Formula 1: 2021 French Grand Prix – Full starting lineup
By Asher Fair
The starting lineup for the French Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Ricard is set after Formula 1 saw yet another intense qualifying session.
Another exciting Formula 1 qualifying session saw Red Bull’s Max Verstappen take his second pole position of the 2021 season, and he did it at a track where Mercedes had been dominant in recent years: Circuit Paul Ricard.
Verstappen took the pole position for Sunday’s 53-lap French Grand Prix around the 15-turn, 3.63-mile (5.842-kilometer) road course in Le Castellet, France by recording a top lap time of 89.990 seconds (145.216 miles per hour) in the third and final round of qualifying.
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He is set to be joined on the front row by Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in second place. Hamilton had been two for two in terms of taking the pole position at this circuit, and he is also two for two in terms of winning at this track, having won from pole in both 2018 and 2019.
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Hamilton’s top lap time was 90.248 seconds (144.801 miles per hour), 0.258 seconds (0.415 miles per hour) slower than that of Verstappen. Verstappen leads Hamilton 105-101 in the driver standings through six races.
The second row is also set to be made up of one Mercedes driver and one Red Bull driver, as Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas qualified in third place ahead of Red Bull’s Sergio Perez in fourth. Red Bull lead Mercedes 174-148 in the constructor standings.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. led the rest of the pack in fifth place, and he is set to be joined by AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly on the third row in sixth.
Here is the full starting lineup for the 2021 French Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Ricard.
Starting Lineup
1st – Max Verstappen
2nd – Lewis Hamilton
3rd – Valtteri Bottas
4th – Sergio Perez
5th – Carlos Sainz Jr.
6th – Pierre Gasly
7th – Charles Leclerc
8th – Lando Norris
9th – Fernando Alonso
10th – Daniel Ricciardo
11th – Esteban Ocon
12th – Sebastian Vettel
13th – Antonio Giovinazzi
14th – George Russell
15th – Mick Schumacher
16th – Nicholas Latifi
17th – Kimi Raikkonen
18th – Nikita Mazepin
19th – Lance Stroll
20th – Yuki Tsunoda
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ESPN is set to broadcast the French Grand Prix live from Circuit Paul Ricard beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET tomorrow morning.