2019 French Grand Prix

The 2019 French Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2019) was the eighth race of the 2019 Formula One season, the fifth-ninth time the French Grand Prix was held on the Formula One calendar, and the sixteenth time it was held at the Circuit Paul Ricard. It was held between 21 June and 23 June 2019.
In qualifying, Lewis Hamilton took his eighty-sixth pole position, ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Charles Leclerc. After abandoning his first lap in Q3, Sebastian Vettel could only manage seventh on the grid after setting a lap time at the end of the session.
In the race, Hamilton kept his lead while Max Verstappen failed to successfully overtake Leclerc. Hamilton led every lap and take his seventy-ninth victory, although he was denied of a Grand Chelem when Sebastian Vettel took the fastest lap on the final lap. Around the same time, Daniel Ricciardo attempted to pass Lando Norris, who was suffering from a hydraulics issue, but went off the track at Turn 8 and rejoined in an unsafe manner, forcing Norris off the track and dropping them both behind Kimi Räikkönen. Ricciardo then went off the track to pass Räikkönen and take seventh, while Norris lost another place to Nico Hülkenberg. Ricciardo was soon to be given two five-second penalties for both incidents, and was demoted to eleventh place behind Räikkönen, Hülkenberg, Norris and Pierre Gasly.
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==Background==
Driver tyre allocations
Driver 	Hard 	Med 	Soft 	Driver 	Hard 	Med 	Soft
Hamilton 	1 	3 	9 	Bottas 	1 	3 	9
Vettel 	1 	3 	9 	Leclerc 	1 	3 	9
Verstappen	1 	4 	8 	Gasly 	1 	3 	9
Ricciardo 	2 	1 	10 	Hülkenberg	1 	2 	10
Magnussen 	1 	2 	10 	Grosjean 	2 	1 	10
Sainz 	1 	3 	9 	Norris 	2 	2 	9
Pérez 	2 	3 	8 	Stroll 	2 	3 	8
Räikkönen 	1 	2 	10 	Giovinazzi	1 	2 	10
Kvyat 	2 	1 	10 	Albon 	1 	2 	10
Russell 	1 	3 	9 	Kubica 	2 	2 	9
Source 	Source	Source	Source	Source 	Source	Source	Source
==Entry list==
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	 	W10 	 	M10 EQ Power+ 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	 	W10 	 	M10 EQ Power+ 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow 	 	SF90 	 	064 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow 	 	SF90 	 	064 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 	 	RB15 	 	RA619H 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 	 	RB15 	 	RA619H 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Renault F1 Team 	 	RS19 	 	E-Tech 19 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Renault F1 Team 	 	RS19 	 	E-Tech 19 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-19 	 	064 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-19 	 	064 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL34 	 	E-Tech 19 	
4 	Lando Norris 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL34 	 	E-Tech 19 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team 	 	RP19 	BWT 	M10 EQ Power+ 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team 	 	RP19 	BWT 	M10 EQ Power+ 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Alfa Romeo Racing 	 	C38 	 	064 	
99 	Antonio Giovinazzi 	Alfa Romeo Racing 	 	C38 	 	064 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda 	 	STR14 	 	RA619H 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda 	 	STR14 	 	RA619H 	
63 	George Russell 	ROKiT Williams Racing 	 	FW42 	 	M10 EQ Power+ 	
88 	Robert Kubica 	ROKiT Williams Racing 	 	FW42 	 	M10 EQ Power+ 	
Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only 	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only	Free Practice 1 only
40 	Nicholas Latifi 	ROKiT Williams Racing 	 	FW42 	 	M10 EQ Power+ 	
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==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
===FP2===
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
No 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	 	 	 	 	 	
No 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:34.540	9 	1:33.020	12 	1:31.802	8 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Lando Norris 	 	1:34.110	7 	1:31.882	5 	1:31.654	7 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:33.790	5 	1:31.665	4 	1:30.633	4 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:35.522	16 	1:32.677	9 	1:31.943	10 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:37.620	20 	1:33.591	17 	1:32.385	14 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	1:34.091	6 	1:32.448	8 	1:31.599	6 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:34.809	11 	1:33.300	16 	1:32.491	16 	 	 	 	 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:33.111	3 	1:31.586	3 	1:30.605	3 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:35.063	13 	1:33.884	18 	1:32.678	18 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:35.410	15 	1:32.789	10 	1:32.400	15 	 	 	 	 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	 	1:34.804	10 	1:33.023	13 	1:32.178	13 	 	 	 	 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	1:35.326	14 	1:33.254	15 	1:32.540	17 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:34.810	12 	1:33.081	14 	1:32.023	11 	 	 	 	 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:33.618	4 	1:32.049	6 	1:31.538	5 	 	 	 	 	
40 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	1:37.147	18 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:32.738	1 	1:31.361	2 	1:30.200	2 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:34.261	8 	1:32.432	7 	1:31.887	9 	 	 	 	 	
