Race · Round 8 of 21 · 24 June 2018

2018 French Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from pole at Circuit Paul Ricard. 3 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 23 °C, 0.7 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Circuit Paul RicardLe Castellet, France
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas
Entries: 2017 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W09	1	53	Finished	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB14	4	53	Finished	18
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF71H	6	53	Finished	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB14	5	53	Finished	12
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF71H	3	53	Finished	10
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-18	9	53	Finished	8
7	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W09	2	53	Finished	6	fastest lap
8	Carlos Sainz	Renault	R.S.18	7	53	Finished	4
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	R.S.18	12	53	Finished	2
10	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	C37	8	53	Finished	1
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-18	10	52	Finished	0
12	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	MCL33	17	52	Finished	0
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C37	15	52	Finished	0
14	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR13	20	52	Finished	0
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	FW41	18	52	Finished	0
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MCL33	16	50	Suspension	0
17	Lance Stroll	Williams	FW41	19	48	Puncture	0
DNF	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM11	13	27	Engine	0
DNF	Esteban Ocon	Force India	VJM11	11	0	Collision	0
DNF	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR13	14	0	Collision	0

F1DB layout paul-ricard-3 · 5.842 km · 15 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	1	53
Max Verstappen	4	2	53
Kimi Raikkonen	6	3	53
Daniel Ricciardo	5	4	53
Sebastian Vettel	3	5	53
Kevin Magnussen	9	6	53
Valtteri Bottas	2	7	53
Carlos Sainz	7	8	53
Nico Hulkenberg	12	9	53
Charles Leclerc	8	10	53
Romain Grosjean	10	11	52
Stoffel Vandoorne	17	12	52
Marcus Ericsson	15	13	52
Brendon Hartley	20	14	52
Sergey Sirotkin	18	15	52
Fernando Alonso	16	16	50
Lance Stroll	19	17	48
Sergio Perez	13	DNF	27
Esteban Ocon	11	DNF	0
Pierre Gasly	14	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:31.271	1:30.645	1:30.029	—	0 m	—
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:31.776	1:31.227	1:30.147	+0.118	8 m	+0.118
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:31.820	1:30.751	1:30.400	+0.371	24 m	+0.253
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:31.531	1:30.818	1:30.705	+0.676	44 m	+0.305
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:31.910	1:31.538	1:30.895	+0.866	56 m	+0.190
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:31.567	1:30.772	1:31.057	+1.028	67 m	+0.162
7	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:32.394	1:32.016	1:32.126	+2.097	136 m	+1.069
8	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:32.538	1:32.055	1:32.635	+2.606	169 m	+0.509
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:32.169	1:31.510	1:32.930	+2.901	188 m	+0.295
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:32.083	1:31.472	—	—	53 m	—
11	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:32.786	1:32.075	—	—	92 m	—
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:32.949	1:32.115	—	—	95 m	—
13	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:32.692	1:32.454	—	—	117 m	—
14	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:32.447	1:32.460	—	—	117 m	—
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:32.804	1:32.820	—	—	140 m	—
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:32.976	—	—	—	109 m	—
17	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:33.025	—	—	—	112 m	—
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:33.162	—	—	—	121 m	—
19	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:33.636	—	—	—	151 m	—
20	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:33.729	—	—	—	157 m	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	53	1	33	24.3
Max Verstappen	2	53	1	25	24.4
Kimi Raikkonen	3	53	1	34	24.3
Daniel Ricciardo	4	53	1	28	24.3
Sebastian Vettel	5	53	2	1, 40	32.6, 31.0
Kevin Magnussen	6	53	1	28	25.4
Valtteri Bottas	7	53	2	1, 39	28.0, 30.7
Carlos Sainz	8	53	1	26	25.4
Nico Hulkenberg	9	53	1	37	25.0
Charles Leclerc	10	53	1	31	25.0
Romain Grosjean	11	52	1	34	30.0
Stoffel Vandoorne	12	52	1	40	24.4
Marcus Ericsson	13	52	1	35	24.3
Brendon Hartley	14	52	1	38	24.3
Sergey Sirotkin	15	52	1	1	26.3
Fernando Alonso	16	50	2	1, 46	25.8, 24.8
Lance Stroll	17	48	1	1	26.6
Sergio Perez	DNF	27	0	None recorded	—
Esteban Ocon	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Pierre Gasly	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas	1 · 2	1 · 7	33 · 1	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Max Verstappen	1 · 4	1 · 2	33 · 25	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Max Verstappen	3 · 4	5 · 2	1 · 25	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Kimi Raikkonen	4 · 6	2 · 3	25 · 34	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Daniel Ricciardo	4 · 5	2 · 4	25 · 28	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Kimi Raikkonen	5 · 6	4 · 3	28 · 34	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Carlos Sainz	6 · 7	3 · 8	34 · 26	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Daniel Ricciardo	3 · 5	5 · 4	1 · 28	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 3	7 · 5	1 · 1	Same lap	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Kevin Magnussen	3 · 9	5 · 6	1 · 28	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Kevin Magnussen	2 · 9	7 · 6	1 · 28	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Charles Leclerc · Kevin Magnussen	8 · 9	10 · 6	31 · 28	Kevin Magnussen	Swapped places
Kevin Magnussen · Romain Grosjean	9 · 10	6 · 11	28 · 34	Kevin Magnussen	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Carlos Sainz	2 · 7	7 · 8	1 · 26	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Nico Hulkenberg	7 · 12	8 · 9	26 · 37	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Charles Leclerc	7 · 8	8 · 10	26 · 31	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Nico Hulkenberg	8 · 12	10 · 9	31 · 37	Charles Leclerc	Swapped places
Charles Leclerc · Romain Grosjean	8 · 10	10 · 11	31 · 34	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Romain Grosjean · Stoffel Vandoorne	10 · 17	11 · 12	34 · 40	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Stoffel Vandoorne	15 · 17	13 · 12	35 · 40	Marcus Ericsson	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Stoffel Vandoorne	16 · 17	16 · 12	1 · 40	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Stoffel Vandoorne · Sergey Sirotkin	17 · 18	12 · 15	40 · 1	Sergey Sirotkin	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Brendon Hartley	15 · 20	13 · 14	35 · 38	Marcus Ericsson	Kept their order
Marcus Ericsson · Fernando Alonso	15 · 16	13 · 16	35 · 1	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Sergey Sirotkin · Brendon Hartley	18 · 20	15 · 14	1 · 38	Sergey Sirotkin	Swapped places
Lance Stroll · Brendon Hartley	19 · 20	17 · 14	1 · 38	Lance Stroll	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Sergey Sirotkin	16 · 18	16 · 15	1 · 1	Same lap	Swapped places
Sergey Sirotkin · Lance Stroll	18 · 19	15 · 17	1 · 1	Same lap	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Lance Stroll	16 · 19	16 · 17	1 · 1	Same lap	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:32.231	—	0 m	—	25
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:32.371	+0.140	9 m	+0.140	29
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:32.527	+0.296	19 m	+0.156	25
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:33.003	+0.772	49 m	+0.476	23
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:33.172	+0.941	60 m	+0.169	19
6	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:33.318	+1.087	69 m	+0.146	22
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:33.331	+1.100	70 m	+0.013	15
8	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:33.685	+1.454	92 m	+0.354	23
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:33.719	+1.488	94 m	+0.034	26
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:34.108	+1.877	119 m	+0.389	23
11	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:34.258	+2.027	128 m	+0.150	25
12	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:34.484	+2.253	143 m	+0.226	14
13	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:34.513	+2.282	145 m	+0.029	21
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:34.592	+2.361	150 m	+0.079	21
15	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:34.664	+2.433	154 m	+0.072	25
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:34.862	+2.631	167 m	+0.198	20
17	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:34.881	+2.650	168 m	+0.019	28
18	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:34.993	+2.762	175 m	+0.112	24
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:35.021	+2.790	177 m	+0.028	24
20	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:35.105	+2.874	182 m	+0.084	25

