Race · Round 7 of 22 · 20 June 2021

2021 French Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won for Red Bull Racing from pole at Circuit Paul Ricard. Every starter was classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 27 °C, 0.8 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Circuit Paul RicardLe Castellet, France
Winner: Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen
Entries: 2020 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	1	53	Finished	26	fastest lap
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W12	2	53	Finished	18
3	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	4	53	Finished	15
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W12	3	53	Finished	12
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL35M	8	53	Finished	10
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	MCL35M	10	53	Finished	8
7	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	6	53	Finished	6
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	A521	9	53	Finished	4
9	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	AMR21	12	53	Finished	2
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	AMR21	19	53	Finished	1
11	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	SF21	5	53	Finished	0
12	George Russell	Williams	FW43B	14	52	Finished	0
13	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	PL	52	Finished	0
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	A521	11	52	Finished	0
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	C41	13	52	Finished	0
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF21	7	52	Finished	0
17	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C41	17	52	Finished	0
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	FW43B	16	52	Finished	0
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	15	52	Finished	0
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	18	52	Finished	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. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Max Verstappen	1	1	53
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	2	53
Sergio Perez	4	3	53
Valtteri Bottas	3	4	53
Lando Norris	8	5	53
Daniel Ricciardo	10	6	53
Pierre Gasly	6	7	53
Fernando Alonso	9	8	53
Sebastian Vettel	12	9	53
Lance Stroll	19	10	53
Carlos Sainz	5	11	53
George Russell	14	12	52
Yuki Tsunoda	PL	13	52
Esteban Ocon	11	14	52
Antonio Giovinazzi	13	15	52
Charles Leclerc	7	16	52
Kimi Raikkonen	17	17	52
Nicholas Latifi	16	18	52
Mick Schumacher	15	19	52
Nikita Mazepin	18	20	52

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:31.001	1:31.080	1:29.990	—	0 m	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:31.237	1:30.788	1:30.248	+0.258	17 m	+0.258
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:31.669	1:30.735	1:30.376	+0.386	25 m	+0.128
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:31.560	1:30.971	1:30.445	+0.455	30 m	+0.069
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:32.079	1:31.146	1:30.840	+0.850	55 m	+0.395
6	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:31.898	1:31.353	1:30.868	+0.878	57 m	+0.028
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:32.209	1:31.567	1:30.987	+0.997	65 m	+0.119
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:31.733	1:31.542	1:31.252	+1.262	82 m	+0.265
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:32.158	1:31.549	1:31.340	+1.350	88 m	+0.088
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:32.181	1:31.615	1:31.382	+1.392	90 m	+0.042
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:32.139	1:31.736	—	—	64 m	—
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:32.132	1:31.767	—	—	66 m	—
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:32.722	1:31.813	—	—	69 m	—
14	George Russell	Williams	63	1:33.060	1:32.065	—	—	86 m	—
15	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:32.942	—	—	—	125 m	—
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:33.062	—	—	—	132 m	—
17	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:33.354	—	—	—	151 m	—
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:33.554	—	—	—	164 m	—
NC	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	2:12.584	—	—	—	2,670 m	—
NC	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	—	—	—	—	—	—

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. 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)
Max Verstappen	1	53	2	18, 32	29.8, 30.1
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	53	1	19	30.3
Sergio Perez	3	53	1	24	29.7
Valtteri Bottas	4	53	1	17	30.6
Lando Norris	5	53	1	24	30.5
Daniel Ricciardo	6	53	1	16	30.0
Pierre Gasly	7	53	1	17	30.8
Fernando Alonso	8	53	1	18	31.3
Sebastian Vettel	9	53	1	37	31.1
Lance Stroll	10	53	1	34	31.0
Carlos Sainz	11	53	1	17	30.5
George Russell	12	52	1	17	30.1
Yuki Tsunoda	13	52	1	15	30.2
Esteban Ocon	14	52	1	28	30.2
Antonio Giovinazzi	15	52	1	28	30.6
Charles Leclerc	16	52	2	14, 38	30.8, 31.4
Kimi Raikkonen	17	52	1	33	31.3
Nicholas Latifi	18	52	1	18	29.8
Mick Schumacher	19	52	1	15	31.5
Nikita Mazepin	20	52	1	31	31.0

