French Grand Prix
2021 · Round 7 · Le Castellet, France · Jun 18-20, 2021Race summary
Victory went to Verstappen (from 1st on the grid), with a 2.904s margin. Stroll made the biggest gain, from 19th on the grid to 10th (up 9 places). Leclerc had a difficult race, dropping from 7th to 16th. The winner made 2 pit stops: on lap 18 (medium → hard), on lap 32 (hard → medium). The fastest pit stop went to Pérez (Red Bull) on lap 24, with 29.6s pit lane time. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Verstappen (1:36.404).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen 1:36.404 | Red Bull | 1 | 53 | 1:27:25.770 | 26 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 2 | 53 | +2.904 | 18 |
| 3 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 4 | 53 | +8.811 | 15 |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 3 | 53 | +14.618 | 12 |
| 5 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 8 | 53 | +1:04.032 | 10 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 10 | 53 | +1:15.857 | 8 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 6 | 53 | +1:16.596 | 6 |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 9 | 53 | +1:17.695 | 4 |
| 9 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 12 | 53 | +1:19.666 | 2 |
| 10 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 19 | 53 | +1:31.946 | 1 |
| 11 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 5 | 53 | +1:39.337 | 0 |
| 12 | George Russell | Williams | 14 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | – | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 14 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 11 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 15 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 13 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 7 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 17 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 17 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 16 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 15 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 18 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |