Roger Ibe Wins in Paris, Ármannsson Severely Injured

Qualifying:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Diff.
1	57	Dean Stoneman		1:38.430	1:40.962
2	63	George Russell		1:38.997	1:39.045	+0.517
3	1	Artem Markelov		1:41.392	1:41.126	+2.646
4	29	Roger Ibe		1:41.628	1:41.333	+2.853
5	37	Victoria Desai		1:41.837	1:41.757	+3.277
6	23	Alexander Albon		1:42.291	1:41.802	+3.322
7	70	Pastor Maldonado		1:42.057	1:41.973	+3.493
8	20	Kevin Magnussen		1:42.351	1:42.016	+3.536
9	33	Max Verstappen		1:42.260	1:42.054	+3.574
10	18	Sebastian Vettel		No Time	1:42.304	+3.827
11	39	Sho Tsuboi		1:42.439	1:42.313	+3.833
12	77	Valtteri Bottas		1:42.860	1:42.604	+4.124
13	26	Robert Shwartzman		1:42.608	1:42.605	+4.125
14	47	Lando Norris		1:42.697	No Time	+4.217
15	4	Robin Frijns		1:43.305	1:28.515	+4.552
16	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.		1:45.011	1:43.331	+4.851
17	95	Beitske Visser		1:44.830	1:44.021	+5.541
18	11	Terry Hawkin		1:44.904	1:44.311	+5.831
19	31	Esteban Ocon		No Time	1:44.630	+6.150
20	23	Jules Bianchi		1:45.201	1:45.520	+6.721
21	46	Alessandro Cicognani		1:45.586	1:45.546	+7.066
22	56	Einar Ármannsson		1:46.150	1:45.839	+6.304
23	7	Charles Leclerc		1:48.135	1:47.635	+8.655
24	84	Jack Aitken		1:48.735	No Time	+10.255

Report:

The street race in Paris has been under the threat of having its funding removed by the French government. With that in mind, Formula One hoped for a great race to advertise itself to the politicians who showed up in masses. Regrettably, that was not to be.

After only three corners, chaos erupted: Ármannsson launched himself on Cicognani’s rear tyre and landed extremely hard before catching a side impact by one of the Saubers. Artem Markelov spun ahead and barely avoided the wall, not helping the scenario.

Ármannsson’s injury, which was later revealed to be a tailbone fracture, was only the beginning of MRT’s woes. Jules Bianchi damaged his front wing on lap two and earned a race ban for causing an accident with Jack Aitken by not backing out with the damaged car.

BMW-powered cars were not the only one suffering, a Ferrari and Judd motor exploded at the same time. Ocon and Bottas crashed out and Stoneman earned the ire of the sport’s community by nearly taking out Vettel while getting lapped.

Race:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Points
1	29	Roger Ibe		54:22.130	15
2	37	Victoria Desai		+15.864	12
3	18	Sebastian Vettel		+52.934	10
4	26	Robert Shwartzman		+59.711	8
5	39	Sho Tsuboi		+69.177	6
6	1	Artem Markelov		+73.853	5
7	63	George Russell		+74.924	4
8	20	Kevin Magnussen		+88.774	3
9	95	Beitske Visser		1 Lap	2
10	11	Terry Hawkin		1 Lap	1
11	46	Alessandro Cicognani		1 Lap
12	57	Dean Stoneman		1 Lap
13	4	Robin Frijns		1 Lap
14	7	Charles Leclerc		1 Lap
15	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.		2 Laps
DNF	70	Pastor Maldonado		Transmission
DNF	77	Valtteri Bottas		Accident
DNF	14	Esteban Ocon		Accident
DNF	33	Max Verstappen		Transmission
DNF	47	Lando Norris		Motor
DNF	23	Alexander Albon		Motor
DNF	23	Jules Bianchi		Collision
DNF	85	Jack Aitken		Collision
DNF	56	Einar Ármannsson		Accident

Fastest Lap:

Victoria Desai – 1:43.641

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

George Russell – while karma prevented him from scoring his first podium, it was a great race anyway.

Reject Of The Race:

Grand Prix d’Île-de-France – after this event, the Grand Prix will most likely be doomed.