Monday, 24 June 2019

2019 French Grand Prix Review

Review of the eighth round of the 2019 F1 season at Circuit Paul Ricard at Le Castellet, for the French Grand Prix.

Overall the race itself was a good race to watch. It was the race where Current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton controlled the race from the start of the Grand Prix to the end, on pole for Sunday's race, took the lead at the start of the race and never looked back; lead all the laps to win this seasons French Grand Prix for Lewis Hamilton's sixth race win of the season.



While, Hamilton's team-mate and Valtteri Bottas finished in second place in the other Mercedes to give the team its sixth one-two finish of the season, Bottas was eighteen seconds behind Hamilton at the end.

Meanwhile, Charles Leclerc finished in third place in the Ferrari to complete the podium, Leclerc was nineteen seconds behind Hamilton at the end of the fifty-three lap race.

Highlights of the race below, enjoy.



Rate the Teams and Drivers

Mercedes - 9
Lewis Hamilton - 10 (pole, race win)
Valtteri Bottas - 8 (finished second)

Ferrari - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 7 (finished fifth, fastest lap)
Charles Leclerc - 8 (finished third)

Red Bull Racing - 6
Max Verstappen - 8 (finished fourth)
Pierre Gasly - 5 (finished tenth, lap down)

Renault - 7
Daniel Ricciardo - 7 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Nico Hülkenberg - 7 (finished eighth, lap down)

Haas - 5
Romain Grosjean - 5 (DNF )
Kevin Magnussen - 5 (finished seventeenth, lap down)

McLaren - 9
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 10 (finished sixth)
Lando Norris - 8 (finished ninth, lap down)

Racing Point - 5
Sergio Pérez- 5 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Lance Stroll - 5 (finished thirteenth, lap down)

Alfa Romeo - 6
Kimi Räikkönen - 8 (finished seventh, lap down)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 5 (finished sixteenth, lap down)

Toro Rosso - 5
Daniil Kvyat - 5 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Alexander Albon - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)

Williams - 4
George Russell - 4 (finished nineteenth, two laps down)
Robert Kubica - 4 (finished eighteenth, two laps down)


Next stop Red Bull Ring for the Austrian Grand Prix in a weeks time.

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