Race · Round 8 of 21 · 23 June 2019

2019 French Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from pole at Circuit Paul Ricard. 1 of the starters was not classified.

Dry · High of 26 °C, no 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: Sebastian Vettel
Entries: 2019 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W10	1	53	Finished	25
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W10	2	53	Finished	18
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF90	3	53	Finished	15
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB15	4	53	Finished	12
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF90	7	53	Finished	11	fastest lap
6	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	MCL34	6	53	Finished	8
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C38	12	52	Finished	6
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	R.S.19	13	52	Finished	4
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL34	5	52	Finished	2
10	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing	RB15	9	52	Finished	1
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	R.S.19	8	52	Finished	0
12	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	RP19	14	52	Finished	0
13	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	RP19	17	52	Finished	0
14	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR14	19	52	Finished	0
15	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR14	11	52	Finished	0
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	C38	10	52	Finished	0
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-19	15	52	Finished	0
18	Robert Kubica	Williams	FW42	18	51	Finished	0
19	George Russell	Williams	FW42	20	51	Finished	0
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-19	16	44	Retirement	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
Valtteri Bottas	2	2	53
Charles Leclerc	3	3	53
Max Verstappen	4	4	53
Sebastian Vettel	7	5	53
Carlos Sainz	6	6	53
Kimi Raikkonen	12	7	52
Nico Hulkenberg	13	8	52
Lando Norris	5	9	52
Pierre Gasly	9	10	52
Daniel Ricciardo	8	11	52
Sergio Perez	14	12	52
Lance Stroll	17	13	52
Daniil Kvyat	19	14	52
Alexander Albon	11	15	52
Antonio Giovinazzi	10	16	52
Kevin Magnussen	15	17	52
Robert Kubica	18	18	51
George Russell	20	19	51
Romain Grosjean	16	DNF	44

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:30.609	1:29.520	1:28.319	—	0 m	—
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:30.550	1:29.437	1:28.605	+0.286	19 m	+0.286
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:30.647	1:29.699	1:28.965	+0.646	43 m	+0.360
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:31.327	1:30.099	1:29.409	+1.090	72 m	+0.444
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:30.989	1:30.019	1:29.418	+1.099	73 m	+0.009
6	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:31.073	1:30.319	1:29.522	+1.203	80 m	+0.104
7	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:31.075	1:29.506	1:29.799	+1.480	98 m	+0.277
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:30.954	1:30.369	1:29.918	+1.599	106 m	+0.119
9	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing	10	1:31.152	1:30.421	1:30.184	+1.865	123 m	+0.266
10	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:31.180	1:30.408	1:33.420	+5.101	337 m	+3.236
11	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso	23	1:31.445	1:30.461	—	—	67 m	—
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:30.972	1:30.533	—	—	72 m	—
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:30.865	1:30.544	—	—	72 m	—
14	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:30.964	1:30.738	—	—	85 m	—
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:31.166	1:31.440	—	—	131 m	—
16	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:31.564	—	—	—	65 m	—
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:31.626	—	—	—	69 m	—
18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:31.726	—	—	—	76 m	—
19	George Russell	Williams	63	1:32.789	—	—	—	144 m	—
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	88	1:33.205	—	—	—	171 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. 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	24	30.2
Valtteri Bottas	2	53	1	23	30.4
Charles Leclerc	3	53	1	21	30.2
Max Verstappen	4	53	1	20	30.1
Sebastian Vettel	5	53	2	25, 51	30.0, 30.5
Carlos Sainz	6	53	1	19	29.9
Kimi Raikkonen	7	52	1	31	30.0
Nico Hulkenberg	8	52	1	34	30.9
Lando Norris	9	52	1	18	30.6
Pierre Gasly	10	52	1	17	30.2
Daniel Ricciardo	11	52	1	16	31.0
Sergio Perez	12	52	1	18	37.3
Lance Stroll	13	52	1	39	30.8
Daniil Kvyat	14	52	1	32	30.2
Alexander Albon	15	52	1	25	30.3
Antonio Giovinazzi	16	52	2	7, 34	30.8, 31.7
Kevin Magnussen	17	52	1	16	30.8
Robert Kubica	18	51	1	24	29.8
George Russell	19	51	2	25, 33	31.9, 37.5
Romain Grosjean	DNF	44	1	31	30.8

