2022 Formula 1 French Grand Prix highlights

Haas F1 Team finished with Mick Schumacher 15th, while it forced Kevin Magnussen to retire, at the 2022 Formula 1 French Grand Prix, held Sunday at Circuit Paul Ricard.

Schumacher started from a 17th position on Pirelli P Zero Yellow medium tires and gained places to hold 14th through the first stint. Schumacher came in on lap 10 for White hard tires, emerging at the back of the train, before making a second stop for the same compound on lap 19, during a safety car stint caused by Charles Leclerc’s accident.

Shortly after the restart, Schumacher was spun through turn 11 after contact from Zhou Guanyu, for which it penalized the Alfa Romeo driver. Schumacher recovered to the track and was eventually classified in the 15th spot.

Magnussen qualified in 10th place but was demoted to 20th position on the grid because of taking on fresh engine components. From there Magnussen made a strong getaway on mediums, climbing up to 14th position, before capturing another couple of positions in the early stages.

Magnussen pitted on lap 9 for hard tires and came in once more for another set of the hard compound during the safety car period caused by Leclerc’s accident. Magnussen returned on track in the lower segment of the midfield but was unfortunately involved in a collision with Nicholas Latifi at turn 2 on lap 38. At the end of the lap, Magnussen boxed to retire the car.

Kevin Magnussen, Driver No. 20

We gave it our best, and I tried very hard today, made some good moves, but the degradation on the tires was too high. The car was impressive at the beginning of the stints and our pace was fantastic, as we saw yesterday in qualifying as well. We had a lot of degradation and that’s why we couldn’t really fight today.

Mick Schumacher, Driver No. 47

We had a tough start on the medium tire. It didn’t really work as well as we imagined. We knew it was going to be tough, so we came in early but unfortunately there was a safety car, which meant for many people it was a free stop essentially. With a pitlane like we have here, the difference is big, so we were quite far behind and then we had contact with Zhou. Overall, it was quite tough, but we learned some things and hopefully we have a better weekend in Budapest.

Guenther Steiner, Team Principal, Haas F1 Team

It was all going to plan until the Safety Car came out and it all went downhill from there. The strategy team did a fantastic job to predict what the tires would do because they did exactly what was predicted. The Safety Car came out, and we had to go, change the tire too early because we were on a two-stop and all the other cars on a one-stop got a free stop, so what can you do? The car once again showed that it’s fast. We just need to regroup and hope that we didn’t get unlucky. I don’t even ask for luck!

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