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 15:22 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 43: Norris has another worrying problem as he reports "really aggressive upshifts", which is part of the initial problem that would leave DRS open. He's told there's nothing they can do and to manage it to the best of his ability.

[23 June 2019 15:26 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 46: Kvyat and Albon are battling away for 14th place in an intra-Toro Rosso battle, and for now it's Albon who remains ahead as he fends off his teammate into Signes. 

[23 June 2019 15:28 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 47: Norris is warned about what is coming as the hydraulic problem gets worse, as first the car will become unstable and then the steering will get heavier. The issue is that Norris replies the steering has already gotten heavy, and with Ricciardo just 2.2s behind, that seventh-place finish looks in great danger.

[23 June 2019 15:28 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 47: Grosjean is told to bring his Haas into the pits to retire the car, which he duly does at the end of the lap.

[23 June 2019 15:33 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 50: Drama! Finally...a bollard has been dislodged and is on the track, and the virtual safety car has been deployed!

[23 June 2019 15:34 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 50: It was Albon who dislodged the bollard at Turn One, but as quickly as the VSC came out it ended as the obstruction was quickly removed.

[23 June 2019 15:35 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 51: Vettel gets told he's on 'Plan F', which means making a free pit stop for fresh tyres to go for the fastest lap and extra point.

[23 June 2019 15:35 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 52: Ricciardo has caught Norris and the battle is on for seventh place with two laps left.

[23 June 2019 15:35 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 53: Vettel pits for new tyres as Hamilton starts the final lap.

[23 June 2019 15:36 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 53: Norris hold Ricciardo off the penultimate time down the Mistral Straight, but Ricciardo is right on his gearbox.