Circuit · 1971–2022 · 18 Races

Circuit Paul Ricard

Name: Circuit Paul Ricard
Address: Le Castellet, France

Le Castellet, France · 43.2506000, 5.7916700 · Wikipedia ↗

Races

Races held

Lap Record

1:32.740

race laps · 2019

Most Wins · Driver

Alain Prost

4 wins

Most Wins · Team

McLaren

3 wins

Winners · by year

	0	1	2	3	5	6	7	8	9
1970s		STE Tyrrell		PET Team Lotus	LAU Ferrari	HUN McLaren		AND Team Lotus
1980s	JON Williams		ARN Renault	PRO Renault	PIQ Brabham	MAN Williams	MAN Williams	PRO McLaren	PRO McLaren
1990s	PRO Ferrari
2000s
2010s								HAM Mercedes	HAM Mercedes
2020s		VER Red Bull	VER Red Bull

won from pole one cell per edition, filled with the winning team colour — empty cells are years it was not held

Season	R	Grand Prix	Wins	Pole Position
2022	R12	French Grand Prix	3 Max Verstappen	16 Charles Leclerc
2021	R7	French Grand Prix	3 Max Verstappen	3 Max Verstappen
2019	R8	French Grand Prix	44 Lewis Hamilton	44 Lewis Hamilton
2018	R8	French Grand Prix	44 Lewis Hamilton	44 Lewis Hamilton
1990	R7	French Grand Prix	Alain Prost	Nigel Mansell
1989	R7	French Grand Prix	Alain Prost	Alain Prost
1988	R7	French Grand Prix	Alain Prost	Alain Prost
1987	R6	French Grand Prix	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell
1986	R8	French Grand Prix	Nigel Mansell	Ayrton Senna
1985	R7	French Grand Prix	Nelson Piquet	Keke Rosberg
1983	R3	French Grand Prix	Alain Prost	Alain Prost
1982	R11	French Grand Prix	René Arnoux	René Arnoux
1980	R7	French Grand Prix	Alan Jones	Jacques Laffite
1978	R9	French Grand Prix	Mario Andretti	John Watson
1976	R8	French Grand Prix	James Hunt	James Hunt
1975	R9	French Grand Prix	Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda
1973	R8	French Grand Prix	Ronnie Peterson	Jackie Stewart
1971	R5	French Grand Prix	Jackie Stewart	Jackie Stewart

Most successful driver

Alain Prost	4
Nigel Mansell	2
Lewis Hamilton	2
Max Verstappen	2
Jackie Stewart	1
Ronnie Peterson	1
Niki Lauda	1
James Hunt	1
Mario Andretti	1
Alan Jones	1

Most successful team

McLaren	3
Williams	3
Team Lotus	2
Ferrari	2
Renault	2
Mercedes	2
Red Bull	2
Tyrrell	1
Brabham	1

Most poles

Alain Prost	3
Jackie Stewart	2
Nigel Mansell	2
Lewis Hamilton	2
Niki Lauda	1
James Hunt	1
John Watson	1
Jacques Laffite	1
René Arnoux	1
Keke Rosberg	1

Grand Prix	Period	Editions
French Grand Prix	1971–2022	18

Career record at this circuit. Highlighted rows are drivers on the current grid.

