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Formula 1 Emirates Grand Prix de France 2021 · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: Formula 1 Emirates Grand Prix de France 2021 · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/1042-race

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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.

Grand Prix context

Formula 1 Emirates Grand Prix de France 2021 · Circuit Paul Ricard

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2021 Formula 1 World Championship · round 7

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:27:25.770 · 53 laps · honda	26
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:27:28.674 · 53 laps · mercedes	18
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:27:34.581 · 53 laps · honda	15
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:27:40.388 · 53 laps · mercedes	12
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:28:29.802 · 53 laps · mercedes	10
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:28:41.627 · 53 laps · mercedes	8
7	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:28:42.366 · 53 laps · honda	6
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:28:43.465 · 53 laps · renault	4
9	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:28:45.436 · 53 laps · mercedes	2
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:28:57.716 · 53 laps · mercedes	1
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:29:05.107 · 53 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	George Russell	Williams	Time not recorded · 52 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	Time not recorded · 52 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	Time not recorded · 52 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	Time not recorded · 52 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Time not recorded · 52 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
17	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	Time not recorded · 52 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	Time not recorded · 52 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	Time not recorded · 52 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	Time not recorded · 52 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Q1 1:31.001 · 16 laps · honda
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Q1 1:31.237 · 20 laps · mercedes
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	Q1 1:31.669 · 16 laps · mercedes
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	Q1 1:31.560 · 16 laps · honda
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	Q1 1:32.079 · 19 laps · ferrari
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	Q1 1:31.898 · 22 laps · honda
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Q1 1:32.209 · 20 laps · ferrari
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	Q1 1:31.733 · 18 laps · mercedes
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	Q1 1:32.158 · 17 laps · renault
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	Q1 1:32.181 · 21 laps · mercedes
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	Q1 1:32.139 · 10 laps · renault
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	Q1 1:32.132 · 12 laps · mercedes
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	Q1 1:32.722 · 13 laps · ferrari
14	George Russell	Williams	Q1 1:33.060 · 13 laps · mercedes
15	Mick Schumacher	Haas	Q1 1:32.942 · 7 laps · ferrari
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	Q1 1:33.062 · 7 laps · mercedes
17	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	Q1 1:33.354 · 7 laps · ferrari
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	Q1 1:33.554 · 7 laps · ferrari
NC	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	Q1 2:12.584 · 7 laps · mercedes
NC	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	Time not recorded · 2 laps · honda

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.990 · honda
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.248 · mercedes
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:30.376 · mercedes
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:30.445 · honda
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:30.840 · ferrari
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:30.868 · honda
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.987 · ferrari
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.252 · mercedes
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:31.340 · renault
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:31.382 · mercedes
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:31.736 · renault
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:31.767 · mercedes
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:31.813 · ferrari
14	George Russell	Williams	1:32.065 · mercedes
15	Mick Schumacher	Haas	Time not recorded · ferrari
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:33.062 · mercedes
17	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:33.354 · ferrari
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:33.554 · ferrari
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	2:12.584 · mercedes
PL	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	Time not recorded · honda

