French Grand Prix 2021

Paul Ricard
Le Castellet
20 June 2021
53 laps
309.7 km
5.842 km a lap

Pole positionMax VerstappenRed Bull · 1:29.990
Fastest lapMax Verstappen1:36.404 · lap 35
Winner started fromP1on the grid
Driver of the DayMax Verstappen22.9% of the fan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Max Verstappenfastest lap	33	Red Bull · Honda	1	53	1:27:25.770	26
2	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	2	53	+2.904	18
3	Sergio Pérez	11	Red Bull · Honda	4	53	+8.811	15
4	Valtteri Bottas	77	Mercedes	3	53	+14.618	12
5	Lando Norris	4	McLaren · Mercedes	8	53	+1:04.032	10
6	Daniel Ricciardo	3	McLaren · Mercedes	10	53	+1:15.857	8
7	Pierre Gasly	10	AlphaTauri · Honda	6	53	+1:16.596	6
8	Fernando Alonso	14	Alpine · Renault	9	53	+1:17.695	4
9	Sebastian Vettel	5	Aston Martin · Mercedes	12	53	+1:19.666	2
10	Lance Stroll	18	Aston Martin · Mercedes	19	53	+1:31.946	1
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Ferrari	5	53	+1:39.337
12	George Russell	63	Williams · Mercedes	14	52	+1 lap
13	Yuki Tsunoda	22	AlphaTauri · Honda	–	52	+1 lap
14	Esteban Ocon	31	Alpine · Renault	11	52	+1 lap
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	99	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	13	52	+1 lap
16	Charles Leclerc	16	Ferrari	7	52	+1 lap
17	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	17	52	+1 lap
18	Nicholas Latifi	6	Williams · Mercedes	16	52	+1 lap
19	Mick Schumacher	47	Haas · Ferrari	15	52	+1 lap
20	Nikita Mazepin	9	Haas · Ferrari	18	52	+1 lap

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Lewis Hamilton 38, Max Verstappen 10, Sergio Pérez 5. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Finish	Laps led
Max Verstappen	1	2	1	3	1	10
Lewis Hamilton	2	1	2	1	2	38
Sergio Pérez	4	4	4	4	3	5
Valtteri Bottas	3	3	3	2	4
Lando Norris	8	9	11	5	5
Daniel Ricciardo	10	8	8	6	6
Pierre Gasly	6	6	10	7	7
Fernando Alonso	9	11	14	8	8
Sebastian Vettel	12	10	5	10	9
Lance Stroll	19	14	6	12	10
Carlos Sainz Jr.	5	5	9	9	11
George Russell	14	17	17	13	12
Yuki Tsunoda	–	16	16	11	13
Esteban Ocon	11	12	12	14	14
Antonio Giovinazzi	13	13	13	15	15
Charles Leclerc	7	7	7	16	16
Kimi Räikkönen	17	15	15	17	17
Nicholas Latifi	16	18	18	18	18
Mick Schumacher	15	20	20	19	19
Nikita Mazepin	18	19	19	20	20

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 80 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

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Driver	Lap 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Last lap
Max Verstappen	+2.3	0.0	+7.3	0.0
Lewis Hamilton	0.0	+0.7	0.0	+2.9
Sergio Pérez	+8.4	+17.9	+11.5	+8.8
Valtteri Bottas	+5.0	+2.5	+2.8	+14.6
Lando Norris	+27.7	+52.7	+57.1	+64.0
Daniel Ricciardo	+26.7	+50.6	+62.8	+75.9
Pierre Gasly	+24.7	+52.1	+67.7	+76.6
Fernando Alonso	+31.2	+56.5	+70.5	+77.7
Sebastian Vettel	+29.8	+34.2	+78.6	+79.7
Lance Stroll	+33.6	+44.0	+84.7	+91.9
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+23.5	+51.6	+74.4	+99.3
George Russell	+39.8	+65.8	+87.2	+105.2
Yuki Tsunoda	+36.8	+62.7	+83.3	+109.5
Esteban Ocon	+32.1	+53.7	+89.8	+110.3
Antonio Giovinazzi	+33.3	+54.7	+92.3	+114.7
Charles Leclerc	+25.8	+49.6	+99.1	+118.0
Kimi Räikkönen	+35.3	+57.6	+105.2	+119.8
Nicholas Latifi	+40.9	+73.6	+106.7	+120.6
Mick Schumacher	+52.9	+93.1	+128.5	+151.3
Nikita Mazepin	+47.3	+79.2	+132.3	+165.4

