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2019 French Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2019 French Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Circuit Paul Ricard.

Session Reports

FP1: Mercedes duo set the pace in French GP first practice

FP2: Bottas keeps Mercedes in charge at Paul Ricard

FP3: Bottas leads Hamilton as Merc lock-out continues

Qualifying: Hamilton leads Mercedes front row sweep as Vettel falters

Race: Hamilton tightens grip on title with easy win in France

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up at Paul Ricard

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day at Paul Ricard

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day at Paul Ricard

Gallery: All the pictures from race day at Paul Ricard

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.738s		21
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:32.807s	+ 0.069s	20
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:33.111s	+ 0.373s	21
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.618s	+ 0.880s	20
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.790s	+ 1.052s	22
6	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	1:34.091s	+ 1.353s	20
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:34.110s	+ 1.372s	23
8	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:34.261s	+ 1.523s	26
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:34.540s	+ 1.802s	18
10	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	1:34.804s	+ 2.066s	25
11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:34.809s	+ 2.071s	21
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:34.810s	+ 2.072s	25
13	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:35.063s	+ 2.325s	22
14	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:35.326s	+ 2.588s	24
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:35.410s	+ 2.672s	19
16	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:35.522s	+ 2.784s	22
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:36.102s	+ 3.364s	22
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:37.147s	+ 4.409s	25
19	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:37.172s	+ 4.434s	27
20	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:37.620s	+ 4.882s	9

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:30.937s		34
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.361s	+ 0.424s	25
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.586s	+ 0.649s	31
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:31.665s	+ 0.728s	32
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.882s	+ 0.945s	31
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:32.049s	+ 1.112s	29
7	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:32.432s	+ 1.495s	27
8	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	1:32.448s	+ 1.511s	29
9	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:32.677s	+ 1.740s	34
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:32.789s	+ 1.852s	30
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:32.973s	+ 2.036s	34
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:33.020s	+ 2.083s	34
13	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	1:33.023s	+ 2.086s	35
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:33.081s	+ 2.144s	32
15	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:33.254s	+ 2.317s	37
16	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:33.300s	+ 2.363s	30
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:33.591s	+ 2.654s	27
18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:33.884s	+ 2.947s	32
19	George Russell	Williams	1:34.614s	+ 3.677s	33
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:35.195s	+ 4.258s	32

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:30.159s		18
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.200s	+ 0.041s	15
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.605s	+ 0.446s	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:30.633s	+ 0.474s	13
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.538s	+ 1.379s	11
6	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	1:31.599s	+ 1.440s	14
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.654s	+ 1.495s	14
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:31.802s	+ 1.643s	12
9	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:31.887s	+ 1.728s	14
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:31.943s	+ 1.784s	16
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:32.023s	+ 1.864s	15
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:32.171s	+ 2.012s	15
13	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	1:32.178s	+ 2.019s	16
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:32.385s	+ 2.226s	15
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:32.400s	+ 2.241s	13
16	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:32.491s	+ 2.332s	15
17	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:32.540s	+ 2.381s	22
18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:32.678s	+ 2.519s	14
19	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:33.902s	+ 3.743s	21
20	George Russell	Williams	1:39.987s	+ 9.828s	4

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.609s	1:29.520s	1:28.319s
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:30.550s	1:29.437s	1:28.605s
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.647s	1:29.699s	1:28.965s
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.327s	1:30.099s	1:29.409s
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.989s	1:30.019s	1:29.418s
6	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:31.073s	1:30.319s	1:29.522s
7	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:31.075s	1:29.506s	1:29.799s
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:30.954s	1:30.369s	1:29.918s
9	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	1:31.152s	1:30.421s	1:30.184s
10	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:31.180s	1:30.408s	1:33.420s
11	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	1:31.445s	1:30.461s
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:30.972s	1:30.533s
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.865s	1:30.544s
14	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:30.964s	1:30.738s
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.166s	1:31.440s
16	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:31.564s
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:31.626s
18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:31.726s
19	George Russell	Williams	1:32.789s
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:33.205s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53 laps - 1:24:31.198s	1
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 18.056s	1
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 18.985s	1
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 34.905s	1
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 62.796s	2
6	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	+ 95.462s	1
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	1
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	+ 1 lap	1
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 1 lap	1
10	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	+ 1 lap	1
11	Daniel Ricciardo *	Renault	+ 1 lap	1
12	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	+ 1 lap	1
13	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	+ 1 lap	1
14	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	1
15	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	1
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	2
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	1
18	Robert Kubica	Williams	+ 2 laps	1
19	George Russell	Williams	+ 2 laps	2
20	Romain Grosjean	Haas	DNF	2

* Daniel Ricciardo received a five-second post-race time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage, plus an identical penalty for failing to rejoin the track safely.

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