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1. Verstappen 2. Hamilton 3. Pérez
Final standings
1 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing
2 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes +2.904
3 Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing +8.811
4 Valtteri BOTTAS Mercedes +14.618
5 Lando NORRIS McLaren +64.032
6 Daniel RICCIARDO McLaren +75.857
7 Pierre GASLY AlphaTauri +76.596
8 Fernando ALONSO Alpine +77.695
9 Sebastian VETTEL Aston Martin +79.666
10 Lance STROLL Aston Martin +91.946
11 Carlos SAINZ Ferrari +99.337
12 George RUSSELL Williams
13 Yuki TSUNODA AlphaTauri
14 Esteban OCON Alpine
15 Antonio GIOVINAZZI Alfa Romeo Racing
16 Charles LECLERC Ferrari
17 Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN Alfa Romeo Racing
18 Nicholas LATIFI Williams
19 Mick SCHUMACHER Haas F1 Team
20 Nikita MAZEPIN Haas F1 Team
MAX VERSTAPPEN ADDS 26 POINTS
MAX VERSTAPPEN WINS! LATE, LATE DRAMA!
— Formula 1 (@F1) June 20, 2021
What a move that was by the championship leader on the penultimate lap to regain P1 from Lewis Hamilton!#FrenchGP 🇫🇷 #F1 pic.twitter.com/IBH2gVhsMY
VERSTAPPEN IN PURE FORM! P1
LAP 52/53
— Formula 1 (@F1) June 20, 2021
Verstappen's done it!
He's overtaken Hamilton and leads the race#FrenchGP 🇫🇷 #F1 pic.twitter.com/8QR1oaO2kR
FINISH!
MAX VERSTAPPEN WINS THE 2021 GP DE FRANCE
AMAZING VERSTAPPEN!!!!!
VERSTAPPEN OVERTOOK HAMILTON WITH A LAP AND A HALF TO GO
Lap 52
1 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes
2 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing+0.979
3 Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing+10.205
4 Valtteri BOTTAS Mercedes+13.296
5 Lando NORRIS McLaren+64.472
6 Daniel RICCIARDO McLaren+72.109
7 Pierre GASLY AlphaTauri+72.975
8 Fernando ALONSO Alpine+74.158
9 Sebastian VETTEL Aston Martin+79.911
10 Lance STROLL Aston Martin+87.890
11 Carlos SAINZ Ferrari+91.678
12 Yuki TSUNODA AlphaTauri1
13 George RUSSELL Williams1
14 Esteban OCON Alpine1
15 Antonio GIOVINAZZI Alfa Romeo Racing1
16 Charles LECLERC Ferrari
17 Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN Alfa Romeo Racing1
18 Nicholas LATIFI Williams1
19 Mick SCHUMACHER Haas F1 Team1
20 Nikita MAZEPIN Haas F1 Team
'CHECO' PÉREZ IS THIRD!
The Mexican has more power and more conserved tires than Valtteri Bottas. Checo overtook him and is third.
Lap 49
Hamilton holds on to the first position, Verstappen desperately seeks to cut time. Bottas and Checo Perez have a particular fight for third place.
VERSTAPPEN OVERTAKES BOTTAS FOR SECOND PLACE!
Max Verstappen has an impressive race, Max Verstappen regains second place and now goes for Hamilton. THE RED BULL DRIVER IS GOING FOR IT ALL.
Bad day for Ferrari
After 42 laps, Carlos Sainz is ninth and the points are in danger.
While Charles Leclerc has had a day to forget, his position is sixteenth.
HAMILTON RESISTS
The Englishman has considerable wear on the tires, for now it seems that will hold until the end with the hard. Verstappen continues to do fast lap times and taking time off.
VERSTAPPEN TO THE PITS!!!!!
After reporting that they could not keep up with the pace, the Dutchman made his second pit stop.
Lap 29
Leclerc loses several positions and has now dropped to P12 after being passed by Gasly and Alonso.
Hamilton is getting closer
Lewis Hamilton does not lose track of Verstappen, has opportunity to use DRS. The difference is +0.780
Lap 27
Charles Leclerc decisively overtook Esteban Ocon to take seventh position.
Both Aston Martins maintained a great time, with Vettel fifth and Stroll sixth.
Lap 25
Sergio Perez changed his compounds for the hard ones, the Mexican's total time in the pit lane was 33.8
VERSTAPPEN IS LEADING AGAIN!
Moment when Red Bull's strategy triumphs
Lap 22 positions
1 Sergio PEREZ
2 Max VERSTAPPEN 8.849
3 Lewis HAMILTON +9.616
4 Valtteri BOTTAS +10.489
5 Lando NORRIS +26.856
Sergio Perez has not yet made a pit stop
VERSTAPEN OVERTOOK HAMILTON!!!!
Red Bull forced Mercedes to stop and with the maneuver Verstappen overtook Hamilton coming out of the pit lane.
Hamilton is almost a second down.
Verstappen to the pits
After 19 laps, the Dutchman switches to hard tires and now forces Hamilton into the pits
Lap 19
Verstappen has not been able to catch up with Hamilton.
