2018 French Grand Prix

2018 French Grand Prix
Race 8 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Circuit Paul Ricard in 2018
Race details[1]
Date 24 June 2018
Official name Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018
Location Circuit Paul Ricard
Le Castellet, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Course Permanent racing circuit
Course length 5.842 km (3.630 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 309.690 km (192.432 miles)
Weather Partially cloudy, warm and dry
Pole position
Driver Mercedes
Time 1:30.029
Fastest lap
Driver Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Time 1:34.225 on lap 41
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2018 French Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018)[1] was a Formula One motor race that took place on 24 June 2018 at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France.[1] The race was the eighth round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the first time that the French Grand Prix has been run since 2008. It was the 87th running of the French Grand Prix,[2] and the 59th time the event had been included as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in 1950.[3]

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel entered the race with a one-point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by seventeen points. Hamilton took the lead in the Driver's Championship by winning the race, with Vettel finishing fifth.

  1. ^ a b c "Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018". formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  2. ^ Richards, Giles (21 June 2018). "Return to Paul Ricard the first step to recapturing glory of French racing". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Grands Prix France". StatsF1. Retrieved 29 August 2018.