2019 French Grand Prix

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The return of the Circuit Paul Ricard.

Race Details

Date

June 23, 2019

Race Number

1005

Official Name

Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2019

Location

Circuit Paul Ricard
Le Castellet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Course

Permanent racing facility
5.842 km (3.630 mi)

Distance

53 laps, 309.626 km (192.393 mi)

Pole Position

Driver

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

Time

1:28.319

Fastest Lap

Driver

Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari

Time

1:32.740 on lap 53

Podium

First	Second	Third
Lewis Hamilton	Valtteri Bottas	Charles Leclerc

Lap Leaders

The 2019 French Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2019)^[1] 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.

Background[]

Weather Conditions
Practice 1	Practice 2	Practice 3
Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy	Sunny

Qualifying	Race
Sunny	Partly Cloudy

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^[2]

Entry list[]

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	Mercedes	W10	Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	Mercedes	W10	Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
5	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow	Ferrari	SF90	Ferrari	064	P
16	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow	Ferrari	SF90	Ferrari	064	P
33	Max Verstappen	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB15	Honda	RA619H	P
10	Pierre Gasly	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB15	Honda	RA619H	P
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault F1 Team	Renault	RS19	Renault	E-Tech 19	P
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault F1 Team	Renault	RS19	Renault	E-Tech 19	P
8	Romain Grosjean	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-19	Ferrari	064	P
20	Kevin Magnussen	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-19	Ferrari	064	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL34	Renault	E-Tech 19	P
4	Lando Norris	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL34	Renault	E-Tech 19	P
11	Sergio Pérez	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team	Racing Point	RP19	BWT Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
18	Lance Stroll	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team	Racing Point	RP19	BWT Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo Racing	Alfa Romeo	C38	Ferrari	064	P
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing	Alfa Romeo	C38	Ferrari	064	P
26	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Toro Rosso	STR14	Honda	RA619H	P
23	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Toro Rosso	STR14	Honda	RA619H	P
63	George Russell	ROKiT Williams Racing	Williams	FW42	Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
88	Robert Kubica	ROKiT Williams Racing	Williams	FW42	Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
Free Practice 1 only
40	Nicholas Latifi	ROKiT Williams Racing	Williams	FW42	Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
source

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	Renault	1:34.540	9	1:33.020	12	1:31.802	8
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1:34.110	7	1:31.882	5	1:31.654	7
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.790	5	1:31.665	4	1:30.633	4
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:35.522	16	1:32.677	9	1:31.943	10
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:37.620	20	1:33.591	17	1:32.385	14
10	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:34.091	6	1:32.448	8	1:31.599	6
11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point-Mercedes	1:34.809	11	1:33.300	16	1:32.491	16
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:33.111	3	1:31.586	3	1:30.605	3
18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes	1:35.063	13	1:33.884	18	1:32.678	18
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:35.410	15	1:32.789	10	1:32.400	15
23	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1:34.804	10	1:33.023	13	1:32.178	13
26	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1:35.326	14	1:33.254	15	1:32.540	17
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:34.810	12	1:33.081	14	1:32.023	11
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	1:33.618	4	1:32.049	6	1:31.538	5
40	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:37.147	18	DNP	21 !	DNP	21 !
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.738	1	1:31.361	2	1:30.200	2
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	McLaren-Renault	1:34.261	8	1:32.432	7	1:31.887	9
63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	DNP	22 !	1:34.614	19	1:39.987	20
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:32.807	2	1:30.937	1	1:30.159	1
88	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	1:37.172	19	1:35.195	20	1:33.902	19
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:36.102	17	1:32.973	11	1:32.171	12
Source: ^[3]^[4]^[5]

Qualifying[]

Q1[]

Q2[]

Q3[]

Qualifying Results[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Grid
Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1		Q2		Q3		Grid
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	1:30.609	3	1:29.520	1	1:28.319	1
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1	1:30.550	1	1:29.437	2	1:28.605	2
3	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	3	1:30.647	4	1:29.699	3	1:28.965	3
4	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	14	1:31.327	6	1:30.099	4	1:29.409	4
5	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	8	1:30.989	5	1:30.019	5	1:29.418	5
6	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	McLaren-Renault	9	1:31.073	7	1:30.319	6	1:29.522	6
7	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	10	1:31.075	2	1:29.506	7	1:29.799	7
8	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	5	1:30.954	8	1:30.369	8	1:29.918	8
9	10	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing-Honda	11	1:31.152	10	1:30.421	9	1:30.184	9
10	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	13	1:31.180	9	1:30.408	10	1:33.420	10
11	23	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	15	1:31.445	11	1:30.461			11
12	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	7	1:30.972	12	1:30.533			12
13	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	4	1:30.865	13	1:30.544			13
14	11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	6	1:30.964	14	1:30.738			14
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	12	1:31.166	15	1:31.440			15
16	26	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	16	1:31.564					19*
17	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	17	1:31.626					16
18	18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	18	1:31.726					17
19	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	19	1:32.789					20^†
20	88	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	20	1:33.205					18
107% time: 1:36.888
Source: ^[6]

* 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.^[7]^[8]
^† Russell was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his third ES and third CE.^[9]

Grid[]

Race[]

Report[]

