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Carlos Sainz beat team-mate Charles Leclerc to the fastest time as Ferrari dominated Practice Two at the French GP to continue their world championship ...

Speaking to Sky Sports F1 between Friday's two practice sessions, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said: "(It was) not where we want to be. The car is not spectacular here, I don't know why, but overnight we usually make a bit of a step so I'm hoping that's the case tomorrow." "It's going to be getting it right, tyre degradation, strategy. 2) Charles Leclerc Hamilton was fifth, with team-mate George Russell fourth as they failed to match Ferrari's pace despite the introduction of new upgrades. 1) Carlos Sainz

Carlos Sainz topped the times on Friday for Ferrari at the Formula 1 French Grand Prix. Here's how and when to watch qualifying.

Hot and sunny weather is forecast for Saturday afternoon for the start of qualifying at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, with a low chance of rain showers. For the entire 2022 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. Sky Sports can also be accessed through NOW with a one-off day payment of £11.98 or a month membership of £33.99 per month. Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK. Live radio coverage of every practice, qualifying and race for the 2022 F1 season will be available on BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC 5 Live Sports Extra or via the BBC Sport website. In the United Kingdom, every F1 practice, qualifying and race is broadcast live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports Main Event, with French GP qualifying coverage starting at 2:35pm BST.

Mercedes cannot do much to help Nyck de Vries secure a Formula One drive and may let him go, team boss Toto Wolff said after the Dutch reserve replaced ...

I can't really help him," added Wolff. Mercedes are also pulling out of Formula E at the end of this season, with the team sold to McLaren who have their own roster of drivers. De Vries, 27, is the reigning Formula E champion with Mercedes and also won the Formula Two crown in 2019.

McLaren Formula 1 boss Andreas Seidl believes the FIA must “follow through and not give way” with its planned floor changes for 2023 despite facing pushback ...

Asked by Autosport if McLaren was facing any lobbying from the core group of teams to back a smaller change, Seidl replied: “No - we’re an independent team, we make up our own mind and fight for what we think is correct. But McLaren is not among the teams looking for the FIA to make an adjustment to its proposals, with team boss Seidl welcoming the changes for next year and denying there was any overstep by F1’s governing body. The FIA began to take action to address the matter on safety grounds over the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, but a number of teams questioned how broad an issue it was as some struggled with bouncing more than others.

The FIA is facing a rebellion from at least five Formula 1 teams over floor changes that are set to be introduced for 2023 to help combat porpoising, ...

If Mercedes have genuinely done that, then you may as well hand them the world championship now.” A number of teams are especially fearful that the scope of the floor changes being introduced by the FIA are playing in to rival Mercedes’ hands – and the tweaks both this season and for 2023 are being framed in such a way that they could benefit the German car manufacturer. It is understood the unhappy teams have begun lobbying FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to argue that the changes to the technical rules for 2023 are not a genuine safety matter so should not be allowed to go ahead.

The Friday in F1 French GP saw a relatively smooth running despite some moments as Ferrari led the way from Red Bull and Mercedes.

It was definitely warm out there and not the easiest conditions: still, it is always nice to drive a Formula One car and help the team with learning the set-up for the track. Alonso: “It was a challenging Friday for us especially driving in these extremely hot conditions in France. We tried to adapt the car as best as we could to deal with these high temperatures and focused on tyre management and cooling down during the two practice sessions. Latifi: “Overall it was a tricky day straight from FP1 – I just didn’t get the best feeling with the car which is something we’ll have to investigate to see if there was something not quite right. It’s very impressive how the team is finding pace in the car despite no upgrades so I’m very happy about that and I’m excited to see what the car will be like when we do get upgrades.” Now we need to work to understand what we tested today and go through all the data to be able to put it together for Quali tomorrow. I’ve just driven it and things feel different – some things a little bit better and some things we have to optimise and figure out. The tyres are still overheating, which we will have to work on for the race, but it should be a fun one.” “As for the session, I tried a couple of moments with other cars to overtake because I know I’m going to need to a lot, and I must say that it was a bit trickier than expected. We have a lot of work to do, a lot of ground to cover. It’s nothing good or bad, it’s just the limitation of the car is in different places throughout the corner and therefore you’ve got to adapt yourself to that.” Obviously, it was very cool to be back in such a fast car and a bit of a reset of what I’m used to. I think there’s some good work and understanding to be done over tonight, and we will try to pick up the best pieces for tomorrow’s qualifying and race.”

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F1 2022 results as Ferrari continued to set the pace at Paul Ricard, completing a Friday double at the top of the timesheets.

