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These were the first symptoms of failing hydraulic pressure. Hamilton had extended his gap through Bottas’ second stint struggles and was under no threat despite his worn tyres. The McLarens still held sway behind the big three teams, Sainz still ahead, Norris running just out of his turbulence zone. In one of the biggest moves of the 2019 driver market, Ricciardo elected to go from the relatively safe bet of Red Bull to Renault, where next year he’ll drive alongside Nico Hulkenberg, who starts his third year for the Anglo-French team. Vettel had the gap to aim for the fastest lap Photo: Motorsport Images, Meanwhile, into this last lap, Norris was still withstanding Ricciardo’s pressure on his seventh place. Sometime later Ricciardo was awarded ten seconds-worth of penalties, five seconds each for the Norris and Räikkönen off-track passes. Vettel, in fifth, had enough of a gap over Sainz that Ferrari could pit him near the end and fit him with a set of brand-new softs with which to attack the race’s fastest lap. The last too, as Charles Leclerc attacked Valtteri Bottas’ second place while a starring Lando Norris in a crippled car tried in vain to hold off the three attacking sharks Daniel Ricciardo, Kimi Räikkönen and Nico Hülkenberg. At the back, Russell had got ahead of Kubica but was then forced to make a second stop as the wing damage incurred earlier began to worsen. At Toro Rosso, only Daniil Kvyat had the upgraded Honda engine and, on account of the number of units previously used, he’d be starting from the back. September 1, 2019 at 2:56 p.m. UTC. Pierre Gasly is a French Formula 1 driver, born in Rouen on 7 February 1996. Gasly, on his gradually degrading softs, was doing an effective job of keeping Ricciardo off the backs of the McLarens. There was a bit of a concertina effect, making a queue into Turn Three that Perez feared running into the back of. But Kimi remained inch-perfect and immune to pressure. At some point, I found some good lines there but they didn’t any more work with that wind direction.” That and not being able to pick up a tow down the Mistral (Hamilton was able to use Bottas’ tow, as it was his turn this weekend to choose the Q3 running order) accounted for the order between the Mercs, with Bottas not improving on his second run. With Verstappen defending the inside line as they approached Signes at 200mph+, Sainz flicked left to go around the outside. Verstappen off the pace but fourth Photo: Motorsport Images. Lewis was moving around inside the cockpit a little more than he would have liked, as a seat support stay had broken. In the other Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel was having a tougher time of it in Q3, having been nip and tuck with Leclerc up to that point. Full team name: Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda. Around a much longer lap, it did represent a better performance than at Barcelona – but with the proviso that Hamilton was potentially 0.4sec quicker again, had he not made that error towards the end of his lap. Sainz and Verstappen side-by-side Photo: Motorsport Images. It was an illusion, like the heatwave mirages down the end of the Mistral straight. Meet the glamorous wives and girlfriends of Formula 1's 2020 drivers. In such conditions, Hamilton’s improvisational approach perhaps came to his aid and worked against Bottas. Williams was also further off than at any other race, at almost 5sec. Hamilton had the fastest lap up to this point and was up for trying to retain it despite his 30-lap old hard tyres. As Mercedes were keeping a wary eye on their front tyres and becoming further occupied with managing a misfire that had developed in Bottas’ engine, things were yet-more tense at McLaren. The low-drag Racing Point wasn’t at its best around a circuit with so many long-duration corners and Sergio Perez did well just to get into Q2, where he was around 0.3sec adrift of Toro Rosso, 14th. Norris was in great form and shaded Sainz by just over a tenth – and in fact, this was just a hundredth slower than Verstappen, further underlining how much Red Bull was struggling. Given permission to use the necessary engine modes, he was faster than Vettel in the second sector… Vettel was not given the highest modes – just as in Q3. It wasn’t immediately slowing their pace, but it was an obvious cause for concern. The problems of Vettel and Gasly opened up the possibility of great grid slots for whoever proved ‘best of the rest’. Verstappen had to get committed on the brakes to grind back ahead of the McLarens into Turn One, Sainz slotting in ahead of Norris. They have history, these two, as recently as Bahrain this year and Max defended heavily into the Mistral chicane, Sainz surrendering early into the turn so as to get a better run out of there, slipstreaming the Red Bull for all he was worth. So we will still work on that one and have some test items again in Austria and try to better understand and I think we will fully understand when all the parts will properly work as expected.”