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2021 French Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2021 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: Bottas and Hamilton lead French GP first practice for Mercedes

FP2: Verstappen faster than Bottas and Hamilton in second practice

FP3: Verstappen comfortably leads the field in final practice

Qualifying: Max Verstappen seizes pole for French GP from Mercedes

Race: Verstappen wins tense back-and-forth French GP

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Le Castellet

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Le Castellet

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Le Castellet

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Le Castellet

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:33.448s		24
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.783s	+ 0.335s	21
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.880s	+ 0.432s	23
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:34.193s	+ 0.745s	25
5	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:34.329s	+ 0.881s	25
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:34.644s	+ 1.196s	24
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:34.693s	+ 1.245s	21
8	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:34.699s	+ 1.251s	20
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:34.707s	+ 1.259s	21
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:34.847s	+ 1.399s	22
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:34.950s	+ 1.502s	24
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:35.116s	+ 1.668s	23
13	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:35.135s	+ 1.687s	20
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:35.275s	+ 1.827s	23
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:35.289s	+ 1.841s	16
16	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:35.342s	+ 1.894s	24
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:35.612s	+ 2.164s	22
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:36.651s	+ 3.203s	24
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:37.329s	+ 3.881s	14
20	Roy Nissany	Williams	1:37.881s	+ 4.433s	16

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:32.872s		21
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:32.880s	+ 0.008s	27
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.125s	+ 0.253s	23
4	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:33.340s	+ 0.468s	25
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:33.550s	+ 0.678s	23
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:33.685s	+ 0.813s	23
7	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:33.696s	+ 0.824s	25
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:33.698s	+ 0.826s	24
9	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:33.786s	+ 0.914s	26
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:33.822s	+ 0.950s	24
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:33.831s	+ 0.959s	23
12	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:33.921s	+ 1.049s	24
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:33.955s	+ 1.083s	25
14	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:34.079s	+ 1.207s	24
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:34.447s	+ 1.575s	25
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:34.632s	+ 1.760s	24
17	George Russell	Williams	1:35.266s	+ 2.394s	25
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:35.331s	+ 2.459s	25
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:35.512s	+ 2.640s	24
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:35.551s	+ 2.679s	23

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.300s		11
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:32.047s	+ 0.747s	14
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:32.195s	+ 0.895s	17
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:32.238s	+ 0.938s	15
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.266s	+ 0.966s	15
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:32.336s	+ 1.036s	14
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:32.624s	+ 1.324s	15
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:32.681s	+ 1.381s	16
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:32.707s	+ 1.407s	16
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:32.759s	+ 1.459s	14
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:32.820s	+ 1.520s	15
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:33.017s	+ 1.717s	17
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:33.051s	+ 1.751s	15
14	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:33.200s	+ 1.900s	18
15	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:33.328s	+ 2.028s	16
16	George Russell	Williams	1:33.364s	+ 2.064s	16
17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:33.424s	+ 2.124s	17
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:33.584s	+ 2.284s	16
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:34.143s	+ 2.843s	14
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:34.642s	+ 3.342s	13

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

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	53 laps - 1:27:25.770s	2
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 2.904s	1
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 8.811s	1
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 14.618s	1
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 64.032s	1
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 75.857s	1
7	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 76.596s	1
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+ 77.695s	1
9	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+ 79.666s	1
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 91.946s	1
11	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 99.337s	1
12	George Russell	Williams	+ 1 lap	1
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	1
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 1 lap	1
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	1
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 1 lap	2
17	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	1
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+ 1 lap	1
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	+ 1 lap	1
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	+ 1 lap	1

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