French Grand Prix 2019: Lewis Hamilton powers to victory to stretch F1 championship lead over Valtteri Bottas

Re-live all the action from the French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard

Formula One: 1000 races in numbers

Lewis Hamilton dominated from start to finish to win a second consecutive French Grand Prix and take his fourth victory in a row, leaving all of his rivals in his wake at Paul Ricard.

Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas finished a lengthy 18 second behind the championship leader, and the Finn nearly lost second place as Ferrari's Charles Leclerc had a run at him into the final corner as he struggled to reheat his tyres following a late virtual safety car, though the chequered flag came one lap too soon for the Monogasque.

Max Verstappen kept Sebastian Vettel at bay to take fourth, with Carlos Sainz impressing for McLaren in sixth. However, a hydraulic problem saw Lando Norris lose seventh on the final lap as Daniel Ricciardo, Kimi Raikkonen and Nico Hulkenberg flashed past to relegate him to 10th. Re-live the action below.

What time does it start?

The French Grand Prix takes place on Sunday 23 June at 2:10pm BST (3:10 CET).

How can I watch it?

The race will be shown live on Sky Sports F1 from 12:30pm BST.

Starting grid

1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1min 28.319secs

2 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1:28.605

3 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 1:28.965

4 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:29.409

5 Lando Norris (Gbr) McLaren 1:29.418

6 Carlos Sainz (Spa) McLaren 1:29.522

7 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:29.799

8 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Renault 1:29.918

9 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Red Bull 1:30.184

10 Antonio Giovinazzi (Ita) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:33.420

11 Alexander Albon (Tha) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:30.461

12 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:30.533

13 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:30.544

14 Sergio Perez (Mex) Racing Point 1:30.738

15 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:31.440

16 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:31.626

17 Lance Stroll (Can) Racing Point 1:31.726

18 Robert Kubica (Pol) Williams 1:33.205

19 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:31.564 + 10-place grid penalty

20 George Russell (Gbr) Williams 1:32.789 + 25-place grid penalty

Key Points

• Lewis Hamilton wins the French Grand Prix
• Hamilton leads from pole with Bottas second
• Leclerc maintains third ahead of Verstappen
• Vettel up to fifth after getting past Norris and Sainz

[23 June 2019 14:00 · Jack de Menezes]

Renault are looking nervously at a large patch of cement dust that has been put down on his grid box to soak up some oil left from a previous incident in one of the support races. The Renault will have to run over it at the start, which could cost the Australian precious time at the start, although he should be able to remove some of it by pulling away for the formation lap and lighting up the rear tyres.

[23 June 2019 14:04 · Jack de Menezes]

With just a handful of minutes until we're underway. here's how the grid shapes up:

1 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1min 28.319secs

2 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1:28.605

3 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 1:28.965

4 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:29.409

5 Lando Norris (Gbr) McLaren 1:29.418

6 Carlos Sainz (Spa) McLaren 1:29.522

7 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:29.799

8 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Renault 1:29.918

9 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Red Bull 1:30.184

10 Antonio Giovinazzi (Ita) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:33.420

11 Alexander Albon (Tha) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:30.461

12 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:30.533

13 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:30.544

14 Sergio Perez (Mex) Racing Point 1:30.738

15 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:31.440

16 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:31.626

17 Lance Stroll (Can) Racing Point 1:31.726

18 Robert Kubica (Pol) Williams 1:33.205

19 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:31.564 + 10-place grid penalty

20 George Russell (Gbr) Williams 1:32.789 + 25-place grid penalty

[23 June 2019 14:10 · Jack de Menezes]

Formation lap underway...

[23 June 2019 14:12 · Jack de Menezes]

It's a slow formation lap as those on the soft tyres try to take as little as possible out of them, given how quickly they're dropping away. There's a fairly big gap that's emerged in the mddle of the field, and as a result Hamilton is heavily backing up the pack as he brings them through the final sector.

[23 June 2019 14:12 · Jack de Menezes]

The gaps finally close up as the two Mercedes' come round the final corner. Here we go...

[23 June 2019 14:13 · Jack de Menezes]

LIGHTS OUT! THE FRENCH GRAND PRIX IS UNDERWAY!

[23 June 2019 14:15 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 1: It's a beauty of a start for Hamiilton and Bottas slots into second to fend off the attacking Leclerc around the outside of turn one. Verstappen manages to maintain third but despite a fast start for Norris, Sainz positions his McL:aren smartly and gets ahead of the young Briton. Sainz is immediately onto the back of Verstappen and has two runs at him on the Mistral straight, but Verstappen has the place covered.

[23 June 2019 14:16 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 2: Vettel has made no progress whatsoever as he remains in seventh, but Ricciardo has lost two positions off the start and maybe that oil patch did play a part in a slow getaway as he's down to 10th. The big loser of the start is Toro Rosso's Albon, who has lost five places on the opening lap and is down to 16th.

[23 June 2019 14:17 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 3: As DRS is enabled, Hamilton has gapped Bottas by 1.3s to move out of range. But Bottas has not been able to do as much and Leclerc is just within DRS range at the start of the lap.

[23 June 2019 14:18 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 3: Bad news from Verstappen as he says the Red Bull is lagging out of the corners, which would suggest some sort of electrical gremlin as the cars depend on battery power to put down immediate power.