. Hamilton (on mediums) extended his lead further with hard tyres Photo: Motorsport Images. Having succeeded in getting the car right for qualifying, he was super-sensitive in how he looked after the tyres in this second stint. Forty-eight years ago Jackie Stewart was similarly dominant on the first grand prix to be held here – and there he was, 80 years old now, in the post-race green room chatting with Hamilton, Bottas and Leclerc. Nico Hülkenberg – still with the older spec engine – got crossed up at the chicane on his final Q2 lap, leaving him relying on his first run, good only for 13th. 25/09/2020 at 20:14. On a track temperature of over 55C, that meant a bit of management from the driver. Sign-up now for access to a limited number of articles. So he took the easier option of turning onto the stripy tarmac and following the prescribed arrowed route back on – but that still brought him out ahead of the car (Magnussen’s Haas) that he’d been behind. “There are certain points at which you can attack and there are others where you kind of have to give way a little bit to the wind.”. I can't wait for the day to arrive," said the Frenchman revealed that he will be driving at his home racetrack on June 29. Gasly would prove a tougher nut to crack, running in eighth and keeping ahead of the Renaults and the Alfa for a long time to come despite the soft tyres. Red Bull wasn’t confident in him getting through Q2 on the mediums (theoretically around 0.6sec slower than the softs) and so he’d be at a strategic disadvantage on race day. After a while, a strip of blisters began to form on the inside front of each Mercedes. Eventually, Ricciardo’s patience ran out and he forced his way past Grosjean at Turns 1-2 but put all four wheels off the circuit in doing so. The pre-race expectation was that it would be a thermally-limited race, ie you had to keep the rear tyres from overheating. Full race report by Mark Hughes. In one of the biggest moves of the 2019 driver market, Ricciardo elected to go from the relatively safe bet of Red Bull to Renault, where next year he’ll drive alongside Nico Hulkenberg, who starts his third year for the Anglo-French team. Next, the upchanges became very rough, then the steering became increasingly heavy. Haas was further off the pace than it has been all year and it was all Kevin Magnussen could do to put it 15th, with Romain Grosjean, not getting a good lap in, two places back. Verstappen couldn’t run at Leclerc’s pace and have his rubber survive to tell the tale, but Vettel’s early delays behind the McLarens had left him too far behind the Red Bull to have a hope of reaching it before the pit stop window… So we had a colourful high-speed display of whooshing techno marvels driven by incredibly skilful pilots, guided by software and pit wall strategists. But he’d been over-conservative in meeting his minimum time, expecting the VSC to last longer than the 15sec or so that it did. Ricciardo and Gasly were around 5sec back but suffering delays stuck behind the long-running hard-tyred Grosjean. Ferrari insisted no risks would be taken with reliability,…, Max Verstappen hadn't finished on the podium in Monaco before but put that right with a dominant victory in Monte Carlo to take the lead of the world championship. To access your subscription or free account. It failed to match them, with only Daniel Ricciardo making it to Q3 and going only eighth-fastest there, 0.5sec slower than the McLarens despite his higher-spec upgraded engine. As Sky F1's Anthony Davidson pointed out, Leclerc arguably produced the lap of the day as he became the first Sauber driver to make Q3 since Felipe Nasr in early 2015. While Hulk was trying as hard as he could to find a way around Räikkönen without killing his tyres. As Leclerc gave up on the idea of trying for Bottas’ outside through the left-handed part of the Turn 1-2 switchback, he lost enough momentum that Verstappen was around his outside through Turn Two and briefly ahead. In the 2021 Formula One season there are two French drivers. There was plenty of life left in the medium tyres on the Mercedes and they looked capable of continuing to lap at least as quickly as the new-tyred cars behind. Lance Stroll was 0.8sec slower and therefore retained his 2019 record of not getting past the Q1 hurdle, in 18th. Pitstop for Haas driver Kevin Magnussen at the 2019 French F1 GP at Paul Ricard LE CASTELLET, FRANCE – JUNE 21: Pierre Gasly of France driving the (10) Aston Martin Red Bull Racing RB15 in the Pitlane during practice for the F1 Grand Prix of France at Circuit Paul Ricard on June 21, 2019 in Le Castellet, France. Combined, it meant he couldn’t approach his Q2 time and ended up only seventh fastest, 0.6sec adrift of Leclerc. The only other team apart from Mercedes to keep their 2018 line-up, Grosjean and Magnussen remain with the American squad, having helped Haas enjoy their most successful season to date this year. Norris began complaining that his diff wasn’t pre-loading as he adjusted it. See all the races from this season: 2019 F1 calendar Race weekend information F1 session times F1 support races Paul Ricard2019 French Grand Prix Previous F1 races in France F1 session times Friday 21st June 2019 French Grand Prix Free … Continue reading 2019 French Grand Prix Vettel’s body language was clear on the Saturday ahead of the race Photo: Motorsport Images. But Ferrari came up doubly short