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 14:58 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 28: Ricciardo challenges Grosjean going into the Mistral chicane and gets alongside the Haas and forces the home driver to driver off the track and cut the corner. Grosjean complains about the move, though from where I was sitting it looked like a textbook move from the Aussie and he's up to 12th.

[23 June 2019 15:00 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 29: Hamilton is on the charge and stretches the lead to 12 seconds to Bottas, who if he's not careful will slip back into the clutches of Leclerc. Second and third are split by under four seconds, but Leclerc reports that even though he can drive faster, it's not worth it as it will destroy the tyres.

[23 June 2019 15:02 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 31: That's exactly what you don't want in this near-30 degrees heat as Ricciardo reports that his drinks bottle is not connected, meanine his going to be one dehydrated Honey Badger at the end of the race.

[23 June 2019 15:04 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 32: Standings

1. Hamilton

2. Bottas + 12.193s

3. Leclerc +17.347s

4. Verstappen +25.076s

5. Vettel +31.457s

6. Raikkonen +50.659s

7. Hulkenberg +51.792s

8. Stroll +55.238s

9. Sainz +1:04.410s

10. Norris +1:06.913s

[23 June 2019 15:05 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 32: Raikkonen pits from sixth in the Alfa Romeo and Hulkenberg gets the shout to push as hard as possible, just as teammate Ricciardo gets past Kvyat to move back into the points. He has five seconds between himself and the McLaren of Norris ahead of him.

[23 June 2019 15:09 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 34: Hamilton complains that the hard tyre doesn't feel as good as the mediums, though he's 12 seconds to the good over Bottas and on for his sixth Grand Slam of pole, win and fastest lap that would take him in front of Alberto Ascari and Michael Schumacher, leaving just Jim Clark ahead of him.

[23 June 2019 15:10 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 36: Hulkenberg pits his Renault but he hasn't done enough to overcut Raikkonen and the Alfa Romeo returns to 10th place, with just Stroll in front left to pit.

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

This hasn't been quite the race we were hoping for...

[23 June 2019 15:17 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 40: One small concern for Bottas as a blister has opened up on the front-right tyre, which Hamilton also has minor signs of. With a seven-second lead over Leclerc though, he should be able to manage those to the end. Stroll meanwhile pits as the last man to do so from sixth, and gets back out in 13th.

[23 June 2019 15:18 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 41: Norris gets a rather strange message that he is not allowed to use DRS due to an issue that McLaren have, which would suggest that it would not automatically close at the end of the straight.