Round 7 · 20 June 2021
2021 French Grand Prix: results
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won the 2021 French Grand Prix, round 7 of the championship, held on 20 June 2021 at Circuit Paul Ricard (France), starting from position 1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Max Verstappen (1:36.404).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1 | 1:27:25.770 | 26 | Finished |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 2 | +2.904 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 4 | +8.811 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 3 | +14.618 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 8 | +64.032 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 10 | +75.857 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 6 | +76.596 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 9 | +77.695 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 12 | +79.666 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 19 | +91.946 s | 1 | Finished |
| 11 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 5 | +99.337 s | — | Finished |
| 12 | George Russell | Williams | 14 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 13 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | — | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 14 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 11 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 15 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 13 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 7 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 17 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 17 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 18 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 16 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 19 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 15 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 20 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 18 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
Tyres and strategy at the French Grand Prix 2021
Max Verstappen won with 2 pit stop(s): medium (laps 1-18), hard (laps 19-32), medium (laps 33-53). The top ten used 4 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): medium 80 ± 6, hard 47 ± 3.
- 1. Max Verstappen: medium (laps 1-18), hard (laps 19-32), medium (laps 33-53)
- 2. Lewis Hamilton: medium (laps 1-19), hard (laps 20-53)
- 3. Sergio Pérez: medium (laps 1-24), hard (laps 25-53)
- 4. Valtteri Bottas: medium (laps 1-17), hard (laps 18-53)
- 5. Lando Norris: medium (laps 1-24), hard (laps 25-53)
Data from FastF1; the degradation is an estimate from Formuradar's tyre analysis and the full lap-by-lap view is in the race analysis.