in that its upgrades were less than convincing and in that, they were apparently carrying a power unit problem that prevented a troubled Sebastian Vettel from using his higher engine modes after Q2 and for the rest of the weekend. It seemed inevitable they’d pass before too much longer but Norris stayed calm and improvised some sort of tune out of it for the time being. Aged just 19 years and 345 days, he was the youngest French driver to ever start an F1 race – a record he holds to this day. His is the first death due to injuries sustained during a race since legendary Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna was killed during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Team-mate Pierre Gasly was struggling, further adrift of Verstappen than he’s been all season and feeling afterwards that he’d gone in the wrong direction on set-up. “When we were in Barcelona in testing, we did not think this would be where we were. With one sector of the final lap to go, it couldn’t be called which of them was going to take the award and the extra one point. Hamilton leads from the start Photo: Motorsport Images. The Formula 2 driver died in a collision on the second lap of a sprint race at the weekend's Belgian Grand Prix just hours after F1 qualifying had finished on the track. “They stopped me, for sure, too early,” claimed Hamilton later. Stroll’s confirmation was as expected, given that his father has part-owned the former Force India squad since August, with the Canadian moving over from Williams to join incumbent Sergio Perez, and in place of his bezzie mate Esteban Ocon (who becomes Mercedes’ third and reserve driver for 2019). Vettel was anxious to get on from his compromised grid slot, but not over-anxious, putting clean out-braking moves into the Mistral chicane on the McLarens of Norris and Sainz on laps five and seven respectively. The first lap, with derring-do and beautiful wheel-to-wheel judgement, was pretty good. Barring problems, this was never going to be anything other than a Mercedes benefit, such is the layout and nature of Paul Ricard. Albon had been forced to take the Turn Two run-off and dropped many places. Then a line of rubber marbles began to litter the off-line bits of track, further limiting passing attempts. Hamilton might have set a significantly better time than he did. A few drivers further back (Räikkönen, Hülkenberg, Grosjean, Stroll, Kvyat) started on hards with the idea of a long first stint and an attacking second one on mediums. As he didn’t surrender the place back, he’d later be awarded a five-second penalty. The World Championship of Drivers has been held since 1950.Driver records listed here include all rounds which formed part of the World Championship since 1950: this includes the Indianapolis 500 in 1950–1960 (though it was not run to Formula 1 rules), and the 1952 and 1953 World Championship Grands Prix (which were run to Formula 2 rules). It was all the more disappointing therefore that he was only ninth quickest in Q3, 0.7sec shy of Verstappen. Leclerc meanwhile has been on a mission to better understand set-up since Montreal. Verstappen maintained position in the pit-stops Photo: Motorsport Images. The renamed squad is another boasting an all-new set of drivers for 2019, Raikkonen becomes the first champion since Jacques Villeneuve to drive for the Swiss team, while he’s partnered by Ferrari Driver Academy graduate Antonio Giovinazzi. “To be honest whatever happens I don’t really care. But this still put Leclerc on the inside for the first chicane and they accelerated up the following straight with wheels almost touching. It cost him around 0.4sec, but that still left his pole number 86 with a margin of 0.286sec, as Bottas failed to improve on his first run. I really hope Ferrari bring some extra downforce rather than keeping the straights fast, get some speed through the corners so we can start racing each other.”, Hamilton in a class of his own Photo: Motorsport Images, Through the practices and into Q1 and Q2 Lewis Hamilton looked like he was scratching against Valtteri Bottas. ‘It's a difficult one to take’ – Leclerc ‘hurting’ after technical issue prevents him taking Monaco start, Hamilton blasts ‘really, really poor performance’ from Mercedes after taking P7 in Monaco, Monaco GP Facts & Stats: Verstappen wins the fastest Monte Carlo race in history, Giovinazzi happy to give Alfa Romeo ‘what we deserve’ with first Q3 of the year at Monaco. Like Mercedes and Ferrari – and McLaren and Renault on this occasion – Verstappen got through Q2 on the slower medium tyre with an eye to race day. It had been a brief walk-on part. Then another on the outside front tyres of both Hamilton and Bottas. “On the last lap, I just didn’t have the same feeling as during other parts of the session.” He was also unable to use the highest engine mode (subsequent investigations revealed an intercooler leak). Not all of the upgrades stayed on the car into Saturday and Charles Leclerc’s third-quickest time was 0.646sec adrift of pole. The mediums were reckoned good for a range of about 25 laps – and the hards would get you to the end from there. Verstappen was in for his hards on the 20th lap. Hamilton thought back to last year here and