2018 French Grand Prix - wikipedia 2018 French Grand Prix 2018 French Grand Prix Race 8 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race → Layout of the Circuit Paul Ricard Race details Date 24 June 2018 Official name Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018 Location Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur, France Course Permanent racing circuit Course length 5.842 km ( 3.630 mi ) Distance 53 laps, 309.690 km ( 192.432 mi ) Pole position Driver Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Time 1 : 30.029 Fastest lap Driver Valtteri Bottas Mercedes Time 1 : 34.225 on lap 41 ( lap record ) Podium First Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Second Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing - TAG Heuer Third Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Lap leaders The 2018 French Grand Prix ( formally known as the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018 ) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 24 June 2018 at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France. The race was the eighth round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the first time that the French Grand Prix has been run since 2008. It was the 87th running of the French Grand Prix, and the 59th time the event had been included as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in 1950. Coming into the event, Felipe Massa was the reigning race winner, but he did not return to defend his win following his retirement from the sport at the end of the 2017 championship. Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel entered the race with a one - point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers ' Championship. In the World Constructors ' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by seventeen points. Contents 1 Report 1.1 Background 1.2 Drag reduction system 1.3 Tyres 1.4 Free practice 2 Classification 2.1 Qualifying 2.2 Race 2.3 Championship standings after the race 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links Report Background The race returned to the calendar for the first time since 2008, with Circuit Paul Ricard chosen as the venue. The circuit last hosted the French Grand Prix in 1990 before the event moved to the Circuit de Nevers Magny - Cours in 1991. The race used the 5.842 km ( 3.630 mi ) layout of the Circuit Paul Ricard for the first time. The layout includes a chicane on the Mistral straight as opposed to the 5.809 km ( 3.610 mi ) circuit that was used nine times between 1971 and 1985. The race was run in June, filling a vacancy left by the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The race in Azerbaijan was moved to an April date to avoid clashing with celebrations for centenary of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. Drag reduction system The circuit featured two drag reduction system ( DRS ) zones. The first was located along the main straight, while the second was on the Mistral Straight on the approach to the chicane. Tyres Tyre supplier Pirelli provided teams with the soft, supersoft and ultrasoft compounds of tyres. They reverted to their narrow tread compound following feedback from the teams in the wake of mid-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona - Catalunya. Free practice Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap in the first free practice session, which was cut short by an accident involving Sauber driver Marcus Ericsson. Ericsson lost control of his Sauber C37 on the approach to Turn 11 and spun into the barrier on the outside of the corner. The car hit the tyre wall at an angle and subsequently caught fire. Ericsson was unharmed, but with two minutes remaining the session was abandoned and the damage to his car so extensive that he was unable to take part in the second free practice session. Several drivers experienced spins during the session, most notably at Turn 6 where an intermittent and gusty local wind caught the drivers unaware as they accelerated away from the apex of the corner. Unlike Ericsson, all of the drivers avoided contact with the wall courtesy of the circuit 's unique, abrasive tarmac run - off areas designed to slow down cars that left the circuit. Hamilton was fastest again in the second free practice session despite having his flying lap interrupted by another red flag. Sergio Pérez lost a wheel as he turned onto the Mistral Straight, prompting race officials to mount an investigation as to whether Force India had released Pérez from the pit lane with his car in an unsafe condition. The session was restarted once Pérez 's car was cleared away. Classification Qualifying Pos. No. Driver Constructor Qualifying times Final grid Q1 Q2 Q3 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1 : 31.271 1 : 30.645 1 : 30.029 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1 : 31.776 1 : 31.227 1 : 30.147 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1 : 31.820 1 : 30.751 1 : 30.400 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing - TAG Heuer 1 : 31.531 1 : 30.818 1 : 30.705 5 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing - TAG Heuer 1 : 31.910 1 : 31.538 1 : 30.895 5 6 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1 : 31.567 1 : 30.772 1 : 31.057 6 7 