Paul Ricard

Circuit Paul Ricard · France

Races Held: 18
Type: RACE
Direction: Clockwise
Length: —

Circuit Details

Location

Le Castellet

Layout History

Layout ↑	Length (km)	Turns	Current
paul-ricard-1	5.809	14	—
paul-ricard-2	3.813	9	—
paul-ricard-3	5.842	15	Yes

Historical Race Results

Year ↓	Grand Prix	Winner	Constructor	Polesitter
2022	France	Max Emilian Verstappen	Red Bull	Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc
2021	France	Max Emilian Verstappen	Red Bull	Max Emilian Verstappen
2019	France	Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton	Mercedes	Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton
2018	France	Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton	Mercedes	Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton
1990	France	Alain Marie Pascal Prost	Ferrari	Nigel Ernest James Mansell
1989	France	Alain Marie Pascal Prost	McLaren	Alain Marie Pascal Prost
1988	France	Alain Marie Pascal Prost	McLaren	Alain Marie Pascal Prost
1987	France	Nigel Ernest James Mansell	Williams	Nigel Ernest James Mansell
1986	France	Nigel Ernest James Mansell	Williams	Ayrton Senna da Silva
1985	France	Nelson Piquet Souto Maior	Brabham	Keijo Erik Rosberg
1983	France	Alain Marie Pascal Prost	Renault	Alain Marie Pascal Prost
1982	France	René Alexandre Arnoux	Renault	René Alexandre Arnoux
1980	France	Alan Stanley Jones	Williams	Jacques-Henri Marie Sabin Laffite
1978	France	Mario Gabriele Andretti	Lotus	John Marshall Watson
1976	France	James Simon Wallis Hunt	McLaren	James Simon Wallis Hunt
1975	France	Andreas Nikolaus Lauda	Ferrari	Andreas Nikolaus Lauda
1973	France	Bengt Ronnie Peterson	Lotus	Sir John Young Stewart
1971	France	Sir John Young Stewart	Tyrrell	Sir John Young Stewart

Winners by Driver

Driver	Wins ↓
Alain Marie Pascal Prost	4
Nigel Ernest James Mansell	2
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton	2
Max Emilian Verstappen	2
Sir John Young Stewart	1
Bengt Ronnie Peterson	1
Andreas Nikolaus Lauda	1
James Simon Wallis Hunt	1
Mario Gabriele Andretti	1
Alan Stanley Jones	1
René Alexandre Arnoux	1
Nelson Piquet Souto Maior	1

Winners by Constructor

Constructor	Wins ↓
McLaren	3
Williams	3
Lotus	2
Ferrari	2
Renault	2
Mercedes	2
Red Bull	2
Tyrrell	1
Brabham	1

