Red Bull-Honda adds and continues the Formula 1 World Championship. In Paul Ricard, the Austrian team won the seventh round of the season with Max Verstappen and won for the first time in the hybrid era that began in Australia 2014. three consecutive races in the championship, in which the Dutch driver “accelerated” the standings, increasing his lead over Lewis Hamilton from four to 12 points (he even won the bonus as a prize for the best lap in the Grand Prix), while the Team in the manufacturers table increased the difference for the seven-time Mercedes-AMG champion from 26 points to 47!
Max Verstappen won just a lap and a half before the checkered flag when he overtook Lewis Hamilton, taking advantage of the fact that he had less worn tires at Red Bull-Honda. In France, the Austrians adopted the successful strategy that the Germans used to win the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, and made two pit stops, while the Germans made only one, but risked only with the world championship leader. And they won the bet!
For Verstappen, 12th Formula 1 victory and third in 2021, adding first place in France to triumphs in Emilia-Romagna and Monaco. Red Bull-Honda had even more to celebrate. At Paul Ricard, the team brought both riders to the podium for the first time this year, and the Mexican Sergio Perez after the victory in Azerbaijan took third place, losing to Hamilton’s Mercedes and ahead of Valtteri Bottas.
Verstappen started from pole position, but was unable to brake on the first corner after the start and lost the first position to Hamilton, which changed the strategy of Red Bull-Honda, which raced under strong pressure from the champion. from Mira and Valtteri Bottas when the team stopped him a second time to put new tires on the car. From that point on, Max began a remarkable recovery, rewarded with a race victory.
Classification
1.º Max Verstappen, Red Bull-Honda, 1: 27.25 770 hours
2.º Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG, + 2.904 sec.
3rd place: Sergio Perez, Red Bull-Honda, +8.811 sec.
4.º Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes-AMG, +14 618 p.
5th Lando Norris, McLaren-Mercedes, +1.04.032 m
6.º Daniel Riccardo, McLaren-Mercedes, +1.15 857 m.
7.º Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri-Honda, +1.16.596 m
8.º Fernando Alonso, Alpine-Renault, +1.17.695 m.
9.º Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin-Mercedes, +1.19 666 m.
10.º Lance Stroll, Aston Martin-Mercedes, +1.31 946 m.
11.º Carlos Sainz Jr, Ferrari, +1.39 337 m.
12.º George Russell, Williams-Mercedes, +1 turn
13.º Yuki Tsotaka, AlphaTauri-Honda, +1 volt
14.º Esteban Ocon, Alpine-Renault, +1 lap
15.º Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo-Ferrari, +1 time
16.º Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, +1 turn
17.º Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo-Ferrari, +1 volt
18.º Nicholas Latifi, Williams-Mercedes, +1 lap
19.º Mick Schumacher, Haas-Ferrari, +1 lap
20.º Nikita Mazepin, Haas-Ferrari, +1 lap
Fastest lap (1 bonus point): Max Verstappen, Red Bull-Honda, 1.36.404 m, on lap 35
Next Grand Prix (8th out of 23): Styria (Austria) at Spielberg (Red Bull Ring) on the 27th.
World Pilot Championship
1.º Max Verstappen, 131 Pontos
2nd Lewis Hamilton, 119 points
3. Sergio Perez, 84 points
4th place Lando Norris, 76 points
5th Valtteri Bottas, 59 points
6th Charles Leclerc, 52 points
7th place Carlos Sainz Jr., 42 points
8th Pierre Gasly, 37 points
9th Daniel Riccardo, 34 points
10.º Sebastian Vettel, 30 points
11th Fernando Alonso, 17 points
12.º Esteban Ocon, 12 points
13th walk, 10 points
14.º Yuuki Tsunoda, 8 show-offs
15.º Kimi Räikkönen, 1 Ponto
16.º Antonio Giovinazzi, 1 bridge
17th George Russell, 0 points
18th Mick Schumacher, 0 points
19th Nikita Mazepin, 0 points
20th Nicholas Latifi, 0 points
Constructors world cup
1st place Red Bull-Honda, 215 points
2nd Mercedes-AMG, 178 points
3rd place in McLaren-Mercedes, 110 points
4th place: Ferrari, 94 points
5th place AlphaTauri-Honda, 45 points
6.º Aston Martin-Mercedes, 40 points
7th place Alpine-Renault, 29 points
8th Alfa Romeo-Ferrari, 2 points
9th Williams-Mercedes 0 points
10th Haas-Ferrari, 0 points
