-Ferrari | |
16 | (CAN) Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | |
17 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | |
18 | (RUS) Nikita Mazepin | Haas-Ferrari | |
19 | (CAN) Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes | |
Started from the pit lane | |||
-5 | (JPN) Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-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.
Free practice appearances
Driver | Constructor |
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(ISR) Roy Nissany | Williams-Mercedes |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (NLD) Max Verstappen | 131 |
2 | (GBR) Lewis Hamilton | 119 |
3 | (MEX) Sergio Perez | 84 |
4 | (GBR) Lando Norris | 76 |
5 | (FIN) Valtteri Bottas | 59 |
6 | (MCO) Charles Leclerc | 52 |
7 | (ESP) Carlos Sainz | 42 |
8 | (FRA) Pierre Gasly | 37 |
9 | (AUS) Daniel Ricciardo | 34 |
10 | (DEU) Sebastian Vettel | 30 |
11 | (ESP) Fernando Alonso | 17 |
12 | (FRA) Esteban Ocon | 12 |
13 | (CAN) Lance Stroll | 10 |
14 | (JPN) Yuki Tsunoda | 8 |
15 | (FIN) Kimi Raikkonen | 1 |
16 | (ITA) Antonio Giovinazzi | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | Red Bull-Honda | 215 |
2 | Mercedes | 178 |
3 | McLaren-Mercedes | 110 |
4 | Ferrari | 94 |
5 | AlphaTauri-Honda | 45 |
6 | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 40 |
7 | Alpine-Renault | 29 |
8 | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 2 |
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)