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

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

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Yuki Tsunoda	–	PL	5 places – 5

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Sergio Pérez	1	24	29.682 s
Nicholas Latifi	1	18	29.775 s
Daniel Ricciardo	1	16	29.951 s
George Russell	1	17	30.092 s
Esteban Ocon	1	28	30.207 s
Yuki Tsunoda	1	15	30.226 s
Lewis Hamilton	1	19	30.263 s
Lando Norris	1	24	30.531 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	17	30.534 s
Valtteri Bottas	1	17	30.572 s
Antonio Giovinazzi	1	28	30.586 s
Pierre Gasly	1	17	30.781 s
Nikita Mazepin	1	31	30.983 s
Lance Stroll	1	34	30.996 s
Sebastian Vettel	1	37	31.069 s
Fernando Alonso	1	18	31.288 s
Kimi Räikkönen	1	33	31.327 s
Mick Schumacher	1	15	31.457 s
Max Verstappen	2	18, 32	29.803 s
Charles Leclerc	2	14, 38	30.798 s

Every stop, lap by lap (22)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
14	Charles Leclerc	1	30.798 s
15	Yuki Tsunoda	1	30.226 s
15	Mick Schumacher	1	31.457 s
16	Daniel Ricciardo	1	29.951 s
17	George Russell	1	30.092 s
17	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	30.534 s
17	Valtteri Bottas	1	30.572 s
17	Pierre Gasly	1	30.781 s
18	Nicholas Latifi	1	29.775 s
18	Max Verstappen	1	29.803 s
18	Fernando Alonso	1	31.288 s
19	Lewis Hamilton	1	30.263 s
24	Sergio Pérez	1	29.682 s
24	Lando Norris	1	30.531 s
28	Esteban Ocon	1	30.207 s
28	Antonio Giovinazzi	1	30.586 s
31	Nikita Mazepin	1	30.983 s
32	Max Verstappen	2	30.123 s
33	Kimi Räikkönen	1	31.327 s
34	Lance Stroll	1	30.996 s
37	Sebastian Vettel	1	31.069 s
38	Charles Leclerc	2	31.368 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Max Verstappen	35	1:36.404
2	Sergio Pérez	53	1:36.693	+0.289
3	Valtteri Bottas	19	1:36.960	+0.556
4	Sebastian Vettel	52	1:37.138	+0.734
5	Lewis Hamilton	44	1:37.410	+1.006
6	Lando Norris	52	1:37.425	+1.021
7	Fernando Alonso	44	1:37.646	+1.242
8	Charles Leclerc	43	1:37.681	+1.277
9	Lance Stroll	44	1:37.828	+1.424
10	Kimi Räikkönen	46	1:37.992	+1.588

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 7. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 7
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Max Verstappen	131
2	Lewis Hamilton	119
3	Sergio Pérez	84
4	Lando Norris	76
5	Valtteri Bottas	59	▲1
6	Charles Leclerc	52	▼1
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	42
8	Pierre Gasly	37
9	Daniel Ricciardo	34	▲1
10	Sebastian Vettel	30	▼1

Constructors' championship after round 7
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Red Bull	215
2	Mercedes	178
3	McLaren	110	▲1
4	Ferrari	94	▼1
5	AlphaTauri	45
6	Aston Martin	40
7	Alpine	29
8	Alfa Romeo	2
9	Williams	0	▲1
10	Haas	0	▼1