Results[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1h 24m 31.198s	1	25
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	53	+18.056s	2	18
3	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	53	+18.985s	3	15
4	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda	53	+34.905s	4	12
5	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	53	+62.796s	7	11*
6	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	McLaren-Renault	53	+95.462s	6	8
7	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	52	+1 Lap	12	6
8	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	52	+1 Lap	13	4
9	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	52	+1 Lap	5	2
10	10	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing-Honda	52	+1 Lap	9	1
11	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	52	+1 Lap^†	8
12	11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	52	+1 Lap	14
13	18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	52	+1 Lap	17
14	26	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	52	+1 Lap	19
15	23	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	52	+1 Lap	11
16	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	52	+1 Lap	10
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	52	+1 Lap	15
18	88	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	51	+2 Laps	18
19	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	51	+2 Laps	20
Ret	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	44	Retired	16
Source: ^[10]

* 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.^[11]

Milestones[]

Kimi Räikkönen's 300th start (302nd entry).
Antonio Giovinazzi's 10th entry and start.

Standings[]

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
Pos.	Team	Pts.	+/-
1	Mercedes	338	—
2	Ferrari	198	—
3	Red Bull Racing-Honda	137	—
4	McLaren-Renault	40	—
5	Renault	32	—
6	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	19	▲3
7	Racing Point-Mercedes	19	▼1
8	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	17	▼1
9	Haas-Ferrari	16	▼1

Only point-scoring drivers and constructors are shown.

Notes[]

↑ "Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2019". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2019/France.html. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
↑ "2019 French Grand Prix – Selected sets per driver". Pirelli. 11 June 2019. https://press.pirelli.com/2019-french-grand-prix--selected-sets-per-driver/. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
↑ "2019 French Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 21 June 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1007/france/practice-1.html. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
↑ "2019 French Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 21 June 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1007/france/practice-2.html. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
↑ "2019 French Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 22 June 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1007/france/practice-3.html. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
↑ "2019 French Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 22 June 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1007/france/qualifying.html. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 9". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 21 June 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/82537/download. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 23". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 22 June 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/82610/download. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
↑ "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 34". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 22 June 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/82641/download. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
↑ "France Grand Prix 2019 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 23 June 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1007/france/race-result.html. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
↑ "Ricciardo handed two post-race time penalties, loses French GP points". Formula 1®. 23 June 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.ricciardo-handed-two-post-race-time-penalties-loses-french-gp-points.6oCa3OCCGfyBOTEC1Nvvv3.html. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

V T E	2019 FIA Formula One World Championship
Teams	Alfa Romeo • Ferrari • Haas • McLaren • Mercedes • Racing Point • Red Bull • Renault • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines	Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault
Drivers alphabetically	Albon • Bottas • Gasly • Giovinazzi • Grosjean • Hamilton • Hülkenberg • Kubica • Kvyat • Leclerc • Magnussen • Norris • Pérez • Räikkönen • Ricciardo • Russell • Sainz • Stroll • Verstappen • Vettel
Drivers by number	3 Ricciardo • 4 Norris • 5 Vettel • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 10 Gasly • 11 Pérez • 16 Leclerc • 18 Stroll • 20 Magnussen • 23 Albon • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 33 Verstappen • 44 Hamilton • 55 Sainz • 63 Russell • 77 Bottas • 88 Kubica • 99 Giovinazzi
Other Drivers	Aitken • Alonso • Buemi • Calderón • Câmara • Correa • Delétraz • Ericsson • Fittipaldi • Fuoco • Gutiérrez • Hartley • Latifi • Ocon • Rigon • Schumacher • Sirotkin • Ticktum • Vandoorne • Wehrlein • Yamamoto
Cars	Alfa Romeo C38 • Ferrari SF90 • Haas VF-19 • McLaren MCL34 • Mercedes-AMG F1 W10 EQ Power+ • Racing Point RP19 • Red Bull RB15 • Renault RS19 • Toro Rosso STR14 • Williams FW42
Tyres	Pirelli
Races	Australia • Bahrain • China • Azerbaijan • Spain • Monaco • Canada • France • Austria • Britain • Germany • Hungary • Belgium • Italy • Singapore • Russia • Japan • Mexico • United States • Brazil • Abu Dhabi
Tests	Barcelona 1 • Barcelona 2
See also	2018 Formula One Season • 2020 Formula One Season • Category

V T E	French Grand Prix
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[2] "2019 French Grand Prix – Selected sets per driver". Pirelli. 11 June 2019. https://press.pirelli.com/2019-french-grand-prix--selected-sets-per-driver/. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[3] "2019 French Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 21 June 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1007/france/practice-1.html. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

[4] "2019 French Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 21 June 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1007/france/practice-2.html. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

[5] "2019 French Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 22 June 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1007/france/practice-3.html. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

[FRA_quali-6] "2019 French Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 22 June 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1007/france/qualifying.html. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

[Kvyat_penalty_1-7] "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 9". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 21 June 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/82537/download. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

[Kvyat_penalty_2-8] "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 23". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 22 June 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/82610/download. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

[Russell_penalty_2-9] "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 34". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 22 June 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/82641/download. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

[results-10] "France Grand Prix 2019 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 23 June 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1007/france/race-result.html. Retrieved 23 June 2019.

[11] "Ricciardo handed two post-race time penalties, loses French GP points". Formula 1®. 23 June 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.ricciardo-handed-two-post-race-time-penalties-loses-french-gp-points.6oCa3OCCGfyBOTEC1Nvvv3.html. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

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