The two Mercedes drivers followed next in the pecking order. The Red Bull driver was half a second down on his former Toro Rosso team-mate, Sainz. The full results from FP2 at Paul Ricard ahead of the 2022 French Grand Prix are as follows with all best times set on the soft tyre. Lando Norris finished the session P6, with McLaren team-mate Daniel Ricciardo also featuring in the top 10 down in P9. George Russell was P4, seven tenths off the pace, while Lewis Hamilton, who sat out FP1 to give Mercedes reserve Nyck de Vries a run in his car as part of the mandatory ‘young driver’ programme, was a couple of tenths down on his team-mate. Ferrari continued to set the early pace at Paul Ricard ahead of the 2022 French Grand Prix.

Circuit Paul Ricard hosts the 12th round of the 2022 Formula 1 season this weekend on July 22-24. Here's how and when you can watch qualifying for the ...

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Everything you need to know as F1 heads to Circuit Paul Ricard for the French Grand Prix.

At the half-way mark, Verstappen has a 38-point lead from Leclerc in second, while Perez - who retired from last Sunday’s race - is third a further 19 points back. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. 18. Alex Albon - 3 points This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent. Highlights will be aired of qualifying and the race on Saturday and Sunday respectively on Channel 4 at 6:30pm (BST). Charles Leclerc reignited his world championship hopes by racing to victory at the Austrian Grand Prix last time out as team-mate Carlos Sainz emerged unscathed from his Ferrari after it caught fire.

The FIA will introduce an Aerodynamic Oscillation Metric (AOM) to measure the cars' bouncing from Spa, despite initially wanting to introduce the changes for ...

They will need to run the car maybe on the front a little bit higher than they used to be. When asked if the new changes will make much difference to the pecking order, Wolff was less convinced. However, out on track the materials could expand and allow for more flexibility of the planks which would lead to performance gains.

Penalty points are handed out to drivers whenever they are deemed to have broken the rules, and can lead to race bans if enough are collected in a short ...

But that doesn't mean it couldn't happen, and Verstappen is one of those closest to a ban. That would be the fate of anyone who picks up 12 points within a 12-month period. Every point counts for the Dutchman as he hopes to see off the challenge of Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc, so missing a race could be a disaster.

Toto Wolff has admitted that if Nyck de Vries is seeking a place on the F1 grid, the answer doesn't lie with Mercedes. - Pitpass.com.

French GP: Practice team notes - Ferrari Indeed, with so many IndyCar drivers on its books, perhaps de Vries' best hopes lie across the Atlantic. Regular driver, George Russell was fourth quickest, out-pacing the reigning Formula E champion by just 0.545s.

Mercedes is still yet to take a race victory across the opening 11 races of the year, although drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have taken a handful of ...

“In long runs it’s a bit better but again the tyres are running really hot and it’s very difficult to judge really where you are. “In general for the sport it is better to have three teams fighting. But we know of course that we still have a little bit of work to do.”

Toto Wolff has said that Mercedes will have to think about letting Nyck de Vries go if they cannot offer him a more solid F1 opportunity soon.

A Formula 2 and Formula E champion, it’s clear that the Dutchman has talent but getting into Formula 1 is a difficult business even if that is the case, and Toto Wolff admits that Mercedes might have to release him soon if they cannot themselves offer him a chance in F1, which is obviously dependant on Lewis Hamilton and George Russell: “We can’t really tell any team to look at him and consider him, because that would be felt like an interference, and that goes the contrary way.” Toto Wolff has said that Mercedes will have to think about letting Nyck de Vries go if they cannot offer him a more solid F1 opportunity soon.

The FIA is facing a rebellion from at least five Formula 1 teams over floor changes that are set to be introduced for 2023 to help combat porpoising, ...

If Mercedes have genuinely done that, then you may as well hand them the world championship now.” A number of teams are especially fearful that the scope of the floor changes being introduced by the FIA are playing in to rival Mercedes’ hands – and the tweaks both this season and for 2023 are being framed in such a way that they could benefit the German car manufacturer. It is understood the unhappy teams have begun lobbying FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to argue that the changes to the technical rules for 2023 are not a genuine safety matter so should not be allowed to go ahead.

No driver has ever received a race ban for penalty points in Formula One however it has been met by some in the junior Formula 2 category. Amaury Cordeel was ...

The pair have both received 30 points however the Dutchman has operated under the system for a year less than the four-time world champion. Amaury Cordeel was the latest driver to be inflicted with it being forced to sit out the British Grand Prix this year. Max Verstappen is one of the closest Formula One stars to a race ban after accumulating seven penalty points.

Live commentary and updates for the 2022 edition of the Formula 1 French Grand Prix, taking place at Paul Ricard this weekend.

Williams look set to hand American racer Logan Sargeant a Formula One Friday free practice slot this season, with team boss Jost Capito hailing him on ...

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Formula 2 championship challenger Logan Sargeant could give Williams a “great headache” in choosing its 2023 Formula 1 driver line-up.