Driver	Starts	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Best	Avg finish	Avg grid	Last 5
Alain Prost	9	4	8	3	1	3.9	3	1 · 1 · 1 · 3 · 2
Lewis Hamilton current	4	2	4	2	1	1.5	2	2 · 2 · 1 · 1
Nigel Mansell	7	2	3	2	1	13.3	6	18 · 2 · R · 1 · 1
Max Verstappen current	4	2	3	1	1	2	2.8	1 · 1 · 4 · 2
Nelson Piquet	9	1	4		1	5.2	7.6	4 · 8 · 5 · 2 · 3
James Hunt	4	1	3	1	1	3	5.5	3 · 1 · 2 · 6
Ronnie Peterson	5	1	2		1	10.4	9	2 · 19 · 10 · 1 · R
Niki Lauda	7	1	1	1	1	14.3	7.1	R · R · 8 · R · R
Alan Jones	5	1	1		1	13.6	15.2	R · 1 · 5 · R · 16
René Arnoux	7	1	1	1	1	10.6	8.6	R · R · 5 · 7 · 1
Mario Andretti	4	1	1		1	7.3	9	R · 1 · 5 · 5
Jackie Stewart	2	1	1	2	1	2.5	1	4 · 1
Ayrton Senna	6		2	1	2	12.5	2.2	3 · R · 2 · 4 · R
Didier Pironi	3		2		2	5	7.3	3 · 2 · 10
François Cevert	2		2		2	2	5.5	2 · 2
Riccardo Patrese	10		1		3	13.5	11.1	6 · 3 · R · R · 7
Emerson Fittipaldi	6		1		3	13.3	15	R · R · R · 4 · R
Eddie Cheever	7		1		3	12.6	16	7 · 11 · R · 10 · 3
Jochen Mass	5		1		3	12.4	17.4	R · 10 · 13 · 15 · 3
Patrick Depailler	4		1		2	12.3	9.8	R · R · 2 · 6
John Watson	6		1	1	3	12.2	10.3	R · R · 7 · 4 · 3
Charles Leclerc current	4		1	1	3	12	4.8	R · 16 · 3 · 10
George Russell current	3		1		3	11.3	13.3	3 · 12 · 19
Ivan Capelli	4		1		2	11	12.8	2 · R · 9 · R
Jacques Laffite	8		1	1	3	10.8	12.6	6 · R · 6 · 14 · 3
Carlos Reutemann	5		1		3	10.4	8.4	6 · 18 · 11 · 14 · 3
Michele Alboreto	7		1		3	10	10.3	10 · 3 · R · 8 · R
Sergio Pérez current	4		1		3	9.3	8.5	4 · 3 · 12 · R
Kimi Räikkönen	3		1		3	9	11.7	17 · 7 · 3
Keke Rosberg	6		1	1	2	8.5	13.8	4 · 2 · 5 · 5 · R
Valtteri Bottas current	4		1		2	6.8	4.5	14 · 4 · 2 · 7
Harald Ertl	1				27	27	29	R
François Migault	1				26	26	24	26
Gunnar Nilsson	1				26	26	12	R
Jackie Oliver	1				25	25	21	R
Mark Donohue	1				24	24	18	R
Ricardo Zunino	1				24	24	22	R
Eliseo Salazar	1				24	24	22	R
Alex Soler-Roig	1				23	23	21	R
Piercarlo Ghinzani	4				15	22.3	22	31 · R · R · 15
George Follmer	1				22	22	20	R
Gabriele Tarquini	1				22	22	21	R
Rupert Keegan	1				21	21	23	R
Danny Sullivan	1				21	21	24	R
Alex Caffi	4				12	21	20.5	R · R · 12 · R
Clay Regazzoni	5				12	20.6	8.2	R · R · R · 12 · R
Henri Pescarolo	3				15	20.3	21.7	R · R · R
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	3				12	20.3	12.7	R · R · 12
Vittorio Brambilla	3				17	20	12.7	17 · R · R
Mauro Baldi	2				18	20	16.5	R · R
Roberto Guerrero	1				20	20	22	R
Nikita Mazepin	1				20	20	18	20
Pierluigi Martini	4				15	19.3	23.3	R · R · 15 · R
Mike Hailwood	1				19	19	11	R
Chico Serra	1				19	19	26	R
Bernd Schneider	1				19	19	21	R
Andrea de Cesaris	7				10	18.9	13.4	19 · 10 · R · R · R
Andrea de Adamich	2				17	18.5	16.5	R · R
Wilson Fittipaldi	2				16	18.5	21	R · 16
Pedro Rodríguez	1				18	18	5	R
Lella Lombardi	1				18	18	26	18
Patrick Nève	1				18	18	26	18
Allen Berg	1				18	18	26	R
Robert Kubica	1				18	18	18	18
Brett Lunger	2				16	17.5	23.5	R · 16
Emanuele Pirro	2				9	17.5	24	R · 9
Nicholas Latifi	2				17	17.5	17	R · 18
Thierry Boutsen	6				9	17.3	9.3	R · R · R · R · R
Philippe Alliot	5				9	17.2	16.6	9 · R · R · R · R
Alessandro Nannini	5				6	17.2	9.8	16 · R · 6 · R · R
Bob Evans	1				17	17	25	17
Guy Edwards	1				17	17	25	17
Elio de Angelis	4				5	17	9.8	5 · R · R · R
Huub Rothengatter	1				17	17	24	R
Oscar Larrauri	1				17	17	26	R
Mick Schumacher	2				15	17	16	15 · 19
Tom Pryce	2				8	16.5	11	8 · R
Yuki Tsunoda current	2				13	16.5	8	R · 13
Teo Fabi	4				5	16.3	13.3	5 · R · 14 · R
Martin Brundle	3				10	16.3	18	R · 10 · R
Bruno Giacomelli	4				9	16	13	13 · 9 · R · R
Adrián Campos	1				16	16	21	R
Nicola Larini	2				14	16	21.5	14 · R
Luis Pérez-Sala	1				16	16	25	R
Guanyu Zhou	1				16	16	16	16
Philippe Streiff	3				6	15.7	19.7	R · 6 · R
Romain Grosjean	2				11	15.5	13	20 · 11
Antonio Giovinazzi	2				15	15.5	11.5	15 · 16
Jean-Pierre Jarier	6				8	15.3	13.2	9 · R · R · 12 · 8
