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2022 French Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2022 French Grand Prix. From here you will find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet.

Session Reports

FP1: Leclerc fastest from Verstappen in French GP opening practice

FP2: Sainz and Leclerc shine in second practice under the French sun

FP3: Verstappen comfortably leads Ferrari drivers in final practice

Qualifying: Leclerc slipstreams to pole over Verstappen in France

Race: Verstappen beats Hamilton in France, Leclerc crashes out

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	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:33.930s		22
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:34.021s	+ 0.091s	18
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:34.268s	+ 0.338s	20
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:34.881s	+ 0.951s	24
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:34.979s	+ 1.049s	20
6	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:35.174s	+ 1.244s	20
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:35.232s	+ 1.302s	20
8	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:35.414s	+ 1.484s	23
9	Nyck de Vries	Mercedes	1:35.426s	+ 1.496s	22
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:35.660s	+ 1.730s	20
11	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:35.676s	+ 1.746s	20
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:35.810s	+ 1.880s	18
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:35.828s	+ 1.898s	20
14	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:35.851s	+ 1.921s	23
15	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:35.875s	+ 1.945s	21
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:36.022s	+ 2.092s	18
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:36.104s	+ 2.174s	21
18	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:36.127s	+ 2.197s	25
19	Robert Kubica	Alfa Romeo	1:36.332s	+ 2.402s	19
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:37.043s	+ 3.113s	22

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:32.527s		22
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:32.628s	+ 0.101s	22
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.077s	+ 0.550s	17
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:33.291s	+ 0.764s	20
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.517s	+ 0.990s	23
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:33.607s	+ 1.080s	21
7	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:33.906s	+ 1.379s	24
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:33.928s	+ 1.401s	24
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:33.984s	+ 1.457s	23
10	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:34.060s	+ 1.533s	16
11	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:34.259s	+ 1.732s	24
12	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:34.264s	+ 1.737s	27
13	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:34.420s	+ 1.893s	27
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:34.540s	+ 2.013s	24
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:34.595s	+ 2.068s	26
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:34.653s	+ 2.126s	23
17	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:34.654s	+ 2.127s	26
18	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:34.660s	+ 2.133s	26
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:35.195s	+ 2.668s	22
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:35.412s	+ 2.885s	26

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:32.272s		23
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:32.626s	+ 0.354s	14
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:32.909s	+ 0.637s	20
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.255s	+ 0.983s	22
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:33.293s	+ 1.021s	25
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:33.376s	+ 1.104s	18
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:33.505s	+ 1.233s	18
8	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:33.558s	+ 1.286s	19
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:33.669s	+ 1.397s	16
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:33.751s	+ 1.479s	19
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:33.788s	+ 1.516s	17
12	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:33.841s	+ 1.569s	16
13	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:33.869s	+ 1.597s	18
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:33.872s	+ 1.600s	20
15	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:33.911s	+ 1.639s	19
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:34.031s	+ 1.759s	23
17	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:34.122s	+ 1.850s	18
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:34.177s	+ 1.905s	20
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:34.222s	+ 1.950s	12
20	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:34.536s	+ 2.264s	11

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.727s	1:31.216s	1:30.872s
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.891s	1:31.990s	1:31.176s
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:32.354s	1:32.120s	1:31.335s
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.041s	1:32.274s	1:31.765s
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:32.672s	1:32.777s	1:32.032s
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:33.109s	1:32.633s	1:32.131s
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:32.819s	1:32.631s	1:32.552s
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:33.394s	1:32.836s	1:32.780s
9	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:32.297s	1:31.081s
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:32.756s	1:32.649s
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:33.404s	1:32.922s
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:33.346s	1:33.048s
13	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:33.034s	1:33.052s
14	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:33.285s	1:33.276s
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:33.423s	1:33.307s
16	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:33.439s
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:33.439s
18	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:33.674s
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:33.701s
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:33.794s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	53 laps - 1:30:02.112s	1
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 10.587s	1
3	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 16.495s	1
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 17.310s	1
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 28.872s	2
6	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+ 42.879s	1
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 52.026s	1
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 56.959s	1
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 60.372s	1
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 62.549s	1
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+ 64.494s	1
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 65.448s	1
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 68.565s	1
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 76.666s	2
15	Mick Schumacher	Haas	+ 80.394s	2
	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	DNF	2
	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	DNF	3
	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	DNF	3
	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	DNF	2
	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	DNF	2

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