He managed to secure a deal with the lesser-fancied Charouz team for a good but low-key third year in F3 in 2021 and then earned the Williams academy place for 2022 alongside an F2 graduation with Carlin. “If it’s not the best and we would have another better solution, we will go for the better solution.” On being open to Piastri on a short-term deal, he added: “If that was the best for us, then we would consider that. “He’s a very promising talent and we’d love to fulfil his talent in the team. “How he got the pole yesterday was really impressive and he will be in a Formula 1 car in the future, I’m absolutely convinced.” Although Alpine continues to insist Piastri will be on the F1 grid next year and Williams has now admittedly publicly a loan deal for Piastri is possible, Sargeant cannot be discounted.

F1 2022 results as Max Verstappen pulled one back against Ferrari at Paul Ricard, the Red Bull driver comfortably quickest.

The Red Bull driver made a late swap to the soft Pirellis, purple in the first two sectors on his way to a 1:32.272. The full results from FP2 at Paul Ricard ahead of the 2022 French Grand Prix are as follows… Lewis Hamilton was next in line, half a tenth up on Sergio Perez who in turn was just over half a tenth faster than George Russell. Max Verstappen topped the timesheet in the third and final practice session for the French Grand Prix, 0.354 seconds ahead of Carlos Sainz. On another hot day in France, Verstappen pulled one back against Ferrari after Charles Leclerc and then Carlos Sainz clinched the double for the Scuderia on Friday. The latter was over six-tenths down on Verstappen’s best.

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“We have a lot of work to do, a lot of ground to cover. We’ll have a look at it all for tomorrow and try to get closer than what we were today.” We’re a little bit further behind than we anticipated this weekend.” I guess I’m playing a little bit of catch-up and trying to understand that compared to Daniel.” “On the long runs, I’m not really sure where we stand yet, I haven’t had a good look at that. I’ve just driven it and things feel different – some things a little bit better and some things we have to optimise and figure out.

Red Bull's world champion Max Verstappen topped third and final practice for Formula 1's French Grand Prix, comfortably holding off the Ferraris at Paul ...

Sainz and Leclerc finished the session in second and third, three and five tenths down respectively, followed by Hamilton in the Mercedes, the Briton a second behind on Verstappen's time. Aston Martin languished down the bottom with Lance Stroll 18th and Sebastian Vettel last, the pair being split by the second Haas of Mick Schumacher, who spent the middle part of the session in the garage. Sainz, who is set to start from the back of the grid after taking a new Ferrari engine, finally overhauled the Red Bull in the final 10 minutes by virtue of a 1m32.626s lap, proving quicker in the first and third sector. Perez got to within half a second of the Dutchman on his second attempt, until Ferrari's Sainz split the two Red Bulls with a 1m33.217s effort. Sergio Perez got the final hour of practice at a toasty Le Castellet underway, the Red Bull driver also the first driver to get a tentative time on the board with a 1m33.628s on medium Pirelli tyres. The reigning world champion immediately took eight tenths out of Perez' time to go top with a 1m32.837s on mediums and then improving to a 1m32.808s, just three tenths off Carlos Sainz' best time from FP2.

Ferrari will look to keep the pressure on Red Bull during qualifying for the French Grand Prix. Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc were quickest in FP2 on ...

For viewers planning to live stream F1 in 2022, you can purchase a Sky Sports Pass on NOW TV. For fans in Canada, TSN will carry the English-language telecast of races. 3 p.m. Monaco Grand Prix Miami Grand Prix Bahrain Grand Prix Sunday's 2022 French Grand Prix is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. local time. "I was focusing more on the long run because I am not going to be in the fight for pole position given the amount of penalties. This reality informed Sainz's approach to his impressive practice sessions on Friday. 15 minutes until qualifying begins: Red Bull were second best last night but their impressive straight-line speed in FP3 suggests some rear-wing adjustments have come up trumps. 10:00 left in Q1: Leclerc and Verstappen have each posted times, with the world champion just clocking his first hot lap, ducking in second behind his title rival. But drivers' championship leader and reigning world champion Verstappen hit back in the opening session on Saturday as Red Bull's overnight adjustments paid dividends.

Williams look set to hand American racer Logan Sargeant a Formula One Friday free practice slot this season, team boss Jost Capito has said.

How he got the pole yesterday was really impressive. Williams look set to hand American racer Logan Sargeant a Formula One Friday free practice slot this season, with team boss Jost Capito hailing him on Saturday as a prospect for the future. He also took pole at the French Grand Prix weekend at Le Castellet on Friday.

Max Verstappen produced a dominant display in final practice at the French GP to outpace Ferrari and establish Red Bull as favourites for qualifying at the ...

Lewis Hamilton beat the second Red Bull of Sergio Perez to fourth, with Mercedes team-mate George Russell fifth, but each of the trio were in the region of a full second back from Verstappen. Max Verstappen produced a dominant display in final practice at the French GP to outpace Ferrari and establish Red Bull as favourites for qualifying at the Paul Ricard Circuit. Max Verstappen was in a league of his own in Practice Three at the French GP; the world championship leader was comfortably clear of the Ferraris of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc; watch French GP qualifying live on Sky Sports F1 from 2:35pm on Saturday

Charles Leclerc beat Max Verstappen in Formula 1's 2022 French Grand Prix qualifying as Ferrari used tow tactics with the penalty-addled Carlos Sainz to ...