Lap Records

Year ↓	Driver	Time
2022	Carlos Sainz Vázquez de Castro	1:35.781
2022	Max Emilian Verstappen	1:37.491
2022	George William Russell	1:37.548
2022	Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton	1:37.668
2022	Sergio Michel Pérez Mendoza	1:37.780
2022	Valtteri Viktor Bottas	1:37.963
2022	Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc	1:38.088
2022	Fernando Alonso Díaz	1:38.160
2022	Esteban José Jean-Pierre Ocon-Khelfane	1:38.684
2022	Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly	1:38.786
2022	Lando Norris	1:39.037
2022	Sebastian Vettel	1:39.044
2022	Mick Schumacher	1:39.068
2022	Daniel Joseph Ricciardo	1:39.133
2022	Lance Strulovitch	1:39.185
2022	Alexander Philippe Albon Ansusinha	1:39.199
2022	Kevin Jan Magnussen	1:39.265
2022	Guanyu Zhou	1:39.368
2022	Nicholas Daniel Latifi	1:39.650
2022	Yuki Tsunoda	1:40.216
2021	Max Emilian Verstappen	1:36.404
2021	Sergio Michel Pérez Mendoza	1:36.693
2021	Valtteri Viktor Bottas	1:36.960
2021	Sebastian Vettel	1:37.138
2021	Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton	1:37.410
2021	Lando Norris	1:37.425
2021	Fernando Alonso Díaz	1:37.646
2021	Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc	1:37.681
2021	Lance Strulovitch	1:37.828
2021	Kimi-Matias Räikkönen	1:37.992
2021	Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly	1:38.103
2021	Nicholas Daniel Latifi	1:38.313
2021	George William Russell	1:38.314
2021	Daniel Joseph Ricciardo	1:38.324
2021	Esteban José Jean-Pierre Ocon-Khelfane	1:38.645
2021	Antonio Maria Giovinazzi	1:38.702
2021	Mick Schumacher	1:38.847
2021	Carlos Sainz Vázquez de Castro	1:38.931
2021	Yuki Tsunoda	1:38.980
2021	Nikita Dmitriyevich Mazepin	1:39.317
2019	Sebastian Vettel	1:32.740
2019	Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton	1:32.764
2019	Valtteri Viktor Bottas	1:33.586
2019	Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc	1:33.828
2019	Max Emilian Verstappen	1:34.162
2019	Carlos Sainz Vázquez de Castro	1:34.561
2019	Nicolas Hülkenberg	1:34.754
2019	Daniel Joseph Ricciardo	1:34.873
2019	Lance Strulovitch	1:34.924
2019	Kimi-Matias Räikkönen	1:34.950
2019	Sergio Michel Pérez Mendoza	1:35.014
2019	Alexander Philippe Albon Ansusinha	1:35.029
2019	Antonio Maria Giovinazzi	1:35.115
2019	Pierre Jean-Jacques Gasly	1:35.150
2019	Lando Norris	1:35.197
2019	Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat	1:35.225
2019	Romain David Jeremie Grosjean	1:35.691
2019	Kevin Jan Magnussen	1:35.692
2019	George William Russell	1:35.830
2019	Robert Józef Kubica	1:36.608
2018	Valtteri Viktor Bottas	1:34.225
2018	Max Emilian Verstappen	1:34.275
2018	Kimi-Matias Räikkönen	1:34.398
2018	Sebastian Vettel	1:34.485
2018	Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton	1:34.509
2018	Fernando Alonso Díaz	1:35.133
2018	Daniel Joseph Ricciardo	1:35.382
2018	Kevin Jan Magnussen	1:35.425
2018	Carlos Sainz Vázquez de Castro	1:35.638
2018	Romain David Jeremie Grosjean	1:35.695
2018	Nicolas Hülkenberg	1:35.873
2018	Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc	1:35.977
2018	Marcus Thorbjörn Ericsson	1:36.494
2018	Stoffel Jacques Luc Vandoorne	1:36.675
2018	Brendon Morris Hartley	1:36.839
2018	Sergey Olegovich Sirotkin	1:38.300
2018	Sergio Michel Pérez Mendoza	1:38.319
2018	Lance Strulovitch	1:38.319
1990	Nigel Ernest James Mansell	1:08.012
1990	Hugh Peter Martin Donnelly	1:08.023
