French Grand Prix
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F2 Watch: Experience vs youth at Paul Ricard
It was the wise heads who showed us how it’s done in the French GP feature race, but an all-rookie podium followed in the sprint.
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Hamilton ignored orders to go for fastest lap
Lewis Hamilton ignored team orders to go for fastest lap at the French GP despite saying earlier this year that he wouldn’t bother with it.
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FIA defends ‘quick’ start procedure
FIA race director Michael Masi says Sunday’s quick start with the lights at the French Grand Prix was “certainly within the tolerances” of the regulations.
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Wolff calls for the removal of Mistral Chicane
With Paul Ricard delivering the more boring race of this season to date, Toto Wolff says organisers need to remove the Mistral Chicane to allow for more slipstreaming.
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Conclusions from a ‘dull’ French Grand Prix
The Silver Arrows will soon be swimming in a sea of records, F1’s stewards shoot themselves in the foot again, and McLaren move forward.
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Red Bull look vulnerable to Renault, McLaren
Lewis Hamilton was in a class of his own in France, while Red Bull could be in a spot of bother if it was not for Max Verstappen.
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Steiner mode activated after Haas woes
Woefully off the pace in France and failing to score for the second race in a row, Guenther Steiner says the Paul Ricard weekend was Haas’ “worst since we started the team.”
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Race director Masi explains Perez’s penalty
Sergio Perez may be feeling aggrieved by his French GP penalty but FIA race director Michael Masi feels he gained an advantage by cutting the corner and therefore deserved the penalty.
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Pressure on Gasly after ‘frustrating’ French GP
The pressure is once again on Pierre Gasly with Red Bull team boss Christian Horner saying his French GP result was “frustrating”.
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Williams damned with faint praise: Less painful
Beating George Russell for the first time this season, Robert Kubica says his French GP was “less painful” than expected.