Zhou Guanyu ended up 18th having led the pack to the chequered flag, but failed to set a personal best on his final lap after catching a wild oversteer snap through the long, fast Turn 6 right that feeds in the Turn 7 kink on the Mistral straight. Albon had been unable to set a final Q1 time after he lost the rear of his car exiting the Turn 8 part of the chicane that breaks up the Mistral straight and spun. Esteban Ocon had led the pack around for the final laps and did leap up the order having been in the drop zone after the first Q2 runs, but he was shuffled back to 12th ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel.

The 12th qualifying session of this Formula One season is upon us and the venue is Paul Ricard. In France, another 20 drivers will decide who will start ...

Ferrari will be looking to beat Red Bull mainly in the twisty third sector. In the first three free practice sessions, Red Bull and Ferrari made the best impression. As has been the case all year, Red Bull Racing and Ferrari seem to be making the difference.

Formula 1 teams have urged the FIA to not delay finalising any potential floor changes for next year, amid concerns about 'painful' extra work on the 2023 ...

And, whilst you can mitigate that and improve it, if we want to actually change it fundamentally then it will need a clear change to the regulations.” If it's 25mm, that will play a role. “The issue as a technical director it is that you will have to spend resources you potentially didn't plan to put on this, because even it's not a departure, it's a blank sheet of paper,” he said.

Ferrari mastered the tow at Circuit Paul Ricard as Charles Leclerc claimed pole for the 2022 French Grand Prix.

4 Sergio Perez Red Bull 0.627s 2 Max Verstappen Red Bull 0.164s 4 Sergio Perez Red Bull 1.039s 3 Max Verstappen Red Bull 0.909s 2 Max Verstappen Red Bull 0.304s 3 Sergio Perez Red Bull 0.463s 1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:31.727 3 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 0.570s 2 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 0.135s 1 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:31.081 1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:30.872 9 Carlos Sainz Ferrari NO TIME

Formula 1 drivers were left frustrated by a change to the Paul Ricard pitlane speed limiter zone introduced by the FIA ahead of the French Grand Prix.

Even Albon, who escaped sanction at the time, conceded that he was at fault. He also noted that the white line rule provides a sufficient deterrent to abuse of track limits. When an informal vote was taken on whether it was a just penalty, all drivers bar Alonso and teammate Esteban Ocon voted yes. Secondly, it means that drivers carry less speed as they leave the pits and thus makes it harder for them to defend their position into Turn 1 when emerging from a stop. However, after considering the matter overnight Freitas explained in his latest notes that "the deterrents ("baguette kerbs") adjacent to the track at the exit of T5 and T15 have been removed." Freitas wrote: "There is an active digital panel placed on top of the pit wall adjacent to the pit exit (driver's right). Each time a car is leaving the pit lane this panel will display an arrow pointing to the left to inform drivers on track that a car is exiting the pitlane."

Mick Schumacher says he plans to have discussions with FIA officials over the track limits violation which put him out in Q1.

“The DRS delta is pretty big so we should be able to overtake once we get into DRS,” he said. “The C4 is quite a vulnerable tyre at the moment. I must be something that millimetres at the end.”

Mercedes has denied suggestions it is pushing to change Formula 1's floor regulations for its own competitive gain, saying there is no guarantee any tweaks ...

We don’t know as Mercedes that a regulation change will suit us. But Shovlin thought the compromise was “just coming from teams that thought there will be a change but we want it to be as minimal as possible”, and that F1 could not lose sight of the safety issue at hand. “It happened.

Charles Leclerc will start on pole position for the French Grand Prix after a superb final lap of qualifying saw off the threat of Max Verstappen.

I really think that could cause them trouble tomorrow in the race and that would be an advantage for Red Bull." "I think they have too much downforce on that car. "You can see that when you're a little bit on the back foot and you're expectations are on a certain level for the race weekend, and it doesn't come together, a kind of freestyling starts. He added: "Honestly, looking at Verstappen's pace from Friday when he was practicing for the race, I would definitely prefer to be in Verstappen's shoes." Sergio Perez was third for the Red Bull - meaning Leclerc will have two charging Bulls to contend with - and he will be joined on the second row by Lewis Hamilton, although Mercedes yet again struggled at Paul Ricard. Leclerc was helped by a tow from team-mate Carlos Sainz - who will be at the back of the grid for Sunday's race due to engine penalties - and the result continues his new-found momentum as he bids to eat into Verstappen's 38-point lead.

Alpine boss Laurent Rossi is confident both Fernando Alonso and Oscar Piastri will be on the Formula 1 grid in 2023, but he will only consider loaning ...

