2022 French Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 24 July 2022 |
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| Circuit | Le Castellet, 53 laps |
| Round | 12 of 22 |
| Race numbers | The 2022 French Grand Prix was the
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 | +1 |  Max Verstappen | Red Bull-RBPT | 53 | 1hr 30m 02.112s | 25 |
| 2 | +2 |  Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 53 | +10.587s | 18 |
| 3 | +3 | George Russell | Mercedes | 53 | +16.495s | 15 |
| 4 | -1 |  Sergio Perez | Red Bull-RBPT | 53 | +17.310s | 12 |
| 5 | +14 |  Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 53 | +28.872s | 11 FL |
| 6 | +1 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | 53 | +42.879s | 8 |
| 7 | -2 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 53 | +52.026s | 6 |
| 8 | +2 |  Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 53 | +56.959s | 4 |
| 9 |  Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | 53 | +1m 00.372s | 2 | |
| 10 | +5 |  Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 53 | +1m 02.549s | 1 |
| 11 | +1 |  Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 53 | +1m 04.494s | |
| 12 | +2 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-RBPT | 53 | +1m 05.448s | |
| 13 |  Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 53 | +1m 08.565s | ||
| 14 | -3 |  Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 53 | +1m 16.666s | |
| 15 | +2 | Mick Schumacher | Haas-Ferrari | 53 | +1m 20.394s | |
| 16 |  Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 47 | DNF | ||
| R | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | 40 | DNF | ||
| R |  Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 37 | DNF | ||
| R |  Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 17 | DNF | ||
| R |  Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-RBPT | 17 | DNF | ||
Starting grid
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | |
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| 1 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-RBPT | |
| 3 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull-RBPT | |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |
| 5 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | |
| 6 | George Russell | Mercedes | |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | |
| 8 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-RBPT | |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | |
| 10 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | |
| 11 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin-Mercedes | |
| 13 | Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | |
| 14 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-RBPT | |
| 15 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes | |
| 16 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | |
| 17 | Mick Schumacher | Haas-Ferrari | |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | |
| 19 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | |
| 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-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
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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| Q3 | ||||
| 1 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:30.872 | |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull-RBPT | 1:31.176 | 0.304 |
| 3 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull-RBPT | 1:31.335 | 0.463 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:31.765 | 0.893 |
| 5 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:32.032 | 1.160 |
| 6 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:32.131 | 1.259 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | 1:32.552 | 1.680 |
| 8 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-RBPT | 1:32.780 | 1.908 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | – | – |
| 10 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | – | – |
| Q2 | ||||
| 11 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:32.922 | |
| 12 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1:33.048 | |
| 13 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1:33.052 | |
| 14 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1:33.276 | |
| 15 | Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 1:33.307 | |
| Q1 | ||||
| 16 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-RBPT | 1:33.439 | |
| 17 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 1:33.439 | |
| 18 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1:33.674 | |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas-Ferrari | 1:33.701 | |
| 20 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | 1:33.794 | |
Free practice appearances
| Driver | Constructor |
|---|---|
 Robert Kubica |  Alfa Romeo-Ferrari |
| Nyck de Vries | Mercedes |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-2022 French Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Max Verstappen | 233 |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc | 170 |
| 3 | Sergio Perez | 163 |
| 4 | Carlos Sainz | 144 |
| 5 | George Russell | 143 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | 127 |
| 7 | Lando Norris | 70 |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | 56 |
| 9 | Valtteri Bottas | 46 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | 37 |
| 11 | Kevin Magnussen | 22 |
| 12 | Daniel Ricciardo | 19 |
| 13 | Pierre Gasly | 16 |
| 14 | Sebastian Vettel | 15 |
| 15 | Mick Schumacher | 12 |
| 16 | Yuki Tsunoda | 11 |
| 17 | Guanyu Zhou | 5 |
| 18 | Lance Stroll | 4 |
| 19 | Alexander Albon | 3 |
Constructor
| Pos | Constructor | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Red Bull-RBPT | 396 |
| 2 |  Ferrari | 314 |
| 3 | Mercedes | 270 |
| 4 | Alpine-Renault | 93 |
| 5 | McLaren-Mercedes | 89 |
| 6 | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 51 |
| 7 |  Haas-Ferrari | 34 |
| 8 | AlphaTauri-RBPT | 27 |
| 9 | Aston Martin-Mercedes | 19 |
| 10 | Williams-Mercedes | 3 |
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