1990	Alain Marie Pascal Prost	1:08.212
1990	Alessandro Nannini	1:08.214
1990	Ivan Franco Capelli	1:08.373
1990	Ayrton Senna da Silva	1:08.573
1990	Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick	1:08.882
1990	Satoru Nakajima	1:08.916
1990	Riccardo Gabriele Patrese	1:08.922
1990	Maurício Gugelmin	1:08.983
1990	Nelson Piquet Souto Maior	1:09.135
1990	Gerhard Berger	1:09.206
1990	Michele Alboreto	1:09.314
1990	Andrea de Cesaris	1:09.583
1990	Aguri Suzuki	1:09.720
1990	Philippe René Gabriel Alliot	1:09.752
1990	Yannick Paul Marie Dalmas	1:09.877
1990	Éric Bernard	1:09.895
1990	Stefano Modena	1:09.934
1990	Jean Robert Alesi	1:10.265
1990	Nicola Giuseppe Larini	1:10.374
1990	Thierry Marc Alain Boutsen	1:10.837
1990	David Philip Brabham	1:11.110
1990	Alessandro Giuseppe Caffi	1:11.242
1990	Pierluigi Martini	1:11.406
1990	Emanuele Pirro	1:12.275
1989	Maurício Gugelmin	1:12.090
1989	Alessandro Nannini	1:12.406
1989	Alain Marie Pascal Prost	1:12.500
1989	Nigel Ernest James Mansell	1:12.542
1989	Nelson Piquet Souto Maior	1:12.723
1989	Ivan Franco Capelli	1:12.737
1989	Thierry Marc Alain Boutsen	1:12.755
1989	Gerhard Berger	1:12.937
1989	Jean Robert Alesi	1:12.964
1989	Riccardo Gabriele Patrese	1:12.977
1989	Éric Bernard	1:13.144
1989	Edward McKay Cheever Jr.	1:13.171
1989	Stefan Nils Edwin Johansson	1:13.175
1989	Jonathan Charles Palmer	1:13.262
1989	Bertrand Jean Louis Gachot	1:13.358
1989	Olivier Grouillard	1:13.399
1989	Satoru Nakajima	1:13.657
1989	Emanuele Pirro	1:13.712
1989	Philippe René Gabriel Alliot	1:13.719
1989	Stefano Modena	1:14.137
1989	Hugh Peter Martin Donnelly	1:14.538
1989	Pierluigi Martini	1:14.631
1989	Alessandro Giuseppe Caffi	1:14.789
1989	René Alexandre Arnoux	1:14.956
1989	Gabriele Tarquini	1:15.437
1988	Alain Marie Pascal Prost	1:11.737
1988	Ayrton Senna da Silva	1:11.856
1988	Gerhard Berger	1:11.866
1988	Michele Alboreto	1:12.002
1988	Nelson Piquet Souto Maior	1:12.357
1988	Alessandro Nannini	1:12.570
1988	Andrea de Cesaris	1:12.814
1988	Alessandro Giuseppe Caffi	1:12.970
1988	Satoru Nakajima	1:12.979
1988	Ivan Franco Capelli	1:13.143
1988	Edward McKay Cheever Jr.	1:13.321
1988	Maurício Gugelmin	1:13.567
1988	Thierry Marc Alain Boutsen	1:13.669
1988	Nigel Ernest James Mansell	1:13.671
1988	Bernd Robert Schneider	1:13.844
1988	Yannick Paul Marie Dalmas	1:13.968
1988	Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick	1:14.197
1988	Luis Pérez-Sala Valls-Taberner	1:14.198
1988	Stefano Modena	1:14.319
1988	Pierluigi Martini	1:14.551
1988	Philippe René Gabriel Alliot	1:14.594
1988	Nicola Giuseppe Larini	1:14.741
1988	Philippe Pierre Streiff	1:14.800
1988	Riccardo Gabriele Patrese	1:15.014
1988	Oscar Rubén Larrauri	1:15.487
1988	Jonathan Charles Palmer	1:15.490
1987	Nelson Piquet Souto Maior	1:09.548
1987	Nigel Ernest James Mansell	1:10.405
1987	Alain Marie Pascal Prost	1:11.324
1987	Gerhard Berger	1:11.675
1987	Stefan Nils Edwin Johansson	1:11.874
1987	Teodorico Fabi	1:12.101
1987	Ayrton Senna da Silva	1:12.231
1987	Michele Alboreto	1:12.457
1987	Thierry Marc Alain Boutsen	1:12.567
1987	Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick	1:13.245
1987	René Alexandre Arnoux	1:13.845
1987	Riccardo Gabriele Patrese	1:13.984
1987	Andrea de Cesaris	1:14.098
1987	Alessandro Nannini	1:14.248
1987	Satoru Nakajima	1:14.524
1987	Piercarlo Ghinzani	1:15.367
1987	Martin John Brundle	1:15.549