He’s a very promising talent, we would love to fulfil this talent in the team. “We’re making and building scenarios for him and Oscar, as I’m sure you would ask me. Williams F1 chief Jost Capito said the team had “various options” to explore for its line-up next year, and that he would be open to having a driver on loan if it worked for the team.

Alpine plans to hand Fernando Alonso a drive in its LMDh programme, leading to him returning to the 24 Hours of Le Mans once his Formula 1 career is over.

So obviously this is part of the discussion. “He was always going to have a seat in LMDh the day he switches, he will be welcome, it’s his team. “We talked about the fact that Fernando is a legend of the sport, but also a legend of the Renault Group. For us, he’s the champion.

Charles Leclerc claimed pole for the French F1 GP ahead of Max Verstappen, thanks in part to driving in the slipstream of his teammate Carlos Sainz.

The 37-year-old Hamilton is in his 16th season in the sport in which he has already matched Michael Schumacher’s record of seven titles and is the most successful driver with 103 poles and 103 wins. Verstappen now has a 38-point advantage over Leclerc in second place and 57 points on Pérez. Hamilton will reach his 300th race this weekend but it is unlikely to be the celebratory affair he might have hoped for. It was a vital advantage as Verstappen, following him on track, was breathing down his neck and crossed the line just eight thousandths of a second down, setting up a mighty head-to-head for the final runs. This is Leclerc’s 16th career pole and his seventh this season, in which he has demonstrated remarkable pace over the single lap. Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were in fourth and sixth, with McLaren’s Lando Norris was fifth.

F2 champion Piastri is yet to experience the chance to race in Formula 1, but the Alpine racer has been tipped to get his chance in 2023 with a space likely ...

"We didn't put any pressure on him so he has the time to develop and he's really impressed us how fast he got to grips with the car, the tyre management and getting results. Asked by reporters if the team plans to test Sargeant with a run in an FP1 session this year, the German replied: "I think that would be obvious. He is contracted to Alpine, who already have Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon on the books.

A return to world championship glory with BMW turbo power was the prelude to a catastrophic slump from which Brabham could not escape.

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Lewis Hamilton believes it is “going to be a while” until Mercedes can fight for Formula 1 wins if its France form continues after qualifying over eight ...

"I don't know what the time is, but it must be at least half a second probably just down the straights. But it's not impossible." "The top two teams are in their own league really.

During Saturday's qualifying session at the Circuit Paul Ricard, Sainz worked together with team-mate Charles Leclerc, providing him with a tow during his Q3 ...

But yeah, happy for the team, happy to see Charles profiting from it and getting the pole. Now it’s time for me to get back to the front tomorrow.” So, I knew what to do from the beginning and I think we executed it nicely.

Lewis Hamilton believes it is “going to be a while” until Mercedes can fight for Formula 1 wins if its France form continues after qualifying over ...

“But then it’s all down the straights, we lose a lot,” Hamilton said. But it’s not impossible.” “The top two teams are in their own league really.

Earlier in the year, the FIA released some short-term fixes for F1 teams to stop their cars bouncing up and down like the world's most expensive yo-yo. This ...

However, with so many people annoyed already, there are rumblings that teams could end up taking the FIA to court! After the Austrian Grand Prix, the FIA came up with some technical regulation changes that would start in 2023 in an attempt to stop porpoising entirely. However, some teams are properly cranky about the FIA’s latest attempts to get it under control.

Charles Leclerc will start from pole position for the Formula 1 French Grand Prix after topping qualifying. Here's how and when you can watch the race.

In the United Kingdom Channel 4 is broadcasting highlights of the French GP at 6:30pm BST on Sunday evening. For the entire 2022 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. Current weather forecasts predict hot and sunny conditions at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, with a low chance of rain. Sky Sports can also be accessed through NOW with a one-off day payment of £11.98p or a month membership of £33.99p per month. Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK. In the United Kingdom, Sky Sports will be live broadcasting the French GP, with the race shown live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports Main Event. Pre-race coverage will be starting on Sky Sports F1 at 12:30pm and Sky Sports Main Event at 1:55pm BST ahead of the race start at 2:00pm BST.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff didn't think it was possible they would end qualifying so far behind Ferrari and Red Bull.

“We are seeing within one session we go from totally uncompetitive in the first sector to – second run in Q3 – we’re the best in sector one. “Then we went to Austria, a track where we are normally not competitive at all and we could clearly see the signs why we were not competitive but we were close. “We were slowly but surely working our way back to the front-runners and there were good signs in Silverstone,” Wolff told media including RaceFans today.

The wife of F1 legend Michael Schumacher, Corinna, has broken down in tears after the crowd gave the icon a standing ovation during an award ceremony ...