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
Max Verstappen · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	1 · 2	18 · 19	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sergio Perez	2 · 4	2 · 3	19 · 24	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Valtteri Bottas	2 · 3	2 · 4	19 · 17	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Sergio Perez	3 · 4	4 · 3	17 · 24	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Carlos Sainz	4 · 5	3 · 11	24 · 17	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Lando Norris	3 · 8	4 · 5	17 · 24	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Lando Norris	7 · 8	16 · 5	14 · 24	Charles Leclerc	Swapped places
Lando Norris · Daniel Ricciardo	8 · 10	5 · 6	24 · 16	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Fernando Alonso	8 · 9	5 · 8	24 · 18	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Daniel Ricciardo	6 · 10	7 · 6	17 · 16	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Daniel Ricciardo	9 · 10	8 · 6	18 · 16	Daniel Ricciardo	Swapped places
Daniel Ricciardo · Esteban Ocon	10 · 11	6 · 14	16 · 28	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Pierre Gasly	5 · 6	11 · 7	17 · 17	Same lap	Swapped places
Pierre Gasly · Fernando Alonso	6 · 9	7 · 8	17 · 18	Pierre Gasly	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Charles Leclerc	6 · 7	7 · 16	17 · 14	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Sebastian Vettel	9 · 12	8 · 9	18 · 37	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Sebastian Vettel	11 · 12	14 · 9	28 · 37	Esteban Ocon	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Lance Stroll	12 · 19	9 · 10	37 · 34	Lance Stroll	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Antonio Giovinazzi	12 · 13	9 · 15	37 · 28	Antonio Giovinazzi	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Lance Stroll	5 · 19	11 · 10	17 · 34	Carlos Sainz	Swapped places
Nikita Mazepin · Lance Stroll	18 · 19	20 · 10	31 · 34	Nikita Mazepin	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · George Russell	5 · 14	11 · 12	17 · 17	Same lap	Kept their order
Antonio Giovinazzi · George Russell	13 · 14	15 · 12	28 · 17	George Russell	Swapped places
George Russell · Mick Schumacher	14 · 15	12 · 19	17 · 15	Mick Schumacher	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Antonio Giovinazzi	11 · 13	14 · 15	28 · 28	Same lap	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Antonio Giovinazzi	7 · 13	16 · 15	14 · 28	Charles Leclerc	Swapped places
Charles Leclerc · Kimi Raikkonen	7 · 17	16 · 17	14 · 33	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Nicholas Latifi · Kimi Raikkonen	16 · 17	18 · 17	18 · 33	Nicholas Latifi	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Nikita Mazepin	17 · 18	17 · 20	33 · 31	Nikita Mazepin	Kept their order
Mick Schumacher · Nicholas Latifi	15 · 16	19 · 18	15 · 18	Mick Schumacher	Swapped places
Mick Schumacher · Nikita Mazepin	15 · 18	19 · 20	15 · 31	Mick Schumacher	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	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:33.448	—	0 m	—	24
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:33.783	+0.335	21 m	+0.335	21
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:33.880	+0.432	27 m	+0.097	23
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:34.193	+0.745	47 m	+0.313	25
5	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:34.329	+0.881	55 m	+0.136	25
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:34.644	+1.196	75 m	+0.315	24
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:34.693	+1.245	78 m	+0.049	21
8	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:34.699	+1.251	78 m	+0.006	20
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:34.707	+1.259	79 m	+0.008	21
10	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:34.847	+1.399	87 m	+0.140	22
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:34.950	+1.502	94 m	+0.103	24
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:35.116	+1.668	104 m	+0.166	23
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:35.135	+1.687	105 m	+0.019	20
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:35.275	+1.827	114 m	+0.140	23
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:35.289	+1.841	115 m	+0.014	16
16	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:35.342	+1.894	118 m	+0.053	24
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:35.612	+2.164	135 m	+0.270	22
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:36.651	+3.203	200 m	+1.039	24
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:37.329	+3.881	243 m	+0.678	14
20	Roy Nissany (never started a Grand Prix)	Williams	45	1:37.881	+4.433	277 m	+0.552	16

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.

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	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:32.872	—	0 m	—	21
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:32.880	+0.008	1 m	+0.008	27
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:33.125	+0.253	16 m	+0.245	23
4	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:33.340	+0.468	29 m	+0.215	25
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:33.550	+0.678	43 m	+0.210	23
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:33.685	+0.813	51 m	+0.135	23
7	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:33.696	+0.824	52 m	+0.011	25
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:33.698	+0.826	52 m	+0.002	24
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:33.786	+0.914	57 m	+0.088	26
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:33.822	+0.950	60 m	+0.036	24
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:33.831	+0.959	60 m	+0.009	23
12	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:33.921	+1.049	66 m	+0.090	24
13	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:33.955	+1.083	68 m	+0.034	25
14	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:34.079	+1.207	76 m	+0.124	24
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:34.447	+1.575	99 m	+0.368	25
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:34.632	+1.760	111 m	+0.185	24
17	George Russell	Williams	63	1:35.266	+2.394	151 m	+0.634	25
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:35.331	+2.459	155 m	+0.065	25
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:35.512	+2.640	166 m	+0.181	24
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:35.551	+2.679	169 m	+0.039	23

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	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:31.300	—	0 m	—	11
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:32.047	+0.747	48 m	+0.747	14
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:32.195	+0.895	57 m	+0.148	17
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:32.238	+0.938	60 m	+0.043	15
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:32.266	+0.966	62 m	+0.028	15
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:32.336	+1.036	66 m	+0.070	14
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:32.624	+1.324	85 m	+0.288	15
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:32.681	+1.381	88 m	+0.057	16
9	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:32.707	+1.407	90 m	+0.026	16
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:32.759	+1.459	93 m	+0.052	14
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:32.820	+1.520	97 m	+0.061	15
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:33.017	+1.717	110 m	+0.197	17
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:33.051	+1.751	112 m	+0.034	15
14	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:33.200	+1.900	122 m	+0.149	18
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:33.328	+2.028	130 m	+0.128	16
16	George Russell	Williams	63	1:33.364	+2.064	132 m	+0.036	16
17	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:33.424	+2.124	136 m	+0.060	17
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:33.584	+2.284	146 m	+0.160	16
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:34.143	+2.843	182 m	+0.559	14
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:34.642	+3.342	214 m	+0.499	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.

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.

3 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 7 of 2021
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Dates: 20 Jun 2021
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Entrant: Red Bull-Honda
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.