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 1 : 32.394 1 : 32.016 1 : 32.126 7 8 16 Charles Leclerc Sauber - Ferrari 1 : 32.538 1 : 32.055 1 : 32.635 8 9 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas - Ferrari 1 : 32.169 1 : 31.510 1 : 32.930 9 10 8 Romain Grosjean Haas - Ferrari 1 : 32.083 1 : 31.472 no time 10 11 31 Esteban Ocon Force India - Mercedes 1 : 32.786 1 : 32.075 11 12 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault 1 : 32.949 1 : 32.115 12 13 11 Sergio Pérez Force India - Mercedes 1 : 32.692 1 : 32.454 13 14 10 Pierre Gasly Scuderia Toro Rosso - Honda 1 : 32.447 1 : 32.460 14 15 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber - Ferrari 1 : 32.804 1 : 32.820 15 16 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren - Renault 1 : 32.976 16 17 28 Brendon Hartley Scuderia Toro Rosso - Honda 1 : 33.025 20 18 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren - Renault 1 : 33.162 17 19 35 Sergey Sirotkin Williams - Mercedes 1 : 33.636 18 20 18 Lance Stroll Williams - Mercedes 1 : 33.729 19 107 % time : 1 : 37.659 Source : Notes ^ 1 -- Brendon Hartley received a 35 - place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit components. Race Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time / Retired Grid Points 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 53 1 : 30 : 11.385 25 33 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing - TAG Heuer 53 + 7.090 18 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 53 + 25.888 6 15 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing - TAG Heuer 53 + 34.736 5 12 5 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 53 + 1 : 01.935 10 6 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas - Ferrari 53 + 1 : 19.364 9 8 7 77 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 53 + 1 : 20.632 6 8 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 53 + 1 : 27.184 7 9 27 Nico Hülkenberg Renault 53 + 1 : 31.989 12 10 16 Charles Leclerc Sauber - Ferrari 53 + 1 : 33.873 8 11 8 Romain Grosjean Haas - Ferrari 52 + 1 lap 10 12 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren - Renault 52 + 1 lap 17 13 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber - Ferrari 52 + 1 lap 15 14 28 Brendon Hartley Scuderia Toro Rosso - Honda 52 + 1 lap 20 15 35 Sergey Sirotkin Williams - Mercedes 52 + 1 lap 18 16 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren - Renault 50 Suspension 16 17 18 Lance Stroll Williams - Mercedes 48 Puncture 19 Ret 11 Sergio Pérez Force India - Mercedes 27 Engine 13 Ret 31 Esteban Ocon Force India - Mercedes 0 Collision 11 Ret 10 Pierre Gasly Scuderia Toro Rosso - Honda 0 Collision 14 Source : Notes ^ 1 -- Sergey Sirotkin had 5 seconds added to his race time for driving unnecessarily slowly behind the safety car. ^ 2 -- Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll retired from the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90 % of the race distance. Championship standings after the race Drivers ' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points Lewis Hamilton 145 Sebastian Vettel 131 Daniel Ricciardo 96 Valtteri Bottas 92 5 Kimi Räikkönen 83 Constructors ' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points Mercedes 237 Ferrari 214 Red Bull Racing - TAG Heuer 164 Renault 62 5 McLaren - Renault 40 Note : Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2018 Paul Ricard FIA Formula 2 round Notes Jump up ^ The French Grand Prix used the short 3.812 km ( 2.369 mi ) configuration of the Circuit Paul Ricard between 1986 and 1990. References ^ Jump up to : `` Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018 ''. formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. Retrieved 26 May 2018. Jump up ^ `` Grands Prix France ''. statsF1.com. Retrieved 2018 - 08 - 29. Jump up ^ Spurgeon, Brad ( 22 June 2008 ). `` Felipe Massa, a Ferrari understudy, gets star role at Magny - Cours ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 26 May 2018. Jump up ^ `` Massa ends F1 career with ' great feeling ' ''. GPUpdate.net. JHED Media BV. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 27 November 2017. Jump up ^ Benson, Andrew ( 5 December 2016 ). `` French Grand Prix returns for 2018 after 10 - year absence ''. BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Jump up ^ `` Ариф Рагимов : В 2018 - м россиянам будет проще посетить гонки в Баку и Сочи '' ( Arif Ragimov : In 2018 it will be easy for Russians to visit both Baku and Sochi. ). autosport.com.ru ( in Russian ). Manuscript. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2018. Jump up ^ Noble, Jonathon ( 20 June 2018 ). `` Paul Ricard circuit to feature two DRS zones for F1 French GP ''. autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 20 June 2018. Jump up ^ `` Lewis Hamilton tops French GP practice as Sergio Perez loses wheel ''. BBC Sport. 22 June 2018. Jump up ^ `` Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018 -- Qualifying ''. Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018. Jump up ^ `` Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018 -- Race Result ''. Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2018 French Grand Prix. 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Question: who has won the formula one french grand prix 2018
Answer: Lewis Hamilton