'Today we pay tribute above all to the person. Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wust presented the award to the sobbing Mrs Schumacher, who has sheltered and cared for the former driver in his recovery. The 53-year-old has been cloaked in secrecy from the public scene since his 2013 skiing accident, and his long-time wife Corinna and daughter Gina attended the ceremony in Cologne to pay tribute to her husbands contribution to life outside of sport.

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Porpoising is quickly becoming the most hated word in the F1 dictionary. However, some teams are properly cranky about the FIA's latest attempts to get it ...

However, with so many people annoyed already, there are rumblings that teams could end up taking the FIA to court! After the Austrian Grand Prix, the FIA came up with some technical regulation changes that would start in 2023 in an attempt to stop porpoising entirely. However, some teams are properly cranky about the FIA’s latest attempts to get it under control.

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"Paul Ricard is quite a challenging circuit, with a variety of corners and some long, winding sections towards the end of the lap," Stroll said ahead of this weekend's race at Paul Ricard. "The ground-effect cars we have this year appear to be producing better racing, so I hope we can put on a good show for the fans here. Discussing the brand, she said: "It all started during the quarantine, looking for a way to express my creativity within the walls of the house. Earlier this week she posted a picture of herself with a friend having fun in the sun in Ibiza. And not long before that she uploaded a snap wearing an eye-catching pink set, declaring it to be her new favourite colour.

CHRISTIAN HORNER once had a huge row with Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff, with one witness claiming the Austrian 'lost his s***'.

"I'm not only talking about Mercedes - all of the cars suffered in some way or other in Baku and still do here. Horner, the Team Principal of Red Bull, has branded claims his team could be impacted by new rules as "total rubbish" after Mercedes' Wolff said some of his rivals were using "flexi-floors" to give their cars a performance advantage. "Over the course of the season, each driver is required to give up one of their first practice sessions for a young driver. This week, Christian Horner and Toto Wolff have revived their war of words from 2021. In the 2022 F1 season, all teams are required to hand a "young driver" a spot in two first practice sessions. "And team principals trying to manipulate what is being said in order to keep their competitive advantage and trying to play political games when the FIA tries to come up with a quick solution to at least put the cars in a better position is disingenuous and that's what I said.

Paul Ricard will host the 12th round of the 2022 F1 season on Sunday. Here are the worldwide start times for the French Grand Prix.

Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz has been hit with grid penalties however following the fiery end to his race in Spielberg. Lewis Hamilton is also hoping for a ...

TV channel: The race will be shown live on Sky Sports F1 and Main Event, with coverage beginning at 12.30pm BST on F1 and 1.55pm on Main Event before it begins at 2pm. How to watch F1 French Grand Prix: TV channel and live stream for race today How can I watch the F1 French Grand Prix?

The Circuit Paul Ricard hosts the French Grand Prix on Sunday, which forms the 12th round of the 2022 Formula 1 season. Charles Leclerc will start the race ...

Pirelli states that starting on the Medium can be followed with a middle stint on the Hard before ending the race on the Medium, or vice versa. Pirelli’s motorsport director says that the race is likely to “see some different strategies, in conditions that are going to be perhaps hotter than [qualifying].” A major factor that may dictate strategies at Le Castellet is the hot track temperature, with the air temperature expected to be over 30 degrees Celsius.

PART ONE - TEAM REPRESENTATIVES James KEY (McLaren), Jan MONCHAUX (Alfa Romeo), Mario ISOLA (Pirelli) Q: James, we're going to start with you, tell us about ...

And we will finally go for what we believe is the best for the team. And one of the big issues was actually getting all of that work into the weekend and one of the first things to drop is pitstop practice. On the other hand, we would like to have the regulations being more simple instead of being more complicated, not only for the teams, but also for the FIA to police and to do the appropriate checks. But the reality is that these cars will always run close to the ground, they'll always be banging on the road and whilst you can mitigate that and improve it, if we want to actually change it fundamentally, then it will need a change to the regulations. And as I mentioned before, I think the year out of the car made him very well understand how the dynamics of a driver and the team works as he has seen the team working with the drivers from the outside, and I think that helps him a lot. But the behaviour of the car is the same. There's definitely sort of a trend, I suppose, of some of these flatter-sided sidepods – Ferrari really came in with the most extreme example of that – and then what you do at the back is still a little bit open, but the downwashing direction seems to be a good compromise for that. I believe we did a good job together with the teams to design the wheel core in a way that is helping the mechanics to do the pit stops properly. But the midfield is so tight, you can easily end up in the back of Q2 or even not past Q1: four-tenths is really, really tight, so it's going to need a flawless exercise for the rest of the season if we really want to go and challenge the higher position. So, we have to rebalance a little bit the front with the rear: the rear is very strong, the traction is good, so, we were not planning to change massively the rear tyre. And Zhou is for me, he is a surprise of the season. I think probably the better way to describe that is we can see what we need to do with the car.

Formula 1 returns to the birthplace of grand prix racing this weekend with the French GP at Paul Ricard. As one of the oldest events in all of motorsport, ...

