The 2021 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race which took place on 20 June 2021 at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, Var. The 53-lap race was the seventh round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship. It was the 61st time the French Grand Prix had been included as a round of the world championship since the inception of the series in 1950.
A satellite image of the Circuit Paul Ricard in 2018
Max Verstappen (pictured in 2017) qualified on pole position for Red Bull Racing.
Max Verstappen won the race for Red Bull Racing, beginning a streak of three consecutive race wins for him, and forming the third of five consecutive wins for Red Bull.
2021 Formula One World Championship
The 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which was the 72nd running of the Formula One World Championship. It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship was contested over twenty-two Grands Prix, and held around the world. Drivers and teams competed for the titles of Formula One World Champion Driver and Formula One World Champion Constructor, respectively.
Max Verstappen won his first World Championship (and the first for a Dutch driver), driving for Red Bull Racing-Honda.
Lewis Hamilton, the defending champion, finished runner-up by 8 points driving for Mercedes.
Valtteri Bottas was third, also driving for Mercedes, in his final season with the team.
Mercedes won their eighth consecutive Constructors' Championship.
