Race · Round 7 of 22 ·
2021 French Grand Prix
Max Verstappen won for Red Bull Racing from pole at Circuit Paul Ricard. Every starter was classified.
- Circuit
- Circuit Paul RicardLe Castellet, France
- Winner
- Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
- Pole
- Max Verstappen
- Fastest lap
- Max Verstappen
- Entries
- 2020 classified
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, 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.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:31.001 | 1:31.080 | 1:29.990 | — | — |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:31.237 | 1:30.788 | 1:30.248 | +0.258 | +0.258 |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:31.669 | 1:30.735 | 1:30.376 | +0.386 | +0.128 |
| 4 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:31.560 | 1:30.971 | 1:30.445 | +0.455 | +0.069 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:32.079 | 1:31.146 | 1:30.840 | +0.850 | +0.395 |
| 6 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:31.898 | 1:31.353 | 1:30.868 | +0.878 | +0.028 |
| 7 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:32.209 | 1:31.567 | 1:30.987 | +0.997 | +0.119 |
| 8 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:31.733 | 1:31.542 | 1:31.252 | +1.262 | +0.265 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:32.158 | 1:31.549 | 1:31.340 | +1.350 | +0.088 |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:32.181 | 1:31.615 | 1:31.382 | +1.392 | +0.042 |
| 11 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:32.139 | 1:31.736 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:32.132 | 1:31.767 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:32.722 | 1:31.813 | — | — | — |
| 14 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:33.060 | 1:32.065 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:32.942 | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:33.062 | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:33.354 | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:33.554 | — | — | — | — |
| NC | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 2:12.584 | — | — | — | — |
| 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.
Pit stops
Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.
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 stop duration and 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
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:33.448 | — | — | 24 |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:33.783 | +0.335 | +0.335 | 21 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:33.880 | +0.432 | +0.097 | 23 |
| 4 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:34.193 | +0.745 | +0.313 | 25 |
| 5 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:34.329 | +0.881 | +0.136 | 25 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:34.644 | +1.196 | +0.315 | 24 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:34.693 | +1.245 | +0.049 | 21 |
| 8 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:34.699 | +1.251 | +0.006 | 20 |
| 9 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:34.707 | +1.259 | +0.008 | 21 |
| 10 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:34.847 | +1.399 | +0.140 | 22 |
| 11 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:34.950 | +1.502 | +0.103 | 24 |
| 12 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:35.116 | +1.668 | +0.166 | 23 |
| 13 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:35.135 | +1.687 | +0.019 | 20 |
| 14 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:35.275 | +1.827 | +0.140 | 23 |
| 15 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:35.289 | +1.841 | +0.014 | 16 |
| 16 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:35.342 | +1.894 | +0.053 | 24 |
| 17 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:35.612 | +2.164 | +0.270 | 22 |
| 18 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:36.651 | +3.203 | +1.039 | 24 |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:37.329 | +3.881 | +0.678 | 14 |
| 20 | Roy Nissany (never started a Grand Prix) | Williams | 45 | 1:37.881 | +4.433 | +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.
Practice 2
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:32.872 | — | — | 21 |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:32.880 | +0.008 | +0.008 | 27 |
| 3 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:33.125 | +0.253 | +0.245 | 23 |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:33.340 | +0.468 | +0.215 | 25 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:33.550 | +0.678 | +0.210 | 23 |
| 6 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:33.685 | +0.813 | +0.135 | 23 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:33.696 | +0.824 | +0.011 | 25 |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:33.698 | +0.826 | +0.002 | 24 |
| 9 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:33.786 | +0.914 | +0.088 | 26 |
| 10 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:33.822 | +0.950 | +0.036 | 24 |
| 11 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:33.831 | +0.959 | +0.009 | 23 |
| 12 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:33.921 | +1.049 | +0.090 | 24 |
| 13 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:33.955 | +1.083 | +0.034 | 25 |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:34.079 | +1.207 | +0.124 | 24 |
| 15 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:34.447 | +1.575 | +0.368 | 25 |
| 16 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:34.632 | +1.760 | +0.185 | 24 |
| 17 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:35.266 | +2.394 | +0.634 | 25 |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:35.331 | +2.459 | +0.065 | 25 |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:35.512 | +2.640 | +0.181 | 24 |
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:35.551 | +2.679 | +0.039 | 23 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Practice 3
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 33 | 1:31.300 | — | — | 11 |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 77 | 1:32.047 | +0.747 | +0.747 | 14 |
| 3 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 55 | 1:32.195 | +0.895 | +0.148 | 17 |
| 4 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 11 | 1:32.238 | +0.938 | +0.043 | 15 |
| 5 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 44 | 1:32.266 | +0.966 | +0.028 | 15 |
| 6 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 4 | 1:32.336 | +1.036 | +0.070 | 14 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 14 | 1:32.624 | +1.324 | +0.288 | 15 |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 31 | 1:32.681 | +1.381 | +0.057 | 16 |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 10 | 1:32.707 | +1.407 | +0.026 | 16 |
| 10 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 3 | 1:32.759 | +1.459 | +0.052 | 14 |
| 11 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 16 | 1:32.820 | +1.520 | +0.061 | 15 |
| 12 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 99 | 1:33.017 | +1.717 | +0.197 | 17 |
| 13 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 18 | 1:33.051 | +1.751 | +0.034 | 15 |
| 14 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 5 | 1:33.200 | +1.900 | +0.149 | 18 |
| 15 | Kimi Raikkonen | Sauber | 7 | 1:33.328 | +2.028 | +0.128 | 16 |
| 16 | George Russell | Williams | 63 | 1:33.364 | +2.064 | +0.036 | 16 |
| 17 | Yuki Tsunoda | Scuderia AlphaTauri | 22 | 1:33.424 | +2.124 | +0.060 | 17 |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 6 | 1:33.584 | +2.284 | +0.160 | 16 |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 47 | 1:34.143 | +2.843 | +0.559 | 14 |
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 9 | 1:34.642 | +3.342 | +0.499 | 13 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
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.
Red Bull Racing RB16
Alexander Albon-Red Bull RB16 (4) · Alberto-g-rovi · CC BY 3.0
McLaren MCL35
Lando Norris-McLaren MCL35 (3) · Alberto-g-rovi · CC BY 3.0
AlphaTauri AT02
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 10 Gasly (side) · Lukas Raich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Alpine A521
Fernando Alonso, F1 British Grand Prix 2021 · Chris Down · CC BY 4.0 · unchecked
Aston Martin AMR21
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 5 Vettel · Lukas Raich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Ferrari SF21
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 16 Leclerc (side) · Lukas Raich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · uncheckedA 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
Williams FW43
George Russell 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix - race day · Eustace Bagge · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Alfa Romeo Racing C41
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 7 Räikkönen (side) · Lukas Raich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Haas VF-21
FIA F1 Austria 2021 Nr. 47 Schumacher (side) · Lukas Raich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · uncheckedWhere this comes from
- Round
- 7 of 2021
- Grand Prix
- French Grand Prix
- Dates
- 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.