Lewis Hamilton wins at Le Castellet | Sports | '
It was a predictable race: World Champion Lewis Hamilton won the French Grand Prix and thus extended his overall lead. The Englishman in the Mercedes prevailed at the Circuit Paul Ricard at Le Castellet, ahead of his team-mate Valtteri Bottas (Finland) and Charles Leclerc (Monaco) in the Ferrari.
His team-mate Sebastian Vettel (Germany) took only fifth place after the start from position seven, but after all: With a new set of tires, the four-time world champion still got the additional point for the fastest lap. Red Bull driver Max Verstappen (Netherlands) finished fourth ahead of the German.
In the drivers' championship, the five-time world champion Hamilton leads with 187 points in front of Bottas (151), while Vettel in third place with 111 points must rather be oriented towards the rear than to the front. For Hamilton it was the 79th victory of his career and already the sixth this year. Mercedes has won all eight races of the season.
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53/53 Leclerc tries to overtake Bottas in the last round. Because he is under a second's turn, he can use DRS. But the Monegasse does not succeed. But: Vettel gets the fastest lap time with the last lap and gets the extra point.
52/53 Vettel comes in the box and should now drive with new tires, the fastest lap and thus still get an additional point.
50/53 Vettel has meanwhile shortened his distance on Verstappen again. Currently, that's just under 4 seconds. But the catching up is probably a bit late.
48/53 Bottas currently has the fastest time. It will probably not stay that way.
46/53 Is Vettel still trying to get into the pits to get on the fastest lap with fresh tires?
43/53 10 more laps! It does not look like a surprise.
1. Hamitlon
2. Bottas
3. Leclerc
4. Verstappen
5. Vettel
42/53 Ferrari driver Leclerc drives the fastest lap. But that only lasted a short time: Hamilton countered: 1: 33.7.
40/53 Why does not Vettel come to Verstappen ran, on the contrary: loses even more and more time on the Dutch?
35/53 Hmm. Instead of making time good, Vettel continues to lose time on Verstappen, now it is 6.6 seconds. Meanwhile, Russel has to replace the front wing in the box. Meanwhile, Hamilton reported that his set of tires was not that good. But with more than 12 seconds ahead, that should not be a problem.
31-53 Ricciardo – currently twelfth – sits on dry land. He is reminded by his team to drink. If he can not, the Australian sparks back. His drinking bottle is not connected. That's bitter at around 30 degrees.
Ricciardo is reminded to drink a bit. But he can not because the bottle is not connected, as he reports. Strange!
30-53 Vettel currently has 4.5 seconds behind Verstappen. The German, however, has a little fresher tires. Hamilton turns his laps in the very front. His lead over team-mate Bottas is more than twelve seconds.
28/53 Meanwhile, Hamilton drives the next fastest lap.
26/53 Now Vettel comes in and joins in fifth again behind Vestappen. Meanwhile, Hamilton leads with 11.5 seconds over Bottas. Phew …
25/53 Also Hamilton has been in the pits, Vettel is now the only one of the top riders who was not in it yet.
24/53 Bottas was in the pits and has also switched to the hard tires. This Vettel is now second. Hamilton and the German were not in the pits of the top riders and are still riding with medium tires.
Started seventh, currently third, but was not yet in the box: Vettel in the Ferrari
21/53 Leclerc comes in and responds to the change of Verstappen. As a result, the order has changed. Front is Hamilton ahead of Mercedes teammate Bottas, third is now Vettel.
20/53 Verstappen (Red Bull) in the box. Also Ferrari gets ready in the box, but it comes in no red car. "We drive as long as possible," sparks the race director spontaneously, Vettel agrees.
19/53 So far, there was no aufgetenden overtaking maneuvers, no accidents, no failures. Maybe something will happen when the top riders come into the pits.
14/53 "Something's broken at my seat," Hamilton radioed to his team. So far, he does not seem to bother him anymore, he is driving fastest time. Previously, Vettel was the fastest lap to date. The current order
1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Leclerc
4. Verstappen
5. Vettel
11/53 Because Perez drove off the track shortly after the start and had an "advantage" according to the race committee, there is a five-second penalty he has to serve during the pit stop. He is currently twelfth. Meanwhile, Ferrari informs Leclerc of graining his tires, but the wear is pretty normal, his lap times too.
9/53 World championship leader Hamilton drives a fast lap to the next here, lying in first position. His lead on Bottas is already 2.5 seconds. Vettel is still 8 seconds behind the fourth, Verstappen.
7/53 Hamilton has more than two seconds ahead of his team-mate Bottas as leader. At Giovinazzi the soft tire seems to be degrading, he is overtaken by Ricciardo and also Räikkonen passes by. Vettel is now past the second McLaren driver, Sainz. Now he has to make up for time on the fourth – Verstappen.
5/53 Verstappen is not satisfied with his engine and communicates that via Funct. At the start he was almost past Leclerc, but then suddenly he could not keep up. Meanwhile, Vettel overtakes McLaren pilot Norris and is now sixth.
2/53 The McLaren riders in positions five and six can not keep up with the speed of the top riders. That's bad for Vettel, who drives behind the two. He should try to get past them as soon as possible.
1/53 In the front everything has remained the same: Hamilton in front of Bottas before Leclerc in front of Verstappen. Sainz is past Norris. Vettel is now in seventh place behind the Briton. Verstappen Leclerc had tried to overtake, but did not make it.
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The top riders start with yellow, ie medium tires. Presumably, then follows the change to the white.
The circuit in Le Castellet has been back in the F1 calendar since 2018. In the previous year, there was a collision between Mercedes driver and Ferrari driver Vettel in the first corner. It's 385 meters from the start line to the first corner.
Ferrari had to replace the oil pump on the SF90 of Sebastian Vettel after qualifying. The team had discovered an oil leak and repaired the damage under Parc-Fermé conditions. That is allowed and does not result in any punishment.
"We may have a chance, but Mercedes is just way too fast," says Verstappen of Red Bull on Sky Micro just before the start. And are you worrying about the two McLaren cars behind them? "No not at all."
Sebastian Vettel had to lay down a nice sprint to be present on time for the Nationalmyne. Lewis Hamilton was also late, but drove very leisurely with the e-scooter.
Circuit Paul Ricard is called the Renenstrecke. There are 53 laps to go to the finish line. There are 9 right turns and 6 left turns. The weather: Sunny at 29 degrees, the asphalt temperature is 54 degrees.
The starting position:
1. Hamilton (United Kingdom) – Mercedes
2. Bottas (Finland) – Mercedes
3. Leclerc (Monaco) – Ferrari
4. Verstappen (Netherlands – Red Bull
5. Norris (United Kingdom) – McLaren
6. Sainz (Spain) – McLaren
7. Vettel (Germany) – Ferrari
Once again, silver dominates the first row of the grid. Overall already for the 63rd time in the premier class of motorsport – a record. That today, in the 8th of a total of 21 races a different color at the end on the podium can be seen, seems unlikely at present. The German Vettel has qualified this time only for the seventh starting position. But that may not be so dramatic for him, but the four-time World Champion married his partner during the week – congratulations.
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