Bottas comes into the pits on lap 18. The wear of the medium tires is very large. Ricciardo tried the undercut on Gasly.
Tsunoda to the pits
Japanese driver switches to hard tires on lap 16
Leclerc enters the pits
The Ferrari driver changes his medium tires for hard tires.
After 13 laps, the top 10 are:
1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen +2.230
3. Bottas
4. Pérez
5. Sainz
6. Gasly
7. Leclerc
8. Ricciardo
9. Norris
10. Alonso
Lap 10
Hamilton maintains the lead of the race.
Daniel Ricciardo overtakes Alonso and moves up to eighth position.
McLaren easily overtakes the Spaniard's Alpine.
DRIVERS WITH MEDIUM TIRES
Lewis HAMILTON
Max VERSTAPPEN
Valtteri BOTTAS
Sergio PÉREZ
Carlos SAINZ Ferrari
Pierre GASLY
Charles LECLERC
Fernando ALONSO
Daniel RICCIARDO
Lando NORRIS
Yuki TSUNODA
Nicholas LATIFI
George RUSSELL
Mick SCHUMACHER
DRIVERS WITH HARD TIRES
Sebastian VETTEL
Esteban OCON Alpine
Antonio GIOVINAZZI
Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN
Lance STROLL
Nikita MAZEPIN
HAMILTON TAKES THE LEAD!
After overtaking Max Verstappen for first place, Hamilton holds a +1.079 lead.
THE GP DE FRANCE BEGINS!
Verstappen goes off and Hamilton beats him for first place!!!!!
Formation lap begins
Cars begin to warm up tires
The audience is ready!
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— Formula 1 (@F1) June 20, 2021
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Final starting grid
We're Ready!
With less than an hour to go until the start of the seventh Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2021, the sky is overcast at Le Castellet. Two hours ago it rained at the circuit but now the asphalt is dry. The probability of precipitation is 52% and the wind is running at a speed of 24 km/h.
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What time is for the 2021 French Grand Prix in each country?
United States, 8:00 ET. ESPN
México, 08:00 STAR Action/FOX Sports
Colombia, 08:00 STAR Action/ESPN
Perú, 08:00 STAR Action/ESPN
Ecuador, 08:00 STAR Action/ESPN
Panamá, 08:00 STAR Action/ESPN
Venezuela, 09:00 STAR Action/ESPN
Bolivia, 09:00 STAR Action/ESPN
Paraguay, 09:00 STAR Action/ESPN
Chile, 09:00 STAR Action/FOX Sports/ESPN
Argentina, 10:00 STAR Action/ESPN
Uruguay,10:00 STAR Action/ESPN
Favorite to take the victory in F1 2021 French Grand Prix
Undoubtedly, the pole position achieved by Max Verstappen places him as the clear favorite to win a grand prix that has eluded him. Everything will depend on the right strategy used by Red Bull.
"YES BOYS!" intensifies 👍#FrenchGP 🇫🇷 #F1 pic.twitter.com/2WGpGTK4hk
— Formula 1 (@F1) June 19, 2021
Track limits
For the French Grand Prix, the track limits will be the protagonists as the race stewards defined three points where they will pay special attention. Point one in turns 1 and 2. Point two in turns 3, 4 and 5. Point three, along turn 8.
2021 Driver Standings
DRIVER TEAM POINTS
1. Max Verstappen - RED BULL RACING HONDA 105
2. Lewis Hamilton - MERCEDES 101
3. Sergio Pérez - RED BULL RACING HONDA 69
4. Lando Norris - MCLAREN MERCEDES 66
5. Charles Leclerc - FERRARI 52
6. Valtteri Bottas - MERCEDES 47
7. Carlos Sainz - FERRARI 42
8. Pierre Gasly - ALPHA TAURI HONDA 31
9. Sebastian Vettel - ASTON MARTIN MERCEDES 28
10. Daniel Ricciardo - MCLAREN MERCEDES 26
11. Fernando Alonso - ALPINE RENAULT 13
12. Esteban Ocon - ALPINE RENAULT 12
13. Lance Stroll - ASTON MARTIN MERCEDES 9
14. Yuki Tsunoda - ALPHATAURI HONDA 8
15. Kimi Räikkönen - ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 1
16. Antonio Giovinazzi - ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 1
17. Mick Schumacher - HAAS FERRARI 0
18. George Russell - WILLIAMS MERCEDES 0
19. Nikita Mazepin - HAAS FERRARI 0
20. Nicholas Latifi - WILLIAMS MERCEDES 0
2021 Constructor Standings
EQUIPO POINTS
1. RED BULL RACING HONDA 174
2. MERCEDES 148
3. FERRARI 94
4. MCLAREN MERCEDES 92
5. ALPHATAURI HONDA 39
6. ASTON MARTIN MERCEDES 37
7. ALPINE RENAULT 25
8. ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI 2
9. HAAS FERRARI 0
10. WILLIAMS MERCEDES 0
Selected Compounds
Classification
Paul Ricard Circuit
The seventh race of the year in the Formula 1 calendar will be held at the Paul Ricard circuit located in France. A track inaugurated in 1971 with a length of 5.842 kilometers and two DRS zones.
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