French Grand Prix

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Sun 20th June 2021 3:00pm Local
Sun 20th June 2021 1:00pm UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2021

Round
Round 7

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Circuit Paul Ricard

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The French Grand Prix (French: Grand Prix de France), formerly known as the Grand Prix de l'ACF, is an auto race held as part of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's annual Formula One World Championship. It is one of the oldest motor races in the world as well as the first "Grand Prix". It ceased shortly after its centenary in 2008 with 86 races having been held, due to unfavourable financial circumstances and venues. The race returned to the Formula One calendar in 2018 with Circuit Paul Ricard hosting the race.

Unusually even for a race of such longevity, the location of the Grand Prix has moved frequently with 16 different venues having been used over its life, a number only eclipsed by the 23 venues used for the Australian Grand Prix since its 1928 start. It is also one of four races (along with the Belgian, Italian and Spanish Grands Prix) to have been held as part of the three distinct Grand Prix championships (World Manufacturers' Championship in the late 1920s, European Championship in the 1930s and Formula One World Championship since 1950).

The Grand Prix de l'ACF was tremendously influential in the early years of Grand Prix racing, leading the establishment of the rules and regulations of racing as well as setting trends in the evolution of racing. The power of the original organiser, the Automobile Club de France, established France as the home of motor racing organisation.

Max Verstappen fought back to pass Lewis Hamilton and take a brilliant win in the French Grand Prix to extend his championship lead.
Verstappen's Red Bull team gambled on an extra pit stop, sacrificing the lead to come back at Hamilton on fresher tyres to pass the Mercedes with two laps to go.

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01	Max Verstappen	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1:27:25.770
02	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	+2.904s
03	Sergio Perez	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+8.811s
04	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	+14.618s
05	Lando Norris	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+64.032s
06	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+75.857s
07	Pierre Gasly	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls Formula One Team	+76.596s
08	Fernando Alonso	BWT Alpine Formula One Team	+77.695s
09	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team	+79.666s
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team	+91.946s
11	Carlos Sainz Jr	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1:39.337
12	George Russell	Williams Racing	+1 Lap
13	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull KTM Ajo Moto2	+1 Lap
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine Endurance Team	+1 Lap
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+1 Lap
16	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1 Lap
17	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+1 Lap
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams Racing	+1 Lap
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas Factory Team	+1 Lap
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas Factory Team	+1 Lap