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 · 2	24 · 23	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Charles Leclerc	2 · 3	2 · 3	23 · 21	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Max Verstappen	3 · 4	3 · 4	21 · 20	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Sebastian Vettel	4 · 7	4 · 5	20 · 25	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Lando Norris	4 · 5	4 · 9	20 · 18	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Sebastian Vettel	6 · 7	6 · 5	19 · 25	Carlos Sainz	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Daniel Ricciardo	7 · 8	5 · 11	25 · 16	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Carlos Sainz	5 · 6	9 · 6	18 · 19	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Kimi Raikkonen	6 · 12	6 · 7	19 · 31	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Alexander Albon · Kimi Raikkonen	11 · 12	15 · 7	25 · 31	Alexander Albon	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Nico Hulkenberg	12 · 13	7 · 8	31 · 34	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Nico Hulkenberg	5 · 13	9 · 8	18 · 34	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Sergio Perez	13 · 14	8 · 12	34 · 18	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Pierre Gasly	5 · 9	9 · 10	18 · 17	Pierre Gasly	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Pierre Gasly	8 · 9	11 · 10	16 · 17	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Pierre Gasly · Antonio Giovinazzi	9 · 10	10 · 16	17 · 7	Antonio Giovinazzi	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Sergio Perez	8 · 14	11 · 12	16 · 18	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Lance Stroll	14 · 17	12 · 13	18 · 39	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Kevin Magnussen	14 · 15	12 · 17	18 · 16	Kevin Magnussen	Kept their order
Lance Stroll · Daniil Kvyat	17 · 19	13 · 14	39 · 32	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Lance Stroll · Robert Kubica	17 · 18	13 · 18	39 · 24	Robert Kubica	Kept their order
Alexander Albon · Daniil Kvyat	11 · 19	15 · 14	25 · 32	Alexander Albon	Swapped places
Robert Kubica · Daniil Kvyat	18 · 19	18 · 14	24 · 32	Robert Kubica	Swapped places
Daniil Kvyat · George Russell	19 · 20	14 · 19	32 · 25	George Russell	Kept their order
Antonio Giovinazzi · Alexander Albon	10 · 11	16 · 15	7 · 25	Antonio Giovinazzi	Swapped places
Antonio Giovinazzi · Kevin Magnussen	10 · 15	16 · 17	7 · 16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Robert Kubica	15 · 18	17 · 18	16 · 24	Kevin Magnussen	Kept their order
Robert Kubica · George Russell	18 · 20	18 · 19	24 · 25	Robert Kubica	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	1:32.738	—	0 m	—	21
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:32.807	+0.069	4 m	+0.069	20
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:33.111	+0.373	23 m	+0.304	21
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:33.618	+0.880	55 m	+0.507	20
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:33.790	+1.052	66 m	+0.172	22
6	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing	10	1:34.091	+1.353	85 m	+0.301	20
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:34.110	+1.372	86 m	+0.019	23
8	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:34.261	+1.523	96 m	+0.151	26
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:34.540	+1.802	114 m	+0.279	18
10	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso	23	1:34.804	+2.066	130 m	+0.264	25
11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:34.809	+2.071	130 m	+0.005	21
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:34.810	+2.072	131 m	+0.001	25
13	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:35.063	+2.325	146 m	+0.253	22
14	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:35.326	+2.588	163 m	+0.263	24
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:35.410	+2.672	168 m	+0.084	19
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:35.522	+2.784	175 m	+0.112	22
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:36.102	+3.364	212 m	+0.580	22
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	40	1:37.147	+4.409	278 m	+1.045	25
19	Robert Kubica	Williams	88	1:37.172	+4.434	279 m	+0.025	27
20	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:37.620	+4.882	308 m	+0.448	9

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	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:30.937	—	0 m	—	34
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:31.361	+0.424	27 m	+0.424	25
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:31.586	+0.649	42 m	+0.225	31
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:31.665	+0.728	47 m	+0.079	32
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:31.882	+0.945	61 m	+0.217	31
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:32.049	+1.112	71 m	+0.167	29
7	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:32.432	+1.495	96 m	+0.383	27
8	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing	10	1:32.448	+1.511	97 m	+0.016	29
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:32.677	+1.740	112 m	+0.229	34
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:32.789	+1.852	119 m	+0.112	30
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:32.973	+2.036	131 m	+0.184	34
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:33.020	+2.083	134 m	+0.047	34
13	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso	23	1:33.023	+2.086	134 m	+0.003	35
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:33.081	+2.144	138 m	+0.058	32
15	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:33.254	+2.317	149 m	+0.173	37
16	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:33.300	+2.363	152 m	+0.046	30
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:33.591	+2.654	170 m	+0.291	27
18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:33.884	+2.947	189 m	+0.293	32
19	George Russell	Williams	63	1:34.614	+3.677	236 m	+0.730	33
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	88	1:35.195	+4.258	274 m	+0.581	32

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	1:30.159	—	0 m	—	18
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:30.200	+0.041	3 m	+0.041	15
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:30.605	+0.446	29 m	+0.405	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:30.633	+0.474	31 m	+0.028	13
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:31.538	+1.379	89 m	+0.905	11
6	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing	10	1:31.599	+1.440	93 m	+0.061	14
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:31.654	+1.495	97 m	+0.055	14
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:31.802	+1.643	106 m	+0.148	12
9	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:31.887	+1.728	112 m	+0.085	14
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:31.943	+1.784	116 m	+0.056	16
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:32.023	+1.864	121 m	+0.080	15
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:32.171	+2.012	130 m	+0.148	15
13	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso	23	1:32.178	+2.019	131 m	+0.007	16
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:32.385	+2.226	144 m	+0.207	15
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:32.400	+2.241	145 m	+0.015	13
16	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:32.491	+2.332	151 m	+0.091	15
17	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:32.540	+2.381	154 m	+0.049	22
18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:32.678	+2.519	163 m	+0.138	14
19	Robert Kubica	Williams	88	1:33.902	+3.743	243 m	+1.224	21
20	George Russell	Williams	63	1:39.987	+9.828	637 m	+6.085	4

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 2019
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Dates: 23 Jun 2019
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.