how, on the same thin-gauge construction, Lance Stroll had suffered a front blow-out through Signes. Hamilton moves across the F1 championship battlefield to join Lewis Hamilton won the 2019 French Grand Prix on Sunday and successfully defended his title to take a 36-point lead atop the Formula One drivers' standings. For a better experience, keep your browser up to date. Full team name: Aston Martin Red Bull Racing. Sainz was best of the rest from Ricciardo, Räikkönen, Hülkenberg and Norris. He did not like the balance of the car on the soft tyre as much as on the medium, in that it understeered more and gave him less feedback. Ferrari arrived in Ricard cautiously optimistic. As such he didn’t do a serious qualifying effort and went out in Q1, 16th-fastest. It’s all change at McLaren, with Carlos Sainz switching over from Renault, while promising rookie Lando Norris moves up from Formula 2 to drive the second papaya orange car, having readied himself with several free practice sessions for the team in 2018. Others to struggle with the rubber, regardless of which compound they were on, were the Haas pair Magnussen and Grosjean who gradually fell back. Those up front on the mediums were sliding around spectacularly for a couple of laps (Hamilton having a big oversteer moment exiting Turn One on the second lap) until the rubber found its working temperature. You cannot just go attacking the car ahead of you willy-nilly… Furthermore, without a headwind down the main straight, the DRS was nowhere near as effective as it was here last year. He’d thereby gained an advantage, essentially overtaking him off the track. This phase of the race saw Hamilton judge his pace on the gap back to Bottas who in turn was able to pull gently away from Leclerc without over-stressing himself too much. George Russell and Robert Kubica were separated by 0.4sec, but Russell would be taking a grid penalty for a new power unit. Sainz had spent Friday trialling a new front suspension (with an articulation like those of Ferrari and Mercedes that allows the nose to dip on high steering lock) and so was playing catch-up a little into Saturday on the standard set up. Sainz now led a train of cars comprising Norris, Ricciardo, Räikkönen, Hülkenberg, Gasly and Perez. Verstappen kept his foot in and prevailed on the exit and the run down to Le Beausset, the 180-degree parabola with the spectacular braking/turning approach. Essential information for the 2019 French Grand Prix, round 8 of the 2019 F1 season. © 2003-2021 Formula One World Championship Limited. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1526810873155-0');}). On his first run, he got out of shape early in the lap, then had the gearbox not respond to his upshift paddle. When the team spoke to me afterwards and said, ‘how’s the car?’ I didn’t really have any good things to say and there was a real worry for the first week and a half until the last day when we kind of figured out how to get the car to work. French driver Esteban Ocon, who has joined the Renault F1 team for next season, tweeted: "Can't believe it, we had the same age, we started racing together and battled on track for years. This allowed Kubica to win this in-team battle for the first time. Bottas, furthermore, was about to begin lapping the tail end of the field soon, which would have allowed Leclerc to gain quickly. This dropped him to an official 11th place, one behind Gasly. Eventually, Kvyat prevailed after slipstreaming his rival and out-braking him into the Mistral chicane. It made a difference of around 0.2sec. Vettel stays on for his fifth campaign with the Scuderia, while after one of the most lauded rookie seasons in F1 history, Charles Leclerc steps up from Sauber to drive alongside the four-time champion, in place of Kimi Raikkonen. Why? Gasly’s stop and the undercut pressure it applied forced McLaren to bring Norris in first despite being the team car behind. Formula 1 had to get ... is the feelgood story racing needed Juan Manuel Correa has had a long road to recovery from that horrific day at Spa in 2019. Kvyat tried for a pass around the outside of Signes but Albon didn’t budge, remaining on the inside for Le Beausset. The latest news, updates and more straight to your inbox, Schumacher Ferrari F1 cars confirmed for Goodwood FoS, Paul Ricard’s jet-set glamour: the French GPs that showed F1’s future, The 1973 French Grand Prix: Peterson breaks his duck. This would have given him a more comfortable second stint, with hard tyres not required to last as long. “I don’t think we got all the answers [to our issues] from this weekend,” said Ferrari’s Mattia Binotto. The first lap, with derring-do and beautiful wheel-to-wheel judgement, was pretty good. The all-conquering Mercedes team are one of only two squads to retain both their drivers for next year – and you can understand why, after the Silver Arrows took their fifth consecutive constructors’ title, while Hamilton claimed his fifth drivers’ championship. Norris calmly delivered a series of almost error-free high-pressure laps in tricky conditions, with a track temperature of over 55C and a gusting wind, on a day when many more experienced hands tripped up.

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