Max Verstappen leads the provisional grid for the 2021 French Grand Prix.
| Row 1 | 1. Max Verstappen 1’29.990 Red Bull | |
| 2. Lewis Hamilton 1’30.248 Mercedes | ||
| Row 2 | 3. Valtteri Bottas 1’30.376 Mercedes | |
| 4. Sergio Perez 1’30.445 Red Bull | ||
| Row 3 | 5. Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’30.840 Ferrari | |
| 6. Pierre Gasly 1’30.868 AlphaTauri | ||
| Row 4 | 7. Charles Leclerc 1’30.987 Ferrari | |
| 8. Lando Norris 1’31.252 McLaren | ||
| Row 5 | 9. Fernando Alonso 1’31.340 Alpine | |
| 10. Daniel Ricciardo 1’31.382 McLaren | ||
| Row 6 | 11. Esteban Ocon 1’31.736 Alpine | |
| 12. Sebastian Vettel 1’31.767 Aston Martin | ||
| Row 7 | 13. Antonio Giovinazzi 1’31.813 Alfa Romeo | |
| 14. George Russell 1’32.065 Williams | ||
| Row 8 | 15. Mick Schumacher No time Haas | |
| 16. Nicholas Latifi 1’33.062 Williams | ||
| Row 9 | 17. Kimi Raikkonen 1’33.354 Alfa Romeo | |
| 18. Nikita Mazepin 1’33.554 Haas | ||
| Row 10 | 19. Lance Stroll 2’12.584 Aston Martin | |
| 20. Yuki Tsunoda No time AlphaTauri |
Yuki Tsunoda and Lance Stroll failed to set times within 107% of the quickest lap in Q1, but have been given permission to start as they set suitable lap times during practice
Yuki Tsunoda will start from the pit lane due to a floor specification change
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Jere (@jerejj)
19th June 2021, 15:17
Mclaren slow-ish again.
I wonder, where are the people who called for Leclerc getting penalized in Monaco this time.
wsrgo (@wsrgo)
19th June 2021, 15:19
@jerejj Is this regarding Schumacher? He’s almost definitely starting 20th or from the pitlane.
Jere (@jerejj)
19th June 2021, 16:03
@wsrgo Yes, but I was somewhat sarcastic.
Srdjan Mandic (@srga91)
19th June 2021, 16:09
@wsrgo
I hardly think so. Günther Steiner was fairly confident that there was no major damage to the rear, mainly the front left suspension.
F1 frog (@f1frog)
19th June 2021, 15:18
Martin Brundle: ‘George Russell obviously thinks he can get further up the grid with those soft tyres without risking actually getting into the top ten.’
Get rid of that Q2 tyre rule now!
Apart from that, it was an extremely entertaining qualifying session. Excellent laps from Verstappen, Sainz and Gasly in particular. Russell also deserves a mention for that fantastic lap in Q1 that he didn’t get to finish because of Schumacher’s crash.
RandomMallard (@)
19th June 2021, 16:51
@f1frog Good News: They are!
Bad News (for some): It’s on Sprint Qualifying weekends.
(For the record, I’m neutral on Sprint Qualifying for now)
Pat
19th June 2021, 15:20
So Max gets away with going wide says Martin so how is that fair??? 🤦♂️ FIA are a joke.
Dave
19th June 2021, 15:23
The previous race was the worst instance of incompetence. And none of them resigned because of everything that happened at Baku…as of yet.
Rr
19th June 2021, 15:24
A lot of drivers were going wide in Turn 2, which isn’t deemed a penalty corner
erikje
19th June 2021, 15:28
His second lap was even faster, so problem there.
Jere (@jerejj)
19th June 2021, 16:04
@Pat Only T6 is under scrutiny lap time-wise.
RandomMallard (@)
19th June 2021, 17:01
I believe they aren’t deleting lap times at T2 because the yellow kerbs on the outside make it self policing. According to the race director’s notes the only thing being policed at T2 is the rejoining in the race if the driver cuts the inside of the corner to the right of the yellow bollard on the apex
sebsronnie (@sebsronnie)
19th June 2021, 15:21
I thoroughly enjoyed this Q3. Excellent lap from Max but the rest of the top 4 were also pretty good. Hopefully, the race will be good.
erikje
19th June 2021, 16:16
The good thing is, no flexiwing tales, no tire pressure fiction and completely legal pit gear.
I know some that will miss all those fictional story’s.
Just a great team, top designer (it looks if the rake increased BTW), top driver.
Great stuff. And a happy lewis with his second place.
Who would have expected that.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
19th June 2021, 23:54
I missed his reaction unfortunately, but remember baku, he was again happy with 2nd place, and I’d say he did a great job there with the possibly 3rd fastest car.