63 	George Russell 	 	 	1:34.614	19 	1:39.987	20 	 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:32.807	2 	1:30.937	1 	1:30.159	1 	 	 	 	 	
88 	Robert Kubica 	 	1:37.172	19 	1:35.195	20 	1:33.902	19 	 	 	 	 	
99 	Antonio Giovinazzi	 	1:36.102	17 	1:32.973	11 	1:32.171	12 	 	 	 	 	
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==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	Grid
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	2 	1:30.609 	 	3 	1:29.520 	 	1 	1:28.319 	1
2 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	1 	1:30.550 	 	1 	1:29.437 	 	2 	1:28.605 	2
3 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	 	3 	1:30.647 	 	4 	1:29.699 	 	3 	1:28.965 	3
4 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	14 	1:31.327 	 	6 	1:30.099 	 	4 	1:29.409 	4
5 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	 	8 	1:30.989 	 	5 	1:30.019 	 	5 	1:29.418 	5
6 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	9 	1:31.073 	 	7 	1:30.319 	 	6 	1:29.522 	6
7 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	10 	1:31.075 	 	2 	1:29.506 	 	7 	1:29.799 	7
8 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	5 	1:30.954 	 	8 	1:30.369 	 	8 	1:29.918 	8
9 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	 	11 	1:31.152 	 	10 	1:30.421 	 	9 	1:30.184 	9
10 	99 	Antonio Giovinazzi 	 	 	13 	1:31.180 	 	9 	1:30.408 	 	10 	1:33.420 	10
11 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	 	15 	1:31.445 	 	11 	1:30.461 	 	 	 	11
12 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	7 	1:30.972 	 	12 	1:30.533 	 	 	 	12
13 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	4 	1:30.865 	 	13 	1:30.544 	 	 	 	13
14 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	6 	1:30.964 	 	14 	1:30.738 	 	 	 	14
15 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	12 	1:31.166 	 	15 	1:31.440 	 	 	 	15
16 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	 	16 	1:31.564 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19*
17 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	17 	1:31.626 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
18 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	 	18 	1:31.726 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
19 	63 	George Russell 	 	 	19 	1:32.789 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20†
20 	88 	Robert Kubica 	 	 	20 	1:33.205 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
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** Kvyat was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his fourth ICE, third MGU-K, third ES, third CE, fourth turbocharger and fourth MGU-H.
*† Russell was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his third ES and third CE.
===Grid===
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	53 	1h 24m 31.198s	1 	25
2 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	53 	+18.056s 	2 	18
3 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	53 	+18.985s 	3 	15
4 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	53 	+34.905s 	4 	12
5 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	53 	+62.796s 	7 	11*
6 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	53 	+95.462s 	6 	8
7 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	52 	+1 Lap 	12 	6
8 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	52 	+1 Lap 	13 	4
9 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	52 	+1 Lap 	5 	2
10 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	52 	+1 Lap 	9 	1
11 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	52 	+1 Lap† 	8 	
12 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	52 	+1 Lap 	14 	
13 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	52 	+1 Lap 	17 	
14 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	52 	+1 Lap 	19 	
15 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	52 	+1 Lap 	11 	
16 	99 	Antonio Giovinazzi	 	52 	+1 Lap 	10 	
17 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	52 	+1 Lap 	15 	
18 	88 	Robert Kubica 	 	51 	+2 Laps 	18 	
19 	63 	George Russell 	 	51 	+2 Laps 	20 	
Ret 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	44 	Retired 	16 	
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** 10 points for fifth place and 1 point for the fastest lap.
*† Ricciardo originally finished seventh, but was given two five-second time penalties. One was for leaving and rejoining the track unsafely while forcing Norris off the track, and the other was for leaving the track and gaining a lasting advantage in order to overtake Räikkönen.
==Milestones==
*Kimi Räikkönen's 300th start (302nd entry).
*Antonio Giovinazzi's 10th entry and start.
==Standings==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Lewis Hamilton 	187 	
2 	Valtteri Bottas 	151 	
3 	Sebastian Vettel 	111 	
4 	Max Verstappen 	100 	
5 	Charles Leclerc 	87 	
6 	Pierre Gasly 	37 	
7 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	26 	
8 	Kimi Räikkönen 	19 	3
9 	Nico Hülkenberg 	16 	3
10 	Daniel Ricciardo 	16 	2
11 	Lando Norris 	14 	2
12 	Kevin Magnussen 	14 	3
13 	Sergio Pérez 	13 	3
14 	Daniil Kvyat 	10 	
15 	Alexander Albon 	7 	
16 	Lance Stroll 	6 	
17 	Romain Grosjean 	2 	
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	338 	
2 	 	198 	
3 	 	137 	
4 	 	40 	
5 	 	32 	
6 	 	19 	3
7 	 	19 	1
8 	 	17 	1
9 	 	16 	1
Only point-scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
==Notes==
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