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	131
2	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	119
3	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	84
4	Lando Norris	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	76
5	Valtteri Bottas	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	59
6	Charles Leclerc	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	52
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	42
8	Pierre Gasly	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	37
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	34
10	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	30
11	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	17
12	Esteban Ocon	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	12
13	Lance Stroll	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
14	Yuki Tsunoda	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
15	Kimi Räikkönen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
17	George Russell	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
18	Mick Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
19	Nikita Mazepin	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Nicholas Latifi	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	Valtteri Bottas	1	1:33.448
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:33.783
freePractice1Results	Max Verstappen	3	1:33.880
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	4	1:34.193
freePractice1Results	Esteban Ocon	5	1:34.329
freePractice1Results	Daniel Ricciardo	6	1:34.644
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	7	1:34.693
freePractice1Results	Pierre Gasly	8	1:34.699
freePractice1Results	Lando Norris	9	1:34.707
freePractice1Results	Yuki Tsunoda	10	1:34.847
freePractice1Results	Charles Leclerc	11	1:34.950
freePractice1Results	Antonio Giovinazzi	12	1:35.116
freePractice1Results	Kimi Räikkönen	13	1:35.135
freePractice1Results	Lance Stroll	14	1:35.275
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	15	1:35.289
freePractice1Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	16	1:35.342
freePractice1Results	Nicholas Latifi	17	1:35.612
freePractice1Results	Nikita Mazepin	18	1:36.651
freePractice1Results	Mick Schumacher	19	1:37.329
freePractice1Results	Roy Nissany	20	1:37.881
freePractice2Results	Max Verstappen	1	1:32.872
freePractice2Results	Valtteri Bottas	2	1:32.880
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	3	1:33.125
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	4	1:33.340
freePractice2Results	Charles Leclerc	5	1:33.550
freePractice2Results	Esteban Ocon	6	1:33.685
freePractice2Results	Pierre Gasly	7	1:33.696
freePractice2Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	8	1:33.698
freePractice2Results	Kimi Räikkönen	9	1:33.786
freePractice2Results	Lando Norris	10	1:33.822
freePractice2Results	Antonio Giovinazzi	11	1:33.831
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	12	1:33.921
freePractice2Results	Yuki Tsunoda	13	1:33.955
freePractice2Results	Daniel Ricciardo	14	1:34.079
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	15	1:34.447
freePractice2Results	Lance Stroll	16	1:34.632
freePractice2Results	George Russell	17	1:35.266
freePractice2Results	Nicholas Latifi	18	1:35.331
freePractice2Results	Mick Schumacher	19	1:35.512
freePractice2Results	Nikita Mazepin	20	1:35.551
freePractice3Results	Max Verstappen	1	1:31.300
freePractice3Results	Valtteri Bottas	2	1:32.047
freePractice3Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	3	1:32.195
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	4	1:32.238
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	5	1:32.266
freePractice3Results	Lando Norris	6	1:32.336
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	7	1:32.624
freePractice3Results	Esteban Ocon	8	1:32.681
freePractice3Results	Pierre Gasly	9	1:32.707
freePractice3Results	Daniel Ricciardo	10	1:32.759
freePractice3Results	Charles Leclerc	11	1:32.820
freePractice3Results	Antonio Giovinazzi	12	1:33.017
freePractice3Results	Lance Stroll	13	1:33.051
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	14	1:33.200
freePractice3Results	Kimi Räikkönen	15	1:33.328
freePractice3Results	George Russell	16	1:33.364
freePractice3Results	Yuki Tsunoda	17	1:33.424
freePractice3Results	Nicholas Latifi	18	1:33.584
freePractice3Results	Mick Schumacher	19	1:34.143
freePractice3Results	Nikita Mazepin	20	1:34.642

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Charles Leclerc	1	14	30.798
Yuki Tsunoda	1	15	30.226
Mick Schumacher	1	15	31.457
Daniel Ricciardo	1	16	29.951
Valtteri Bottas	1	17	30.572
Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	17	30.534
Pierre Gasly	1	17	30.781
George Russell	1	17	30.092
Max Verstappen	1	18	29.803
Fernando Alonso	1	18	31.288
Nicholas Latifi	1	18	29.775
Lewis Hamilton	1	19	30.263
Sergio Pérez	1	24	29.682
Lando Norris	1	24	30.531
Esteban Ocon	1	28	30.207
Antonio Giovinazzi	1	28	30.586
Nikita Mazepin	1	31	30.983
Max Verstappen	2	32	30.123
Kimi Räikkönen	1	33	31.327
Lance Stroll	1	34	30.996
Sebastian Vettel	1	37	31.069
Charles Leclerc	2	38	31.368