In the meantime, Mika Hakkinen had been in a hurry at the start of the race and had carved his way though the pack - getting through Frentzen and Alesi to climb up to second from 14th on the grid. Whether you believe EJ's parable of the man with the brolly, or whether the team had just taken a gamble and won big, it set Frentzen on course for an unlikely title bid. A safety car period followed the stops, as Alesi threw his Sauber into the gravel, with the race brought to a restart on lap 35. Per EJ, the team was informed that the rain wasn't about to stop, and thus the Jordan pit crew filled Frentzen's car up to the maximum and sent him on his way, intending not to stop again. Barrichello led again, passed by Hakkinen again as Frentzen looked good for third - but the top two had to stop again for a splash-and-dash to the finish. Without the presence of his arch rival at the front and Mansell mired in the pack, Prost eased to clear towards a fourth home race win. A more traditional front-running trio of David Coulthard, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Michael Schumacher occupied the next three positions on the grid. Pressure applied by the British driver saw Patrese make a crucial mistake and spin off, opening the path for Mansell to take second place. In fact, due to the early chaos and an incredible first lap to go from 16th to ninth, F1 debutant Jean Alesi became the surprise closest contender to Prost, rising to second in his Tyrrell before pitting. The race was immediately red flagged, as the 1985 British Formula 3 champion stepped out of his rolled March and remarkably was relatively unscathed. But wind the time back to Friday qualifying and something truly remarkable occurred - Minardi topped the times. But Maserati’s challenge had grown stronger and there were three A6GCMs in the top five.

Follow all the action and video as Charles Leclerc starts on pole ahead of Max Verstappen with Lewis Hamilton fourth. Watch live on Sky Sports F1.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has accused Formula 1 rivals of posturing over a potential challenge to the FIA's planned floor changes for 2023.

"Clearly when you're running in the front you just want to just make sure that nothing changes, and when you're not running at the front, you want to make sure that a lot changes. "Trying to work with the FIA is always part of it. He sits in his office, he doesn't call anyone, and does his thing?" "The cars are way too stiff and they bounce. "I think it's just business as usual," he said about the latest row. "No team is ever going to go legal against the FIA, number one.

Mercedes doubts ditching its radical slim sidepod design would significantly improve its Formula 1 performance this year, but is looking at “combinations of ...

But he was focused on weeding out the elements of the car that he wanted to change heading into 2023 and “trying to steer that so that at least, hopefully later on this year, we’ll get somewhere better, but next year’s car is one we can fight with.” “So from the very early part of the year, we’re looking at other teams bodyworks and certainly with a view to next year, looking up and down the grid to see ideas. “We're certainly not of that mind, nor are we wedded to saying this is how the Mercedes car must look.

Sergio Perez starts third with Lando Norris fourth, George Russell fifth and Carlos Sainz near the back after engine penalties. Ferrari head to Circuit Paul ...

Sergio Perez starts third with Lando Norris fourth, George Russell fifth and Carlos Sainz near the back after engine penalties. Not now!” he shoots back. Follow all the action with Standard Sport’s live French Grand Prix blog! “Not now! Latifi is the next man to spend some time off track after a scuffle with Magnussen that led to the Haas bouncing off the kerb and sending his Williams spiralling. A bit of a disagreement between Ferrari and Sainz over team radio with the driver wanting to stop for new tyres before having a go at Perez.

Is the age of the drivers on the F1 grid getting younger these days?

Luigi Fagioli was aged 53 years and 22 days when he won the French Grand Prix in 1951. Alonso’s first season in the sport was in 2001, meaning his career now spans three separate decades. But what about the rest of the grid?

Carlos Sainz says criticism of Ferrari's F1 strategy calls has been unfair, after its tactics helped Charles Leclerc score French Grand Prix pole position.

"But I think this year the team has been very solid on the strategy side and I think today proves it. "It's nice to see. "And I think it's a bit unfair because [with] every team this season, there's going to be mistakes with tyres, choosing tyres and everything.

Hamilton went from the back of the grid to being a regular race win contender in a strange 2009 season for McLaren, and Mercedes hope he can inspire their ...

And a parallel might be that within our team, we're just starting to really get back the enjoyment for that engineering challenge and the development challenge. Asked if he thinks Hamilton can repeat the trick in 2022, he told reporters: "We started brilliantly [in 2009] didn't have the resources to keep up and were struggling to get near the podium by the end of the year. To turn that hope into reality, they could benefit from Hamilton repeating what he managed to do in the 2009 season with McLaren.

The all conquering Mercedes F1 team who have won the most consecutive constructor titles in the history of Formula One have had a miserable start by their ...

Lewis Hamilton is 37 and would be pushing 40 by the next time Mercedes could deliver a car possible for him to win a championship. The all conquering Mercedes F1 team who have won the most consecutive constructor titles in the history of Formula One have had a miserable start by their standards to the new era of car design regulations. Very disappointing to be a second or 9/10ths off the pace.” But it’s a gradual process. “We’re certainly not of that mind. Yet the reality was different.

