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2018 French Grand Prix Results

Welcome to our coverage of the 2018 French Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Paul Ricard.

Session Reports

FP1: Hamilton leads the field in first practice at Paul Ricard

FP2: Hamilton stays on top but Bottas springs a leak

FP3: Rain-impacted final practice sees limited running from drivers

Qualifying: Hamilton and Bottas lock-out the front row at Le Castellet

Race: Hamilton cruises to win in France after Vettel and Bottas trip up

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday at Le Castellet

Gallery: All the pictures from Friday at Le Castellet

Gallery: All the pictures from Saturday at Le Castellet

Gallery: All the pictures from Sunday at Le Castellet

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.231s		25
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:32.371s	+ 0.140s	29
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:32.527s	+ 0.296s	25
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:33.003s	+ 0.772s	23
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.172s	+ 0.941s	19
6	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:33.318s	+ 1.087s	22
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.331s	+ 1.100s	15
8	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:33.685s	+ 1.454s	23
9	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:33.719s	+ 1.488s	26
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:34.108s	+ 1.877s	23
11	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:34.258s	+ 2.027s	25
12	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:34.484s	+ 2.253s	14
13	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:34.513s	+ 2.282s	21
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:34.592s	+ 2.361s	21
15	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:34.664s	+ 2.433s	25
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:34.862s	+ 2.631s	20
17	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:34.881s	+ 2.650s	28
18	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:34.993s	+ 2.762s	24
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:35.021s	+ 2.790s	24
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:35.105s	+ 2.874s	25

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.539s		27
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:33.243s	+ 0.704s	31
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.271s	+ 0.732s	24
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:33.426s	+ 0.887s	29
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.689s	+ 1.150s	35
6	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:33.699s	+ 1.160s	30
7	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:34.156s	+ 1.617s	7
8	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:34.400s	+ 1.861s	24
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:34.457s	+ 1.918s	33
10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:34.535s	+ 1.996s	35
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:35.067s	+ 2.528s	30
12	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:35.086s	+ 2.547s	33
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:35.172s	+ 2.633s	28
14	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:35.583s	+ 3.044s	33
15	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:35.697s	+ 3.158s	31
16	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:35.705s	+ 3.166s	25
17	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:35.936s	+ 3.397s	34
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:35.970s	+ 3.431s	35
19	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:36.080s	+ 3.541s	13
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:35.105s	+ 2.874s	25

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:33.666s		3
2	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:34.953s	+ 1.287s	3
3	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:35.012s	+ 1.346s	5
4	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:36.365s	+ 2.699s	4
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:36.756s	+ 3.090s	5
6	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:37.547s	+ 3.881s	4
7	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:38.317s	+ 4.651s	5
8	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:38.450s	+ 4.784s	3
9	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:39.641s	+ 5.975s	4
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:39.738s	+ 6.072s	3
11	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:40.087s	+ 6.421s	4
12	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:40.743s	+ 7.077s	3
13	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:49.711s	+ 16.045s	3
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	2:02.399s	+ 28.733s	4
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	2:04.093s	+ 30.427s	5
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas			1
17	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso			3
18	Romain Grosjean	Haas			1
19	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault			2
20	Max Verstappen	Red Bull			3

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.271s	1:30.645s	1:30.029s
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:31.776s	1:31.227s	1:30.147s
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:31.820s	1:30.751s	1:30.400s
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.531s	1:30.818s	1:30.705s
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:31.910s	1:31.538s	1:30.895s
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:31.567s	1:30.772s	1:31.057s
7	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:32.394s	1:32.016s	1:32.126s
8	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:32.538s	1:32.055s	1:32.635s
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:32.169s	1:31.510s	1:32.930s
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:32.083s	1:31.472s
11	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:32.786s	1:32.075s
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:32.949s	1:32.115s
13	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:32.692s	1:32.454s
14	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:32.447s	1:32.460s
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:32.804s	1:32.820s
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:32.976s
17	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:33.025s
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:33.162s
19	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:33.636s
20	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:33.729s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53 laps - 1:30:11.385s	1
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 7.090s	1
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	+ 25.888s	1
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	+ 34.736s	1
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 61.935s	2
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 79.364s	1
7	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 80.632s	2
8	Carlos Sainz	Renault	+ 87.184s	1
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	+ 91.989s	1
10	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	+ 93.873s	1
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas	+ 1 lap	1
12	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	+ 1 lap	1
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	+ 1 lap	1
14	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	1
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	+ 1 lap	1
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	+ 3 laps	3
17	Lance Stroll	Williams	DNF	1
18	Sergio Pérez	Force India	DNF	1
19	Esteban Ocon	Force India	DNF	0
20	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	DNF	0

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