1987	Philippe René Gabriel Alliot	1:15.984
1987	Christian Josef Danner	1:16.133
1987	Jonathan Charles Palmer	1:16.256
1987	Ivan Franco Capelli	1:16.290
1987	Philippe Pierre Streiff	1:16.433
1987	Pascal Fabre	1:17.499
1987	Adrián Campos Suñer	1:17.836
1987	Alessandro Giuseppe Caffi	1:19.147
1986	Nigel Ernest James Mansell	1:09.993
1986	René Alexandre Arnoux	1:10.227
1986	Nelson Piquet Souto Maior	1:10.582
1986	Alain Marie Pascal Prost	1:10.859
1986	Jacques-Henri Marie Sabin Laffite	1:11.220
1986	Keijo Erik Rosberg	1:11.402
1986	Michele Alboreto	1:11.747
1986	Gerhard Berger	1:12.436
1986	Patrick Daniel Tambay	1:12.472
1986	John Colum Crichton-Stuart	1:12.572
1986	Riccardo Gabriele Patrese	1:12.702
1986	Thierry Marc Alain Boutsen	1:12.847
1986	Ayrton Senna da Silva	1:12.882
1986	Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick	1:12.976
1986	Martin John Brundle	1:12.998
1986	Philippe Pierre Streiff	1:13.810
1986	Christian Josef Danner	1:14.208
1986	Jonathan Charles Palmer	1:14.689
1986	Hubertus Rothengatter	1:17.441
1986	Andrea de Cesaris	1:17.683
1986	Alessandro Nannini	1:17.795
1986	Piercarlo Ghinzani	1:17.832
1986	Alan Stanley Jones	1:17.860
1986	Teodorico Fabi	1:18.154
1986	Allen Bernard Berg	1:19.574
1986	Stefan Nils Edwin Johansson	1:21.581
1985	Keijo Erik Rosberg	1:39.914
1985	Nelson Piquet Souto Maior	1:41.528
1985	Ayrton Senna da Silva	1:41.552
1985	Andrea de Cesaris	1:41.843
1985	Marc Surer	1:41.934
1985	Michele Alboreto	1:41.985
1985	Alain Marie Pascal Prost	1:41.991
1985	Andreas Nikolaus Lauda	1:42.037
1985	Elio de Angelis	1:42.046
1985	Thierry Marc Alain Boutsen	1:42.226
1985	Teodorico Fabi	1:42.310
1985	Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick	1:43.279
1985	Stefan Nils Edwin Johansson	1:43.411
1985	Gerhard Berger	1:43.717
1985	Patrick Daniel Tambay	1:43.869
1985	Jacques-Henri Marie Sabin Laffite	1:44.273
1985	Edward McKay Cheever Jr.	1:45.399
1985	Martin John Brundle	1:45.456
1985	Manfred Winkelhock	1:45.491
1985	Riccardo Gabriele Patrese	1:45.509
1985	Jonathan Charles Palmer	1:45.696
1985	Philippe René Gabriel Alliot	1:46.899
1985	Stefan Bellof	1:47.553
1985	Piercarlo Ghinzani	1:48.306
1985	Pierluigi Martini	1:48.720
1983	Alain Marie Pascal Prost	1:42.695
1983	Nelson Piquet Souto Maior	1:43.552
1983	Edward McKay Cheever Jr.	1:43.590
1983	Riccardo Gabriele Patrese	1:43.803
1983	Andrea de Cesaris	1:44.106
1983	Patrick Daniel Tambay	1:44.185
1983	René Alexandre Arnoux	1:45.005
1983	Keijo Erik Rosberg	1:45.022
1983	Jacques-Henri Marie Sabin Laffite	1:45.223
1983	Marc Surer	1:45.748
1983	Andreas Nikolaus Lauda	1:45.974
1983	Mauro Giuseppe Baldi	1:46.253
1983	Michele Alboreto	1:46.291
1983	Alberto Cecotto	1:46.526
1983	Manfred Winkelhock	1:46.546
1983	John Marshall Watson	1:46.818
1983	Jean-Pierre Jacques Jarier	1:46.841
1983	Elio de Angelis	1:46.995
1983	Derek Stanley Arthur Warwick	1:47.344
1983	Bruno Giacomelli	1:47.367
1983	Roberto José Guerrero Isaza	1:47.442
1983	Daniel John Sullivan III	1:47.759
1983	Francisco Adolpho Serra	1:48.101
1983	Corrado Fabi	1:48.666
1983	Nigel Ernest James Mansell	1:48.723
1983	Raul de Mesquita Boesel	1:49.893
1982	Riccardo Gabriele Patrese	1:40.075
1980	Alan Stanley Jones	1:41.450
1978	Carlos Alberto Reutemann	1:48.560
1976	Andreas Nikolaus Lauda	1:51.000
1975	Jochen Richard Mass	1:50.600
1973	Denis Clive Hulme	1:50.990
1971	Sir John Young Stewart	1:54.090

