- Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez second and third
- Leclerc able to utilise slipstream of teammate Carlos Sainz
Charles Leclerc claimed pole for the French Grand Prix at the Paul Ricard circuit. He put in a fine lap for Ferrari with some precision teamwork to beat the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez into second and third. Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were in fourth and sixth, with McLaren’s Lando Norris was fifth.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz finished in ninth place. With the team knowing he would start from the back row of the grid having taken new power unit components this weekend beyond his allocation, they opted to use him tactically to Leclerc’s advantage in qualifying.