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Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018
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THE HISTORICAL RECORD
Profile & context
Event date: 24 Jun 2018
- Name
- Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018
PROVENANCE
Sources behind this page
F1DB
v2026.17.0 · races/984
Original reference ↗Historical source & scope
F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.
Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.
Recorded qualifying format: KNOCKOUT
Grand Prix context
Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018 · Circuit Paul Ricard
Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.
2018 Formula 1 World Championship · round 8
Race classification
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:30:11.385 · 53 laps · mercedes | 25 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:30:18.475 · 53 laps · tag-heuer | 18 |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:30:37.273 · 53 laps · ferrari | 15 |
| 4 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:30:46.121 · 53 laps · tag-heuer | 12 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:31:13.320 · 53 laps · ferrari | 10 |
| 6 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:31:30.749 · 53 laps · ferrari | 8 |
| 7 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:31:32.017 · 53 laps · mercedes | 6 |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Renault | 1:31:38.569 · 53 laps · renault | 4 |
| 9 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:31:43.374 · 53 laps · renault | 2 |
| 10 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:31:45.258 · 53 laps · ferrari | 1 |
| 11 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | Time not recorded · 52 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 12 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | Time not recorded · 52 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| 13 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | Time not recorded · 52 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 14 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | Time not recorded · 52 laps · honda | Unknown / not applicable |
| 15 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | Time not recorded · 52 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| 16 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | Suspension · Time not recorded · 50 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| 17 | Lance Stroll | Williams | Puncture · Time not recorded · 48 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Sergio Pérez | Force India | Engine · Time not recorded · 27 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Esteban Ocon | Force India | Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · honda | Unknown / not applicable |
Qualifying
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Q1 1:31.271 · 19 laps · mercedes | |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | Q1 1:31.776 · 17 laps · mercedes | |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | Q1 1:31.820 · 22 laps · ferrari | |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | Q1 1:31.531 · 20 laps · tag-heuer | |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | Q1 1:31.910 · 20 laps · tag-heuer | |
| 6 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | Q1 1:31.567 · 22 laps · ferrari | |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Renault | Q1 1:32.394 · 23 laps · renault | |
| 8 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | Q1 1:32.538 · 22 laps · ferrari | |
| 9 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | Q1 1:32.169 · 24 laps · ferrari | |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | Q1 1:32.083 · 20 laps · ferrari | |
| 11 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | Q1 1:32.786 · 14 laps · mercedes | |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | Q1 1:32.949 · 15 laps · renault | |
| 13 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | Q1 1:32.692 · 15 laps · mercedes | |
| 14 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:32.447 · 17 laps · honda | |
| 15 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | Q1 1:32.804 · 18 laps · ferrari | |
| 16 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | Q1 1:32.976 · 10 laps · renault | |
| 17 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:33.025 · 10 laps · honda | |
| 18 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | Q1 1:33.162 · 10 laps · renault | |
| 19 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | Q1 1:33.636 · 9 laps · mercedes | |
| 20 | Lance Stroll | Williams | Q1 1:33.729 · 10 laps · mercedes |
Starting grid
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:30.029 · mercedes | |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:30.147 · mercedes | |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:30.400 · ferrari | |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:30.705 · tag-heuer | |
| 5 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:30.895 · tag-heuer | |
| 6 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:31.057 · ferrari | |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Renault | 1:32.126 · renault | |
| 8 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber | 1:32.635 · ferrari | |
| 9 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:32.930 · ferrari | |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | Time not recorded · ferrari | |
| 11 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:32.075 · mercedes | |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:32.115 · renault | |
| 13 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:32.454 · mercedes | |
| 14 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:32.460 · honda | |
| 15 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:32.820 · ferrari | |
| 16 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:32.976 · renault | |
| 17 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:33.162 · renault | |
| 18 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams | 1:33.636 · mercedes | |
| 19 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:33.729 · mercedes | |
| 20 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:33.025 · honda |
Championship progression
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 145 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 131 |
| 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 96 |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 92 |
| 5 | Kimi Räikkönen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 83 |
| 6 | Max Verstappen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 68 |
| 7 | Nico Hülkenberg | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 34 |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 32 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 28 |
| 10 | Kevin Magnussen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 27 |
| 11 | Pierre Gasly | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 18 |
| 12 | Sergio Pérez | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 17 |
| 13 | Esteban Ocon | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 11 |
| 14 | Charles Leclerc | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 11 |
| 15 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 8 |
| 16 | Lance Stroll | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 4 |
| 17 | Marcus Ericsson | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 2 |
| 18 | Brendon Hartley | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 19 | Romain Grosjean | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 20 | Sergey Sirotkin | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
Practice & warm-up observations
Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.
