Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton has claimed victory in France, comfortably leading home his teammate Valtteri Bottas. Charles Leclerc finished P3 for Ferrari.
After starting from pole position, Lewis Hamilton has taken a dominant victory over Valtteri Bottas. Holding his lead from the start, Hamilton slowly but surely pulled away from Bottas to enjoy an almost ten second lead over Bottas by the time he pitted on Lap 25.
Bottas finished a distant P2, having also used a one stop strategy to run the Hard tyres for the second stint of the race.
Charles Leclerc was P3, finishing just half a second behind Bottas. He was 16 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen at the chequered flag
Sebastian Vettel finished P5 for Ferrari. Having started from P7, he overtook the two McLarens of Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz in the opening laps of the race and, despite running a long first stint on the Mediums to try bringing himself into play for a possible podium, couldn’t get any further than P5. Due to his large gap over P6, Sebastian Vettel pitted again on Lap 51 to take on the Soft tyres and take the extra point for the fastest race lap.
Full race results for the French Grand Prix at the Circuit Paul Ricard, round eight of the 2019 Formula 1 season.
1 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport 53 Laps
2 Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport + 18.056s
3 Charles Leclerc MON Scuderia Ferrari + 18.995s
4 Max Verstappen NED Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Honda + 34.905s
5 Sebastian Vettel GER Scuderia Ferrari + 62.796s
6 Carlos Sainz ESP McLaren F1 Team + 95.462s
7 Daniel Ricciardo AUS Renault F1 Team ‘+1 Lap
8 Kimi Raikkonen ITA Alfa Romeo Racing ‘+1 Lap
9 Nico Hulkenberg GER Renault F1 Team ‘+1 Lap
10 Lando Norris GBR McLaren F1 Team ‘+1 Lap
11 Pierre Gasly FRA Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Honda ‘+1 Lap
12 Sergio Perez MEX SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team ‘+1 Lap
13 Lance Stroll CAN SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team ‘+1 Lap
14 Alexander Albon THA Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda ‘+1 Lap
15 Daniil Kvyat RUS Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda ‘+1 Lap
16 Antonio Giovinazzi ITA Alfa Romeo Racing ‘+1 Lap
17 Kevin Magnussen DEN Rich Energy Haas F1 Team ‘+1 Lap
18 Robert Kubica POL ROKiT Williams Racing ‘+2 Laps
19 George Russell GBR ROKiT Williams Racing +2 Laps
RET Romain Grosjean FRA Rich Energy Haas F1 Team
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