Gridpedia2022 French Grand Prix
Max Verstappen won the 2022 French Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Ricard on 24 Jul 2022 for Red Bull, from 2nd on the grid; Lewis Hamilton was second and George Russell third. Pole position: Charles Leclerc.
Verstappen took the lead for good on lap 19 of 53, from Lewis Hamilton; the lead changed hands 2 times in all. There was one safety-car period (laps 18 to 21). Verstappen stopped once, on lap 16; 12 of 16 finishers made 1 stop, and the median first stop was lap 18. The fastest lap was Carlos Sainz's, 1:35.781 on lap 51. 16 of 20 starters were classified; 4 retired or were not classified. After the race Max Verstappen led the championship with 233 points, 63 ahead of Charles Leclerc, with 10 rounds left.
- Date
- 24 Jul 2022
- Circuit
- Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France
- Round
- 12 of 22
- Winner
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- Tyre compounds
- C2 hard C3 medium C4 soft source
- Pole position
- Charles Leclerc (1:30.872)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | VERMax Verstappen | Red Bull | 2 | 53 | 1:30:02.112 | 25 | |
| 2 | 44 | HAMLewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 4 | 53 | +10.587 | 18 | |
| 3 | 63 | RUSGeorge Russell | Mercedes | 6 | 53 | +16.495 | 15 | |
| 4 | 11 | PERSergio Pérez | Red Bull | 3 | 53 | +17.310 | 12 | |
| 5 | 55 | SAICarlos Sainz | Ferrari | 19q9 | 53 | +28.872 | 1:35.781 | 11 |
| 6 | 14 | ALOFernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 7 | 53 | +42.879 | 8 | |
| 7 | 4 | NORLando Norris | McLaren | 5 | 53 | +52.026 | 6 | |
| 8 | 31 | OCOEsteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 10q12 | 53 | +56.959 | 4 | |
| 9 | 3 | RICDaniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 9q11 | 53 | +60.372 | 2 | |
| 10 | 18 | STRLance Stroll | Aston Martin | 15q17 | 53 | +62.549 | 1 | |
| 11 | 5 | VETSebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 12q14 | 53 | +64.494 | 0 | |
| 12 | 10 | GASPierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 14q16 | 53 | +65.448 | 0 | |
| 13 | 23 | ALBAlexander Albon | Williams | 13q15 | 53 | +68.565 | 0 | |
| 14 | 77 | BOTValtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 11q13 | 53 | +76.666 | 0 | |
| 15 | 47 | MSCMick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 17q19 | 53 | +80.394 | 0 | |
| 16 | 24 | ZHOGuanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 16q18 | 47 | +6 Laps | 0 | |
| R | 6 | LATNicholas Latifi | Williams | 18q20 | 40 | Collision damage | 0 | |
| R | 20 | MAGKevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 20q10 | 37 | Collision damage | 0 | |
| R | 16 | LECCharles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1 | 17 | Accident | 0 | |
| R | 22 | TSUYuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 8 | 17 | Undertray | 0 |
Grid differs from qualifying for 12 drivers: Carlos Sainz qualified 9th, started 19th; Kevin Magnussen qualified 10th, started 20th; Daniel Ricciardo qualified 11th, started 9th; Esteban Ocon qualified 12th, started 10th; Valtteri Bottas qualified 13th, started 11th; Sebastian Vettel qualified 14th, started 12th; Alexander Albon qualified 15th, started 13th; Pierre Gasly qualified 16th, started 14th; Lance Stroll qualified 17th, started 15th; Guanyu Zhou qualified 18th, started 16th; Mick Schumacher qualified 19th, started 17th; Nicholas Latifi qualified 20th, started 18th. 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
- Max Verstappen: 1 stop (lap 16), stints of 16, 37 laps
- 2nd
- Lewis Hamilton: 1 stop (lap 18), stints of 18, 35 laps
- 3rd
- George Russell: 1 stop (lap 18), stints of 18, 35 laps
- Finishers
- 1 stop: 12 · 2 stops: 4
- First stops
- median lap 18 of 53
Pit stops
Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERMax Verstappen | 1 | 16 (35.3 s) | 1637 |
| HAMLewis Hamilton | 1 | 18 (37.2 s) | 1835 |
