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2022 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitLe Castellet, 53 laps
Round12 of 22
Race numbers

The 2022 French Grand Prix was the

  • 1,069th World Championship race
  • 62nd World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 18th World Championship race at Le Castellet
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-RBPT531hr 30m 02.112s25
2+2(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes53+10.587s18
3+3(GBR) George RussellMercedes53+16.495s15
4-1(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-RBPT53+17.310s12
5+14(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari53+28.872s11 FL
6+1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault53+42.879s8
7-2(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes53+52.026s6
8+2(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault53+56.959s4
9 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes53+1m 00.372s2
10+5(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes53+1m 02.549s1
11+1(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes53+1m 04.494s 
12+2(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-RBPT53+1m 05.448s 
13 (THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes53+1m 08.565s 
14-3(FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari53+1m 16.666s 
15+2(DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari53+1m 20.394s 
16 (CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari47DNF 
R (CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes40DNF 
R (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari37DNF 
R (MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari17DNF 
R (JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-RBPT17DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari
2 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-RBPT
3 (MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-RBPT
4 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
5 (GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes
6 (GBR) George RussellMercedes
7 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault
8 (JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-RBPT
9 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes
10 (FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault
11 (FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
12 (DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes
13 (THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes
14 (FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-RBPT
15 (CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes
16 (CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
17 (DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari
18 (CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes
19 (ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari
20 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari

Notes

  • Carlos Sainz and Kevin Magnussen were required to start the race from the back of the grid for use of additional power unit elements.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari1:30.872 
2(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-RBPT1:31.1760.304
3(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-RBPT1:31.3350.463
4(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:31.7650.893
5(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:32.0321.160
6(GBR) George RussellMercedes1:32.1311.259
7(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault1:32.5521.680
8(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-RBPT1:32.7801.908
9(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari––
10(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari––
Q2
11(AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes1:32.922 
12(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:33.048 
13(FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:33.052 
14(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes1:33.276 
15(THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes1:33.307 
Q1
16(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-RBPT1:33.439 
17(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes1:33.439 
18(CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:33.674 
19(DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari1:33.701 
20(CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes1:33.794 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(POL) Robert KubicaAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
(NLD) Nyck de VriesMercedes

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(NLD) Max Verstappen233
2(MCO) Charles Leclerc170
3(MEX) Sergio Perez163
4(ESP) Carlos Sainz144
5(GBR) George Russell143
6(GBR) Lewis Hamilton127
7(GBR) Lando Norris70
8(FRA) Esteban Ocon56
9(FIN) Valtteri Bottas46
10(ESP) Fernando Alonso37
11(DNK) Kevin Magnussen22
12(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo19
13(FRA) Pierre Gasly16
14(DEU) Sebastian Vettel15
15(DEU) Mick Schumacher12
16(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda11
17(CHN) Guanyu Zhou5
18(CAN) Lance Stroll4
19(THA) Alexander Albon3

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Red Bull-RBPT396
2Ferrari314
3Mercedes270
4Alpine-Renault93
5McLaren-Mercedes89
6Alfa Romeo-Ferrari51
7Haas-Ferrari34
8AlphaTauri-RBPT27
9Aston Martin-Mercedes19
10Williams-Mercedes3

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
300th for Lewis Hamilton (6th driver to start 300 races, 2nd British driver)
50th for Alexander Albon (144th driver to start 50 races, 1st Thai driver)
Wins
27th for Max Verstappen
83rd for Red Bull
Podiums
187th for Lewis Hamilton
69th for Max Verstappen
5th for George Russell
272nd & 273rd for Mercedes
221st for Red Bull
Poles
16th for Charles Leclerc
238th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
3rd for Carlos Sainz
259th for Ferrari
Front row starts
37th for Max Verstappen
19th for Charles Leclerc