French Grand Prix
2022 · Round 12 · Le Castellet, France · Jul 22-24, 2022Race summary
Victory went to Verstappen (from 2nd on the grid), with a 10.6s margin. Sainz made the biggest gain, from 19th on the grid to 5th (up 14 places). Bottas had a difficult race, dropping from 11th to 14th. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Sainz (1:35.781).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 2 | 53 | 1:30:02.112 | 25 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 4 | 53 | +10.587 | 18 |
| 3 | George Russell | Mercedes | 6 | 53 | +16.495 | 15 |
| 4 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 3 | 53 | +17.310 | 12 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz 1:35.781 | Ferrari | 19 | 53 | +28.872 | 11 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 7 | 53 | +42.879 | 8 |
| 7 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 5 | 53 | +52.026 | 6 |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 10 | 53 | +56.959 | 4 |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 9 | 53 | +1:00.372 | 2 |
| 10 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 15 | 53 | +1:02.549 | 1 |
| 11 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 12 | 53 | +1:04.494 | 0 |
| 12 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 14 | 53 | +1:05.448 | 0 |
| 13 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 13 | 53 | +1:08.565 | 0 |
| 14 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 11 | 53 | +1:16.666 | 0 |
| 15 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 17 | 53 | +1:20.394 | 0 |
| 16 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 16 | 47 | +6 Laps | 0 |
| – | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 18 | 40 | Collision damage | 0 |
| – | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 20 | 37 | Collision damage | 0 |
| – | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1 | 17 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 8 | 17 | Undertray | 0 |