| RUSGeorge Russell | 1 | 18 (38.3 s) | 1835 |
| PERSergio Pérez | 1 | 18 (38.1 s) | 1835 |
| SAICarlos Sainz | 2 | 18 (41.5 s), 42 (42.3 s) | 182411 |
| ALOFernando Alonso | 1 | 18 (36.5 s) | 1835 |
| NORLando Norris | 1 | 18 (37.5 s) | 1835 |
| OCOEsteban Ocon | 1 | 18 (44.7 s) | 1835 |
| RICDaniel Ricciardo | 1 | 18 (36.3 s) | 1835 |
| STRLance Stroll | 1 | 18 (39.8 s) | 1835 |
| VETSebastian Vettel | 1 | 19 (36.7 s) | 1934 |
| GASPierre Gasly | 1 | 18 (36.0 s) | 1835 |
| ALBAlexander Albon | 1 | 18 (37.4 s) | 1835 |
| BOTValtteri Bottas | 2 | 18 (37.9 s), 36 (36.5 s) | 181817 |
| MSCMick Schumacher | 2 | 9 (36.7 s), 18 (37.0 s) | 9935 |
| ZHOGuanyu Zhou | 2 | 9 (36.4 s), 22 (50.8 s) | 91325 |
| LATNicholas Latifi | 2 | 19 (37.5 s), 38 (36.9 s) | 1919 |
| MAGKevin Magnussen | 2 | 8 (36.8 s), 18 (36.4 s) | 81019 |
| TSUYuki Tsunoda | 1 | 11 (37.6 s) | 116 |
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.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:31.727 | 1:31.216 | 1:30.872 | fastest Q3 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:31.891 | 1:31.990 | 1:31.176 | +0.304 Q3 |
| 3 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:32.354 | 1:32.120 | 1:31.335 | +0.463 Q3 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:33.041 | 1:32.274 | 1:31.765 | +0.893 Q3 |
| 5 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:32.672 | 1:32.777 | 1:32.032 | +1.160 Q3 |
| 6 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:33.109 | 1:32.633 | 1:32.131 | +1.259 Q3 |
| 7 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:32.819 | 1:32.631 | 1:32.552 | +1.680 Q3 |
| 8 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:33.394 | 1:32.836 | 1:32.780 | +1.908 Q3 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:32.297 | 1:31.081 | +0.209 Q2 | |
| 10 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:32.756 | 1:32.649 | +1.777 Q2 | |
| 11 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:33.404 | 1:32.922 | +2.050 Q2 | |
| 12 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:33.346 | 1:33.048 | +2.176 Q2 | |
| 13 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:33.034 | 1:33.052 | +2.162 Q1 | |
| 14 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:33.285 | 1:33.276 | +2.404 Q2 | |
| 15 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:33.423 | 1:33.307 | +2.435 Q2 | |
| 16 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:33.439 | +2.567 Q1 | ||
| 17 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:33.439 | +2.567 Q1 | ||
| 18 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:33.674 | +2.802 Q1 | ||
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:33.701 | +2.829 Q1 | ||
| 20 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:33.794 | +2.922 Q1 |
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.
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 7 | 233 |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 3 | 170 |
| 3 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1 | 163 |
| 4 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1 | 144 |
| 5 | George Russell | Mercedes | 0 | 143 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 0 | 127 |
| 7 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 0 | 70 |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 0 | 56 |
| 9 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 0 | 46 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 0 | 37 |
Constructors
| Pos | Constructor | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull | 8 | 396 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 4 | 314 |
| 3 | Mercedes | 0 | 270 |
| 4 | Alpine F1 Team | 0 | 93 |
| 5 | McLaren | 0 | 89 |
| 6 | Alfa Romeo | 0 | 51 |
| 7 | Haas F1 Team | 0 | 34 |
| 8 | AlphaTauri | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Aston Martin | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Williams | 0 | 3 |