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:32.539	—	0 m	—	27
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:33.243	+0.704	44 m	+0.704	31
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:33.271	+0.732	46 m	+0.028	24
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:33.426	+0.887	56 m	+0.155	29
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:33.689	+1.150	73 m	+0.263	35
6	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:33.699	+1.160	73 m	+0.010	30
7	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:34.156	+1.617	102 m	+0.457	7
8	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:34.400	+1.861	117 m	+0.244	24
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:34.457	+1.918	121 m	+0.057	33
10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:34.535	+1.996	126 m	+0.078	35
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:35.067	+2.528	160 m	+0.532	30
12	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:35.086	+2.547	161 m	+0.019	33
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:35.172	+2.633	166 m	+0.086	28
14	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:35.583	+3.044	192 m	+0.411	33
15	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	1:35.697	+3.158	199 m	+0.114	31
16	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:35.705	+3.166	200 m	+0.008	25
17	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	1:35.936	+3.397	214 m	+0.231	34
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	1:35.970	+3.431	217 m	+0.034	35
19	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:36.080	+3.541	224 m	+0.110	13

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:33.666	—	0 m	—	3
2	Carlos Sainz	Renault	55	1:34.953	+1.287	80 m	+1.287	3
3	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	16	1:35.012	+1.346	84 m	+0.059	5
4	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:36.365	+2.699	168 m	+1.353	4
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:36.756	+3.090	193 m	+0.391	5
6	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	2	1:37.547	+3.881	242 m	+0.791	4
7	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso	10	1:38.317	+4.651	290 m	+0.770	5
8	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:38.450	+4.784	298 m	+0.133	3
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:39.641	+5.975	373 m	+1.191	4
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:39.738	+6.072	379 m	+0.097	3
11	Esteban Ocon	Force India	31	1:40.087	+6.421	400 m	+0.349	4
12	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:40.743	+7.077	441 m	+0.656	3
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:49.711	+16.045	1,001 m	+8.968	3
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	18	2:02.399	+28.733	1,792 m	+12.688	4
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	35	2:04.093	+30.427	1,898 m	+1.694	5
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	—	—	—	—	1
17	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso	28	—	—	—	—	3
18	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	—	—	—	—	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	—	—	—	—	2
20	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	—	—	—	—	3

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

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Where this comes from

Round: 8 of 2018
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Dates: 24 Jun 2018
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.