Results and summary of F1 Sunday in France: race

Max Verstappen took victory after Leclerc went off track and crashed at the Beausset double apex corner, finishing more than 10 seconds ahead of the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.

F1 French GP 2022 race results: positions, points and differences

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	laps	Weather	Interval	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	53	1:30’02.112		25
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1:30’12.699	10.587	18
3	George Russell	Mercedes	53	1:30’18.607	5.908	15
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	53	1:30’19.422	0.815	12
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	53	1:30’30,984	11,562	eleven
6	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	53	1:30’44.991	14.007	8
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	53	1:30’54.138	9.147	6
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	53	1:30’59.071	4.933	4
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	53	1:31’02.484	3,413	two
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	53	1:31’04.661	2.177	1
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	53	1:31’06.606	1.945
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	53	1:31’07.560	0.954
13	Alexander Albon	williams	53	1:31’10.677	3.117
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	53	1:31’18.778	8.101
15	Mick Schumacher	Haas	53	1:31’22.506	3.728
	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	47
	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	40
	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	37
	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	17
	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	17
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What happened at the 2022 F1 French GP at Paul Ricard? career summary

Charles Leclerc defended his first position heading into Turn 1, ahead of Verstappen, Hamilton, Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) and a fast-starting Fernando Alonso (Alpine). The latter’s teammate, Esteban Ocon, collided with Yuki Tsunoda’s AlphaTauri, causing him to spin at the North Chicane on the first lap, for which he received a 5-second penalty.

Verstappen got within DRS distance of Leclerc at the start of lap four and put pressure on him, attempting to take the lead from lap six. After coming close but failing to pass at Le Beausset, Verstappen stopped attacking and once again stayed behind his title rival.

Verstappen was the first to give way and pitted at the end of lap 16, but Leclerc did not respond and was left out. The decision became moot when he lost control of the rear of his car, spun and crashed into the tire wall two laps later at Le Beausset, sending out the safety car.

Verstappen inherited the top spot, ahead of Hamilton, Pérez, Russell and Alonso, who pitted during the safety car period. Starting from the back of the grid, Sainz quickly climbed to sixth after the restart, despite suffering a painfully slow pit stop and starting just as a WIlliams was passing, for which he received a 5-second penalty .

Sainz passed Russell around the outside of Signes on lap 31 to claim fourth position, while Hamilton went wide at Turn 2 and moved to within more than 6 seconds of Verstappen, who was still leading.

Sainz passed Pérez for third with a great maneuver in the final corner, just as Ferrari told him to pit. After that, Pérez was attacked by Russell, and the two collided at the North Chicane, causing Pérez to go straight. The stewards decided it was a racing incident, despite Russell’s complaints to the contrary.

Sainz stopped to change his tires in third position with 10 laps to go, dropping to ninth. With new tyres, he quickly climbed to fifth position, setting a series of consecutive fastest laps.

A virtual safety car in the closing stages of the race, due to Guanyu Zhou’s Alfa Romeo, allowed Russell to catch Perez by surprise as he came to a close and take third place with three laps to go.

Behind Sainz, Alonso finished sixth ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris. Ocon passed Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) around the outside of Signes in the closing laps to finish eighth. Lance Stroll took the final point for Aston Martin, just ahead of teammate Sebastian Vettel.

Zhou tagged Mick Schumacher (Haas) and caused him to spin, for which he received a 5-second penalty. In other bad news for Haas, Kevin Magnussen (Haas) had another impact, colliding with the Williams of Nicholas Latifi, causing the latter to spin and Magnussen to retire a lap later.

The fastest laps of the Formula 1 French GP in 2022

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h
1	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	51	1’35,781			219,575
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	30	1’37.491	1.710	1.710	215.724
3	George Russell	Mercedes	51	1’37.548	1.767	0.057	215.598
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	30	1’37.668	1.887	0.120	215.333
5	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	Four. Five	1’37,780	1999	0.112	215,086
6	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	52	1’37.963	2.182	0.183	214.685
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	1’38.088	2.307	0.125	214.411
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	53	1’38.160	2.379	0.072	214.254
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	53	1’38.684	2.903	0.524	213.116
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	53	1’38,786	3.005	0.102	212,896
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	43	1’39.037	3.256	0.251	212.356
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	43	1’39.044	3.263	0.007	212.341
13	Mick Schumacher	Haas	48	1’39.068	3.287	0.024	212.290
14	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	27	1’39,133	3,352	0.065	212,151
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	52	1’39.185	3.404	0.052	212.040
16	Alexander Albon	williams	53	1’39.199	3.418	0.014	212.010
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	11	1’39,265	3,484	0.066	211,869
18	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	25	1’39.368	3.587	0.103	211.649
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	40	1’39.650	3.869	0.282	211.050
20	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	Four	1’40.216	4.435	0.566	209.858
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F1 French GP 2022 pit stops

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	1		two		3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	M	16	H	37
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	M	18	H	35
3	George Russell	Mercedes	M	18	H	36
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	M	18	H	35
5	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	H	18	M	24	M	11
6	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	M	18	H	35
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	M	18	H	35
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	M	18	H	35
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	M	18	H	35
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	M	20	H	36
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	M	21	H	35
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	H	18	M	35
13	Alexander Albon	williams	M	18	H	35
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	H	18	H	18	m	17
15	Mick Schumacher	Haas	M	9	H	9	H	35
	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	M	9	H	13	H	25
	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	M	19	H	19	M	2
	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	M	8	H	10	H	19
	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	M	17
	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	M	11	H	6
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