French Grand Prix Qualifying

Date
Sat 23rd June 2018 (UTC)

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16:00:00 UTC

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Formula 1

Season
2018

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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

Result Description
POS NO DRIVER Q1 Q2 Q3 LAPS
1 44 Hamilton 1:31.271 1:30.645 1:30.029 19
2 77 Bottas 1:31.776 1:31.227 1:30.147 17
3 5 Vettel 1:31.820 1:30.751 1:30.400 22
4 33 Verstappen 1:31.531 1:30.818 1:30.705 20
5 3 Ricciardo 1:31.910 1:31.538 1:30.895 20
6 7 Räikkönen 1:31.567 1:30.772 1:31.057 22
7 55 Sainz 1:32.394 1:32.016 1:32.126 23
8 16 Leclerc 1:32.538 1:32.055 1:32.635 22
9 20 Magnussen 1:32.169 1:31.510 1:32.930 24
10 8 Grosjean 1:32.083 1:31.472 DNF 20
11 31 Ocon 1:32.786 1:32.075 14
12 27 Hulkenberg 1:32.949 1:32.115 15
13 11 Perez 1:32.692 1:32.454 15
14 10 Gasly 1:32.447 1:32.460 17
15 9 Ericsson 1:32.804 1:32.820 18
16 14 Alonso 1:32.976 10
17 28 Hartley 1:33.025 10
18 2 Vandoorne 1:33.162 10
19 35 Sirotkin 1:33.636 9
20 18 Stroll 1:33.729 10

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