Third Victory in a Row for Norris in Formula One’s Return to Paul Ricard

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Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Diff.
1	88	Robert Kubica		1:35.043	1:34.636
2	39	Sho Tsuboi		1:34.876	1:34.754	+0.118
3	47	Lando Norris		1:36.749	1:36.049	+1.413
4	20	Kevin Magnussen		1:36.505	1:36.745	+1.869
5	23	Jules Bianchi		1:36.834	1:36.517	+1.881
6	18	Sebastian Vettel		1:36.769	1:36.555	+1.919
7	57	Dean Stoneman		1:36.594	1:36.768	+1.958
8	7	Charles Leclerc		1:36.721	1:36.645	+2.009
9	94	Pascal Wehrlein		1:36.914	1:36.677	+2.041
10	63	George Russell		1:36.875	1:36.812	+2.176

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As is well known, FIA president Alekos Kalogeropoulos is an enjoyer of all things Formula One history. It was thereby pretty predictable that Formula One would return to such a classic venue as Circuit Paul Ricard.

By all accounts, this nostalgic event was a huge success. The last winner of a Formula One race at Paul Ricard, Ayrton Senna, made one of his extremely rare F1 appearances and got to see an exciting race.

In particular the first half featured a lot of passing moves, but the second half still had a lot of thrilling narratives: Jules Bianchi fighting off Sebastian Vettel and Pastor Maldonado charging towards the points.

In the end, Lando Norris controlled proceedings to take his fifth win of the season, ahead of hometown hero Bianchi and Vettel. Ferrari got both of their cars in the points for the third time in five races as well.

Race:

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Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	47	Lando Norris		54:02.745	3	10
2	23	Jules Bianchi		+6.347	5	8
3	18	Sebastian Vettel		+8.752	6	6
4	39	Sho Tsuboi		+34.687	2	5
5	1	Victoria Desai		+41.627	13	4
6	10	Alessio Lorandi		+72.251	16	3
7	20	Kevin Magnussen		+90.028	4	2
8	70	Pastor Maldonado		+92.268	17	1
9	57	Dean Stoneman		+96.793	7
10	7	Charles Leclerc		+100.078	8

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Fastest Lap:

Lando Norris – 1:38.989

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Dean Stoneman – he came within a few laps of points for McEwan and generally performed brilliantly.

Reject Of The Race:

FAST-BMW – even ignoring their usually bad pace, a poorly-fitted tyre and a motor explosion are not a good look.