Most Pole Positions

Driver	Poles ↓
Alain Marie Pascal Prost	3
Sir John Young Stewart	2
Nigel Ernest James Mansell	2
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton	2
Andreas Nikolaus Lauda	1
James Simon Wallis Hunt	1
John Marshall Watson	1
Jacques-Henri Marie Sabin Laffite	1
René Alexandre Arnoux	1
Keijo Erik Rosberg	1
Ayrton Senna da Silva	1
Max Emilian Verstappen	1
Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc	1

Most Podiums

Driver	Podiums ↓
Alain Marie Pascal Prost	8
Nelson Piquet Souto Maior	4
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton	4
James Simon Wallis Hunt	3
Nigel Ernest James Mansell	3
Max Emilian Verstappen	3
Albert François Cevert Goldenberg	2
Bengt Ronnie Peterson	2
Didier Joseph Louis Pironi	2
Ayrton Senna da Silva	2
Sir John Young Stewart	1
Emerson Fittipaldi	1
Carlos Alberto Reutemann	1
Andreas Nikolaus Lauda	1
Jochen Richard Mass	1
Patrick André Eugène Joseph Depailler	1
John Marshall Watson	1
Mario Gabriele Andretti	1
Alan Stanley Jones	1
Jacques-Henri Marie Sabin Laffite	1
René Alexandre Arnoux	1
Edward McKay Cheever Jr.	1
Keijo Erik Rosberg	1
Michele Alboreto	1
Riccardo Gabriele Patrese	1
Ivan Franco Capelli	1
Kimi-Matias Räikkönen	1
Valtteri Viktor Bottas	1
Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc	1
Sergio Michel Pérez Mendoza	1
George William Russell	1

Winning Grid Stats

Wins from Pole official polesitter: 11
Wins from Front Row started P1 or P2: 14
Wins from Top 3 Grid started P1–P3: 14
Farthest Win from Grid: 5

“Wins from Pole” counts winners who were the official polesitter (race-results polePosition flag), which can differ from grid P1 on sprint weekends and after pole demotions. The other stats count the actual grid slot the winner started from. Grand Prix only — sprint results are not included.

Wins by Starting Grid Position

Grid Slot ↑	Wins
Pole	11
P2	3
P4	2
P5	2

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Frequently asked questions

How many Formula 1 races has Paul Ricard hosted?

Paul Ricard has hosted 18 Formula 1 races (1971, 1973, 1975–1976, 1978, 1980, 1982–1983, 1985–1990, 2018–2019, 2021–2022).

Who has the most Formula 1 wins at Paul Ricard?

Alain Marie Pascal Prost has the most wins at Paul Ricard with 4 wins.

Which constructor has the most Formula 1 wins at Paul Ricard?

McLaren has the most wins at Paul Ricard with 3 wins.

What is the Formula 1 lap record at Paul Ricard?

The latest recorded Formula 1 lap record at Paul Ricard is 1:35.781 by Carlos Sainz Vázquez de Castro (2022).

How often is a Formula 1 race at Paul Ricard won from pole?

11 races at Paul Ricard have been won from pole (61% of 18 races).

Where is the Paul Ricard circuit?

Paul Ricard is in Le Castellet, France.