2018 French Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won the 2018 French Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Ricard on 24 Jun 2018 for Mercedes, from pole position; Max Verstappen was second and Kimi Räikkönen third. Pole position: Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton took the lead for good on lap 34 of 53, from Kimi Räikkönen; the lead changed hands 2 times in all. There was one safety-car period (laps 1 to 6). Hamilton stopped once, on lap 33; 14 of 17 finishers made 1 stop, and the median first stop was lap 28. The fastest lap was Valtteri Bottas's, 1:34.225 on lap 41. 17 of 20 starters were classified; 3 retired or were not classified. After the race Lewis Hamilton led the championship with 145 points, 14 ahead of Sebastian Vettel, with 13 rounds left.

Date

24 Jun 2018

Circuit

Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France

Round

8 of 21

Winner

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Pole position

Lewis Hamilton (1:30.029)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 4 drivers: Brendon Hartley qualified 17th, started 20th; Stoffel Vandoorne qualified 18th, started 17th; Sergey Sirotkin qualified 19th, started 18th; Lance Stroll qualified 20th, started 19th. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Lewis Hamilton: 1 stop (lap 33), stints of 33, 20 laps

2nd

Max Verstappen: 1 stop (lap 25), stints of 25, 28 laps

3rd

Kimi Räikkönen: 1 stop (lap 34), stints of 34, 19 laps

Finishers

1 stop: 14 · 2 stops: 3

First stops

median lap 28 of 53

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2018 standings