2018 French Grand Prix

2018 French Grand Prix
Race 8 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Layout of the Circuit Paul Ricard in 2018
Race details[1]
Date	24 June 2018
Official name	Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018
Location	Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Course	Permanent racing circuit
Course length	5.842 km (3.630 miles)
Distance	53 laps, 309.690 km (192.432 miles)
Weather	Partially cloudy, warm and dry
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:30.029
Fastest lap
Driver	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Time	1:34.225 on lap 41
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Third	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2018 French Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix de France 2018)^[1] was a Formula One motor race that took place on 24 June 2018 at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France.^[1] The race was the eighth round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the first time that the French Grand Prix has been run since 2008. It was the 87th running of the French Grand Prix,^[2] and the 59th time the event had been included as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in 1950.^[3]

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel entered the race with a one-point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led Ferrari by seventeen points. Hamilton took the lead in the Driver's Championship by winning the race, with Vettel finishing fifth.