The French Grand Prix 12th date of the F1 season at the Paul Ricard circuit
Carlos Sainz penalized with 5 seconds for unsafe restart (in the pits). Team error with the man from Madrid in the pits.
Carlos Sainz, P5 one of the big winners with the Safety Car caused by his teammate. He attacked Alonso for P4 on the medium tyre. At any moment he will go for Russell.
THE GRAND PRIX RESTARTED. Verstappen in first position, with slightly more worn tires than Hamilton and Checo Pérez. All three with hard rim.
PODIUM so far lap 21 of 53
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VERSTAPPEN
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HAMILTON
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PÉREZ
Charles Leclerc left alone. Turn 11, the car little by little goes out of the curve until the driver loses it and ends up once morest the wall head-on. It wasn’t a hard blow, but enough to take the Ferrari out of the race. I was alone first. Pilot error.
All those who had not gone through the pits benefited from this Safety Car. Checo Pérez went through the pits and came out P3 behind Hamilton. Mercedes made a double stop: Hamilton passed and as soon as Lewis left, they were already waiting for George Russell.
CHARLES LECLERC IS OUT OF THE RACE! The Monegasque pilot went ahead. There is Safety Car.
LAP 18/53
CHARLES LECLERC IS OUT OF THE RACE!!!
The Ferrari driver hits the wall at Turn 11!#FrenchGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/5SL5xQcmUc
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PIT STOP: Max Verstappen switches to hard rubber. It’s lap 17 of 53. Will Max make a one-stop race?
Leclerc accelerated and ran away from Verstappen’s DRS. Maybe Max is in tire management mode. The important thing here is to achieve a one-stop race and not two, since Paul Ricard’s pit lane is one of the longest – a pit stop takes 30 seconds.
Carlos Sainz with the second Ferrari is already tenth. Let’s remember that the Spanish rider was penalized for changing the power unit and started P19.
Hamilton escaped from Checo Pérez. The Mexican is now 2.7 seconds behind the British and Russell P5, 1.4 behind the Guadalajara. Czech is losing pace. Up ahead, Verstappen is still within range of DRS.
Behind, Carlos Sainz Jr. is already P12. Magnussen goes from yellow tire to hard. It’s just lap 9 of 53. He’s clearly going to go to two stops.
Verstappen attacked him at Turn 11 at the end of the Mistral Straight, but Charles defended the inside of the curve well. Behind, Checo is still within range of DRS, but cannot pass Hamilton’s Mercedes.
Penalty for Esteban Ocon. Five seconds when I go through the pits. Alonso attacks Russell, who managed to pass the Spaniard for fifth position. So there are three fights at the front, plus a very compact half platoon. All under an inclement sun and, you have to pay attention to tire wear.
Max Verstappen half a second behind Leclerc. Pérez, for his part, besieges Hamilton’s position. The Red Bulls in attack mode…
Tsunoda was the one who lost the most positions, as he suffered a crash by Ocon’s Alpine. He started in the top 10 and the Japanese is last. The Haas, on the other hand, were among the biggest winners – Magnussen, who started last, moved up seven positions. Carlos Sainz with the Ferrari, is P16, started P19.
LAP 3/53
TOP 10
Leclerc ????
Verstappen
Hamilton
Perez
Alonso
Russell
Norris
Ricciardo
Ocon
Stroll #FrenchGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/zzDv3Hmwe3— Formula 1 (@F1) July 24, 2022
STARTED THE GRAND PRIX OF FRANCE: Checo Pérez made a bad move and lost third place. Charles Leclerc is still at the top and Fernando Alonso gained two positions, is fifth and attacks Checo…
Full stands at the Pau Ricard. The formation lap is underway.
La Marseillaise has already been heard. Cars and drivers line up on the starting grid for the formation lap and then the start of the race.
Is he French Grand Prix in the circuit Paul Ricardwhich housed for the first time the formula 1 in 1971. It was the permanent seat of the Grand Prix from 1985 to 1990, in 91 Magny-Cours took over.
Paul Ricardlocated in the bucolic community of Le Castellet, returned in 2018 to the highest category. A permanent route of 5.8 kilometers. There will be 53 laps to complete the 309 kilometers of Grand Prix. Czech Perez He will start from third position.
Czech Perez he had not very auspicious free practices, but in the qualifying session the Mexican improved his times enough to advance the first two rounds without problems and then, in the third and final, set the third fastest time and be close to his teammate, Max Verstappen.
Charles Leclerc It will bite first with Verstappen second, who surely and faithful to his style will be aggressive in the first corner. Czech Perez, In addition to attacking the position of the Ferrariyou should watch your back, Lewis Hamiltona driver who normally moves well at the start, will be behind him.
Grille output:
Sunday’s runners and riders ????#FrenchGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/faALa2K2Qf
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Pirelli has brought its mid-range for the even asphalt of Paul Ricard, one of the best on the calendar as the circuit is essentially a test track (that’s why it has so many layouts). High temperatures and hard rubber wear are expected.
The Italian brand considers a strategy of an arrest. The initial stint would be with the middle compound C3; the switch window would be between lap 18 and 27 and move to the harder C2 and finish the race with that set. However, given the high temperatures there are options for a two-stop strategy, with fewer laps in both the initial stint on mediums and the intermediate on hards, and then finishing the race on another set of yellow tyres.
Considering those available sets, which strategy will prove the fastest to the #FrenchGP?
????????????#F1 #Fit4F1 # Formula 1 #Pirelli #Pirelli150 @F1 pic.twitter.com/yQJJdItsAh— Pirelli Motorsport (@pirellisport) July 24, 2022
