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French Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 24th June 2018 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2018

Round
Round 8

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Location

Circuit Paul Ricard

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The 2018 French Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 24 June 2018 at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France. The race was the eighth round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the first time that the French Grand Prix has been run since 2008. It was the eighty-seventh running of the French Grand Prix, and the fifty-eighth time the event had been included as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in 1950.

Lewis Hamilton took an unchallenged victory in the French Grand Prix after his two closest rivals at the start collided at the first corner. His Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas was knocked into a spin by Sebastian Vettel in a chaotic opening lap at Paul Ricard. Both had to pit for repairs and Vettel later received a five-second time penalty for causing the collision.
Vettel recovered to finish fifth place, with enough of a margin in hand over Kevin Magnussen that his five-second time penalty didn’t cost him a position. Bottas closed on the Haas driver on the final lap but had to settle for seventh place.
Coming into the event, Felipe Massa was the reigning race winner, but he did not return to defend his win following his retirement from the sport at the end of the 2017 championship.

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Result List

01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	30:11.4
02	Max Verstappen	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+0:07.090
03	Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:25.888
04	Daniel Ricciardo	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+0:34.736
05	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1:01.935
06	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Factory Team	+1:19.364
07	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	+1:20.632
08	Carlos Sainz Jr	Renault F1 Team	+1:27.184
09	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault F1 Team	+1:31.989
10	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	+1:33.873
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas Factory Team	+1 Lap
12	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1 Lap
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	+1 Lap
14	Hartley Hartley-Smith	Toro Rosso	+1 Lap
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams Racing	+1 Lap
16	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
17	Lance Stroll	Williams Racing	DNF
18	Sergio Perez	Force India	DNF
19	Esteban Ocon	Force India	DNF
20	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	DNF

Result Description

Pos/ Driver/Car/Laps/Time/Retired /Pts

1 /Lewis Hamilton /Mercedes /53/ 1:30:11.385/ 25
2 /Max Verstappen/Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer /53/ +7.090s/18
3 /Kimi Räikkönen /Ferrari /53/ +25.888s/ 15
4 /Daniel Ricciardo /Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer /53/ +34.736s/ 12
5 /Sebastian Vettel /Ferrari /53/ +61.935s/ 10
6 /Kevin Magnussen /Haas Ferrari /53/ +79.364s/ 8
7 /Valtteri Bottas /Mercedes /53/ +80.632s/ 6
8 /Carlos Sainz /Renault /53/ +87.184s/ 4
9 /Nico Hulkenberg /Renault /53/ +91.989s/ 2
10 /Charles Leclerc /Sauber Ferrari /53/ +93.873s/ 1
11/Romain Grosjean /Haas Ferrari /52/ +1 lap/ 0
12 /Stoffel Vandoorne /McLaren Renault /52/ +1 lap/ 0
13 /Marcus Ericsson /Sauber Ferrari /52/ +1 lap/ 0
14 /Brendon Hartley /Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda /52/ +1 lap/ 0
15 /Sergey Sirotkin /Williams Mercedes /52/+1 lap/ 0
16 /Fernando Alonso /McLaren Renault /50/ DNF/ 0
17 /Lance Stroll /Williams Mercedes /48/ DNF/ 0
NC /Sergio Perez /Force India Mercedes /27/ DNF/ 0
NC /Esteban Ocon /Force India Mercedes /0/ DNF/ 0
NC /Pierre Gasly /Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda /0/ DNF/ 0

Driver Standings
Pos /Driver /Nationality /Car /Pts

1 /Lewis Hamilton/United Kingdom/ 145
2 /Sebastian Vettel/Germany/ 131
3 /Daniel Ricciardo/Australia/ 96
4 /Valtteri Bottas/Finland/ 92
5 /Kimi Räikkönen/Finland/ 83

Constructor Standings
Pos/ Team/ Pts

1 /Mercedes /237
2/ Ferrari /214
3/ Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer/164
4/ Renault /62
5/ McLaren-Renault/40

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