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Home / Seasons / 2022 F1 World Championship Season / 2022 French Grand Prix

2022 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 24 July 2022
Winner
  • Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-RBPT
Pole position
  • Monaco flag lazyload Charles Leclerc
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
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+1Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-RBPT531hr 30m 02.112s25
2+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes53+10.587s18
3+3United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellMercedes53+16.495s15
4-1Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRed Bull-RBPT53+17.310s12
5+14Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzFerrari53+28.872s11 FL
6+1Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault53+42.879s8
7-2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes53+52.026s6
8+2France flag lazyload Esteban OconAlpine-Renault53+56.959s4
9 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes53+1m 00.372s2
10+5Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes53+1m 02.549s1
11+1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes53+1m 04.494s 
12+2France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-RBPT53+1m 05.448s 
13 Thailand flag lazyload Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes53+1m 08.565s 
14-3Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari53+1m 16.666s 
15+2Germany flag lazyload Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari53+1m 20.394s 
16 China flag lazyload Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari47DNF 
R Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes40DNF 
R Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari37DNF 
R Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari17DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-RBPT17DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari
2 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-RBPT
3 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRed Bull-RBPT
4 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
5 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes
6 United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellMercedes
7 Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault
8 Japan flag lazyload Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-RBPT
9 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes
10 France flag lazyload Esteban OconAlpine-Renault
11 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
12 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes
13 Thailand flag lazyload Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes
14 France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-RBPT
15 Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes
16 China flag lazyload Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
17 Germany flag lazyload Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari
18 Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes
19 Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzFerrari
20 Denmark flag lazyload 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
1Monaco flag lazyload Charles LeclercFerrari1:30.872 
2Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-RBPT1:31.1760.304
3Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezRed Bull-RBPT1:31.3350.463
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:31.7650.893
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:32.0321.160
6United Kingdom flag lazyload George RussellMercedes1:32.1311.259
7Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault1:32.5521.680
8Japan flag lazyload Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-RBPT1:32.7801.908
9Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzFerrari––
10Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari––
Q2
11Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes1:32.922 
12France flag lazyload Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:33.048 
13Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:33.052 
14Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes1:33.276 
15Thailand flag lazyload Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes1:33.307 
Q1
16France flag lazyload Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-RBPT1:33.439 
17Canada flag lazyload Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes1:33.439 
18China flag lazyload Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:33.674 
19Germany flag lazyload Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari1:33.701 
20Canada flag lazyload Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes1:33.794 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaSwitzerland flag Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
Netherlands flag lazyload Nyck de VriesGermany flag lazyload Mercedes

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2022 French Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen233
2Monaco flag lazyload Charles Leclerc170
3Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez163
4Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz144
5United Kingdom flag lazyload George Russell143
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton127
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Lando Norris70
8France flag lazyload Esteban Ocon56
9Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas46
10Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso37
11Denmark flag lazyload Kevin Magnussen22
12Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo19
13France flag lazyload Pierre Gasly16
14Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel15
15Germany flag lazyload Mick Schumacher12
16Japan flag lazyload Yuki Tsunoda11
17China flag lazyload Guanyu Zhou5
18Canada flag lazyload Lance Stroll4
19Thailand flag lazyload Alexander Albon3

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-RBPT396
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari314
3Germany flag lazyload Mercedes270
4France flag lazyload Alpine-Renault93
5United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes89
6Switzerland flag Alfa Romeo-Ferrari51
7USA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari34
8Italy flag lazyload AlphaTauri-RBPT27
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Aston Martin-Mercedes19
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes3

Statistics & 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

See also

  • French Grand Prix
  • Le Castellet circuit
  • 2022 World Championship season

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