Full results from qualifying for the French Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Ricard, round 7 of the 2021 Formula 1 season.

2021 French Grand Prix - Qualifying results

Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:31.001s 1:31.080s 1:29.990s
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:31.237s 1:30.788s 1:30.248s
3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:31.669s 1:30.735s 1:30.376s
4 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1:31.560s 1:30.971s 1:30.445s
5 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:32.079s 1:31.146s 1:30.840s
6 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:31.898s 1:31.353s 1:30.868s
7 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:32.209s 1:31.567s 1:30.987s
8 Lando Norris McLaren 1:31.733s 1:31.542s 1:31.252s
9 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:32.158s 1:31.549s 1:31.340s
10 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1:32.181s 1:31.615s 1:31.382s
11 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:32.139s 1:31.736s
12 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:32.132s 1:31.767s
13 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1:32.722s 1:31.813s
14 George Russell Williams 1:33.060s 1:32.065s
15 Mick Schumacher Haas 1:32.942s
16 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:33.062s
17 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo 1:33.354s
18 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1:33.554s
19 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 2:12.584s
20 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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