| Session | Driver | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| freePractice1Results | Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 1:32.231 |
| freePractice1Results | Valtteri Bottas | 2 | 1:32.371 |
| freePractice1Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 3 | 1:32.527 |
| freePractice1Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 4 | 1:33.003 |
| freePractice1Results | Sebastian Vettel | 5 | 1:33.172 |
| freePractice1Results | Romain Grosjean | 6 | 1:33.318 |
| freePractice1Results | Max Verstappen | 7 | 1:33.331 |
| freePractice1Results | Pierre Gasly | 8 | 1:33.685 |
| freePractice1Results | Sergio Pérez | 9 | 1:33.719 |
| freePractice1Results | Kevin Magnussen | 10 | 1:34.108 |
| freePractice1Results | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 11 | 1:34.258 |
| freePractice1Results | Esteban Ocon | 12 | 1:34.484 |
| freePractice1Results | Charles Leclerc | 13 | 1:34.513 |
| freePractice1Results | Marcus Ericsson | 14 | 1:34.592 |
| freePractice1Results | Brendon Hartley | 15 | 1:34.664 |
| freePractice1Results | Fernando Alonso | 16 | 1:34.862 |
| freePractice1Results | Lance Stroll | 17 | 1:34.881 |
| freePractice1Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 18 | 1:34.993 |
| freePractice1Results | Stoffel Vandoorne | 19 | 1:35.021 |
| freePractice1Results | Sergey Sirotkin | 20 | 1:35.105 |
| freePractice2Results | Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 1:32.539 |
| freePractice2Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 2 | 1:33.243 |
| freePractice2Results | Max Verstappen | 3 | 1:33.271 |
| freePractice2Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 4 | 1:33.426 |
| freePractice2Results | Sebastian Vettel | 5 | 1:33.689 |
| freePractice2Results | Romain Grosjean | 6 | 1:33.699 |
| freePractice2Results | Valtteri Bottas | 7 | 1:34.156 |
| freePractice2Results | Fernando Alonso | 8 | 1:34.400 |
| freePractice2Results | Kevin Magnussen | 9 | 1:34.457 |
| freePractice2Results | Pierre Gasly | 10 | 1:34.535 |
| freePractice2Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 11 | 1:35.067 |
| freePractice2Results | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 12 | 1:35.086 |
| freePractice2Results | Stoffel Vandoorne | 13 | 1:35.172 |
| freePractice2Results | Charles Leclerc | 14 | 1:35.583 |
| freePractice2Results | Brendon Hartley | 15 | 1:35.697 |
| freePractice2Results | Esteban Ocon | 16 | 1:35.705 |
| freePractice2Results | Lance Stroll | 17 | 1:35.936 |
| freePractice2Results | Sergey Sirotkin | 18 | 1:35.970 |
| freePractice2Results | Sergio Pérez | 19 | 1:36.080 |
| freePractice3Results | Valtteri Bottas | 1 | 1:33.666 |
| freePractice3Results | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 2 | 1:34.953 |
| freePractice3Results | Charles Leclerc | 3 | 1:35.012 |
| freePractice3Results | Fernando Alonso | 4 | 1:36.365 |
| freePractice3Results | Sebastian Vettel | 5 | 1:36.756 |
| freePractice3Results | Stoffel Vandoorne | 6 | 1:37.547 |
| freePractice3Results | Pierre Gasly | 7 | 1:38.317 |
| freePractice3Results | Marcus Ericsson | 8 | 1:38.450 |
| freePractice3Results | Sergio Pérez | 9 | 1:39.641 |
| freePractice3Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 10 | 1:39.738 |
| freePractice3Results | Esteban Ocon | 11 | 1:40.087 |
| freePractice3Results | Lewis Hamilton | 12 | 1:40.743 |
| freePractice3Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 13 | 1:49.711 |
| freePractice3Results | Lance Stroll | 14 | 2:02.399 |
| freePractice3Results | Sergey Sirotkin | 15 | 2:04.093 |
| freePractice3Results | Kevin Magnussen | 16 | Unknown |
| freePractice3Results | Brendon Hartley | 17 | Unknown |
| freePractice3Results | Romain Grosjean | 18 | Unknown |
| freePractice3Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 19 | Unknown |
| freePractice3Results | Max Verstappen | 20 | Unknown |
Recorded pit stops
F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.
| Driver | Stop | Lap | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Stroll | 1 | 1 | 26.576 |
| Sergey Sirotkin | 1 | 1 | 26.273 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 1 | 32.612 |
| Fernando Alonso | 1 | 1 | 25.789 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 1 | 1 | 27.955 |
| Max Verstappen | 1 | 25 | 24.395 |
| Carlos Sainz Jr. | 1 | 26 | 25.423 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 1 | 28 | 24.309 |
| Kevin Magnussen | 1 | 28 | 25.419 |
| Charles Leclerc | 1 | 31 | 25.026 |
| Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 33 | 24.310 |
| Kimi Räikkönen | 1 | 34 | 24.289 |
| Romain Grosjean | 1 | 34 | 29.996 |
| Marcus Ericsson | 1 | 35 | 24.295 |
| Nico Hülkenberg | 1 | 37 | 25.016 |
| Brendon Hartley | 1 | 38 | 24.297 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 2 | 39 | 30.666 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 2 | 40 | 31.029 |
| Stoffel Vandoorne | 1 | 40 | 24.399 |
| Fernando Alonso | 2 | 46 | 24.788 |