2019 French Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres

Sebastian Vettel denied Lewis Hamilton a ‘grand slam’ result in the French Grand Prix by taking the fastest lap on the final lap of the race.

Hamilton had already started from pole position and led every lap of the race on his way to victory. His final lap of the race, on 29-lap-old hard (C2) tyres, was a 1’32.764, which initially looked good enough for the fastest lap and a ‘grand slam’.

But Vettel had saved an unused set of soft tyres for the race, had them fitted for the final lap, and beat Hamilton’s time by 0.024 seconds. That illustrated the performance gap between the two cars, though Vettel said afterwards he’d not been able to fully use his stored energy on his final tour.

Williams performed the fastest pit stop of the race for Robert Kubica, who finished ahead of his team mate George Russell for the first time this year. Russell had to make an extra pit stop for a new front wing due to damage he incurred when he hit a bollard after going off the track while trying to pass Kubica.

Daniil Kvyat made the most progress during the race, gaining five places from his starting position, the last coming when he muscled past team mate Alexander Albon. The other Toro Rosso was on harder tyres and lost time hitting a bollard at the start of the lap.

However Antonio Giovinazzi lost the most places and missed out on a potential first points score. He started inside the top 10 but finished six places lower, having gone just seven laps on his original set of worn soft compound tyres.

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2019 French Grand Prix lap chart

The positions of each driver on every lap. Click name to highlight, right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:

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2019 French Grand Prix race chart

The gaps between each driver on every lap compared to the leader’s average lap time. Very large gaps omitted. Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and right-click to reset. Toggle drivers using controls below:

Position change

Driver	Start position	Lap one position change	Race position change
Lewis Hamilton	1	0	0
Valtteri Bottas	2	0	0
Sebastian Vettel	7	0	2
Charles Leclerc	3	0	0
Max Verstappen	4	0	0
Pierre Gasly	9	1	-2
Daniel Ricciardo	8	-2	1
Nico Hulkenberg	13	1	4
Romain Grosjean	16	-2
Kevin Magnussen	15	1	-2
Carlos Sainz Jnr	6	1	0
Lando Norris	5	-1	-5
Sergio Perez	14	1	2
Lance Stroll	17	2	4
Kimi Raikkonen	12	1	4
Antonio Giovinazzi	10	1	-6
Daniil Kvyat	19	-1	5
Alexander Albon	11	-5	-4
George Russell	20	1	1
Robert Kubica	18	1	0

2019 French Grand Prix lap times

All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded). Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and toggle drivers using the control below:

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2019 French Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1’32.740		53
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’32.764	0.024	53
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1’33.586	0.846	43
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1’33.828	1.088	40
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1’34.162	1.422	38
6	Carlos Sainz Jnr	McLaren-Renault	1’34.561	1.821	52
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1’34.754	2.014	45
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1’34.873	2.133	47
9	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-Mercedes	1’34.924	2.184	44
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’34.950	2.210	46
11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-Mercedes	1’35.014	2.274	42
12	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso-Honda	1’35.029	2.289	51
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1’35.115	2.375	50
14	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull-Honda	1’35.150	2.410	42
15	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1’35.197	2.457	47
16	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Honda	1’35.225	2.485	43
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1’35.691	2.951	42
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1’35.692	2.952	50
19	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1’35.830	3.090	51
20	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	1’36.608	3.868	50

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2019 French Grand Prix tyre strategies

The tyre strategies for each driver:

	Stint 1	Stint 2	Stint 3
Lewis Hamilton	C3 (24)	C2 (29)
Valtteri Bottas	C3 (23)	C2 (30)
Charles Leclerc	C3 (21)	C2 (32)
Max Verstappen	C3 (20)	C2 (33)
Sebastian Vettel	C3 (25)	C2 (26)	C4 (2)
Carlos Sainz Jnr	C3 (19)	C2 (34)
Daniel Ricciardo	C3 (16)	C2 (36)
Kimi Raikkonen	C2 (31)	C3 (21)
Nico Hulkenberg	C2 (34)	C3 (18)
Lando Norris	C3 (18)	C2 (34)
Pierre Gasly	C4 (17)	C2 (35)
Sergio Perez	C3 (18)	C2 (34)
Lance Stroll	C2 (39)	C3 (13)
Daniil Kvyat	C2 (32)	C3 (20)
Alexander Albon	C3 (25)	C2 (27)
Antonio Giovinazzi	C4 (7)	C2 (27)	C3 (18)
Kevin Magnussen	C3 (16)	C2 (36)
Robert Kubica	C3 (24)	C2 (27)
George Russell	C3 (25)	C2 (8)	C3 (18)
Romain Grosjean	C2 (31)	C3 (13)

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2019 French Grand Prix pit stop times

How long each driver’s pit stops took:

	Driver	Team	Pit stop time	Gap	On lap
1	Robert Kubica	Williams	29.792		24
2	Carlos Sainz Jnr	McLaren	29.920	0.128	19
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo	29.975	0.183	31
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	30.044	0.252	25
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	30.118	0.326	20
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	30.186	0.394	24
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	30.203	0.411	21
8	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	30.228	0.436	17
9	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	30.233	0.441	32
10	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	30.279	0.487	25
11	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	30.412	0.620	23
12	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	30.468	0.676	51
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	30.576	0.784	18
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	30.832	1.040	16
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas	30.837	1.045	31
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	30.842	1.050	7
17	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	30.849	1.057	39
18	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	30.884	1.092	34
19	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	31.031	1.239	16
20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	31.697	1.905	34
21	George Russell	Williams	31.950	2.158	25
22	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	37.286	7.494	18
23	George Russell	Williams	37.494	7.702	33

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