Jonathan Palmer	5				7	15.2	20	10 · R · 7 · R · R
Rikky von Opel	1				15	15	25	15
Gijs van Lennep	1				15	15	22	15
Derek Warwick	7				7	15	12.1	11 · R · R · 9 · 7
Corrado Fabi	1				15	15	23	R
Christian Danner	2				11	15	18.5	R · 11
Yannick Dalmas	2				13	15	22.5	17 · 13
David Brabham	1				15	15	25	15
Sergey Sirotkin	1				15	15	18	15
Denny Hulme	2				8	14.5	8.5	8 · R
Jacky Ickx	4				5	14.3	13.3	10 · R · 5 · R
Maurício Gugelmin	3				8	14.3	12	R · R · 8
Max Jean	1				14	14	22	R
Raul Boesel	1				14	14	25	R
Johnny Dumfries	1				14	14	12	R
Stefano Modena	3				13	14	20.7	13 · R · 14
Brendon Hartley	1				14	14	20	14
Alexander Albon current	2				13	14	12	13 · 15
Daniil Kvyat	1				14	14	19	14
Satoru Nakajima	4				7	13.8	14.5	R · R · 7 · R
Esteban Ocon current	3				8	13.7	10.7	8 · 14 · R
Kevin Magnussen	3				6	13.7	14.7	R · 17 · 6
Reine Wisell	2				6	13.5	18.5	R · 6
Jean Alesi	2				4	13.5	14.5	R · 4
Gerhard Berger	6				4	13.3	5.7	5 · R · 4 · R · R
Graham Hill	2				10	13	10	10 · R
Rolf Stommelen	2				11	13	15.5	15 · 11
François Mazet	1				13	13	23	13
Michel Leclère	1				13	13	22	13
Manfred Winkelhock	3				11	13	16	12 · R · 11
Stefan Bellof	1				13	13	26	13
Bertrand Gachot	1				13	13	11	13
Marcus Ericsson	1				13	13	15	13
Lance Stroll current	4				10	12.5	17.5	10 · 10 · 13 · 17
Pierre Gasly current	4				7	12.3	10.8	12 · 7 · 10 · R
Tim Schenken	1				12	12	14	12
Howden Ganley	2				10	12	20	14 · 10
Carlos Pace	3				4	12	9.3	4 · R · 13
Geoff Lees	1				12	12	24	12
Martin Donnelly	2				12	12	15.5	12 · 12
Stoffel Vandoorne	1				12	12	17	12
Marc Surer	4				8	11.8	16.5	8 · 10 · 13 · R
Johnny Cecotto	1				11	11	17	11
Jody Scheckter	5				6	10	7.8	12 · 6 · 6 · 9 · R
Gilles Villeneuve	2				8	10	13	8 · 12
Brian Henton	1				10	10	23	10
Fernando Alonso current	3				6	10	10.7	6 · 8 · 16
Stefan Johansson	4				4	9.5	12	5 · 8 · R · 4
Éric Bernard	2				8	9.5	13	8 · 11
Jean-Pierre Beltoise	2				7	9	11.5	11 · 7
Peter Gethin	1				9	9	19	9
Hans-Joachim Stuck	2				7	9	18.5	11 · 7
Derek Daly	2				7	9	15.5	7 · 11
Pascal Fabre	1				9	9	26	9
Nico Hülkenberg current	2				8	8.5	12.5	8 · 9
John Surtees	1				8	8	13	8
Arturo Merzario	2				7	8	15	9 · 7
Carlos Sainz current	4				5	7.5	9.3	5 · 11 · 6 · 8
Daniel Ricciardo	4				4	7.5	8	9 · 6 · 11 · 4
Sebastian Vettel	4				5	7.5	8.5	11 · 9 · 5 · 5
Patrick Tambay	5				4	7.2	9	R · 6 · 4 · 4 · 9
Tony Brise	1				7	7	12	7
Aguri Suzuki	1				7	7	14	7
Lando Norris current	3				5	7	6	7 · 5 · 9
Olivier Grouillard	1				6	6	17	6
Chris Amon	1				5	5	9	5
Jo Siffert	1				4	4	6	4

Retirements · by year

all-time average 35.7% share of starters that retired, by year

Lap Record · how the record fell

official lap record new lap record regulation change race distance changed — likely a new layout dots = fastest race lap that year, step line = the standing record — lap times move mostly with the cars, then with weather, layout changes and how the race ran held since 1971, but lap-by-lap data starts in 1996 — this circuit's first year with lap data is 2018

Lap Records · race laps Top 5 (1996+)

1:32.740	Sebastian Vettel	2019 · L53
1:32.764	Lewis Hamilton	2019 · L53
1:33.586	Valtteri Bottas	2019 · L43
1:33.720	Lewis Hamilton	2019 · L42
1:33.724	Lewis Hamilton	2019 · L41

Retirement Rate · avg DNF rate

35.7%

157 of 440 starters retired

Safety Car / Track Limits

This circuit: OpenF1 No race data in the collected range (2023+).

Record Basis · Calculation basis

Scope: World Championship races at this circuit (1950–) · Lap record = race laps only (no qualifying), lap data range 1996+ · layout changes not distinguished · Pole Position = Grid P1 · DNF율 = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished rate (incl. DSQ)
Source: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast-compatible API) · last fetch: 2026-09-05 14:15