Max Verstappen led home Lewis Hamilton and George Russell to win Formula 1's 2022 French Grand Prix – a race that title rival Charles Leclerc had crashed of ...

Tsunoda stopped on the same lap as Leclerc’s crash as a result of the floor damage he had picked up in the lap one clash with Ocon that had dropped him to the rear of the pack. That was behind Perez, who lost out to Russell after the Mercedes driver jumped ahead of the Red Bull when the VSC ended as they approached the final corner and then soaked up pressure over the final three laps to seal third. On lap 42, Russell made a late move to the inside of the Turn 8 part of the Mistral chicane and when Perez turned in the pair came close to crashing before the Red Bull scampered across Turn 9 and stayed ahead – to Russell’s frustration but with the stewards’ quickly deciding the incident did not merit investigation. From there, Verstappen was untroubled to the finish and came home with a 10.5s margin of victory ahead of Hamilton, who was likewise unthreatened in second – this was despite a brief moment of worry for the leaders when Zhou Guanyu stopped in the Turn 6 runoff and triggered a brief virtual safety car. But just after it had warned Leclerc to look after his mediums, the race was turned on its head when Leclerc crashed out at Le Beausset – losing the rear of his F1-75 in a mistake while running close to the edge of the track deep into the high-speed hairpin on his stressed rubber. The Dutchman was now the one seemingly struggling for grip as at one stage he slipped off the road at Turn 6, so picking up his first track limits violation, and by lap 14 he had had fallen out of DRS range as Leclerc began to increase his pace back towards where he had been lapping in the early stages.

Max Verstappen won the F1 French Grand Prix in his Red Bull to extend his lead in the drivers' title race.

With the safety car called, Hamilton pitted for a free stop and emerged in second behind Verstappen when racing resumed on lap 21. Leclerc made a clean getaway from pole to hold the lead while Hamilton leapt out of his blocks and jumped Pérez to take third. He overcooked it, lost the rear and spun out into the wall at turn 11 and admitted it had been his fault. Verstappen looked to have slightly superior race pace in a straight line but did not have enough to make the pass. This is the 27th win of Verstappen’s career, his sixth in the last nine races and seventh this season. The victory has crucially further extended Verstappen’s lead over Leclerc who is second in the championship to 63 points, with ten races remaining.

Race leader Charles Leclerc crashes into the barriers at Turn 11 and is out of the French Grand Prix! Max Verstappen took a huge step towards defending his ...

That allowed Russell and Perez to battle, combatively, for the final podium place. He emerged in ninth, and did well just to get back to fifth in the end. Having to serve a five-second time penalty for an unsafe release during the Safety Car, that cost Sainz nearly half a minute. Leclerc got onto the kerbs at the exit of Turn 11 and then spun. Hamilton came out just behind the Red Bull. The Spaniard had advanced to third before Ferrari, in another odd strategy decision, pitted him with 10 laps remaining.

LEWIS HAMILTON is a lot closer to where he will feel he belongs after a second placed finish with Mercedes at the French Grand Prix.Max Verstappen too.

The Ferrari driver has to get past and then build a five second lead as he has a penalty. Epic between Sainz and Perez! Sainz is past the Red Bull after an amazing scrap. Everyone looks set to go till the end on worn out tyres. The Alfa Romeo driver has pulled up on lap 50 out of 53, and we have a virtual safety car. The Ferrari has come out p9. To me it was a mistake and that's it but I will go through the data. Perhaps his tyres were giving up the ghost, but it appears more confusion on the Ferrari pitwall. But they both get over the line after some brilliant racing. "I lost the rear. "That was a tough race as my drink bottle didn't work. Just shows all the hard work we've been doing." Russell is less than a second behind Perez and those two have a podium to battle over now Sainz is out of the way.

Max Verstappen won the French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard after Charles Leclerc spun out and crashed while leading the race.

Hamilton took second place, with Russell a further six second behind to complete Mercedes’ first double podium of the season. However, Sainz was too far behind from Russell and Perez ahead to close down the gap before the chequered flag. Eventually, Sainz got going, but right in the path of Alexander Albon, who had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting the Ferrari. Sainz was later handed a five second time penalty for an unsafe release. The Safety Car was deployed, prompting a flurry of activity in the pit lane. On lap 17, Leclerc suddenly lost control of his car through Beausset and spun into the tyre wall, reporting a stuck throttle on his car. Leclerc led out front while both he and Verstappen quickly dropped Hamilton and the rest of the pack behind them.

Max Verstappen won at the Circuit Paul Ricard, with Lewis Hamilton in second and George Russell in third.

Carlos Sainz is in sixth, and carrying the flag alone for Ferrari now. 28/53 A Verstappen error, and Hamilton, in his 300th race, who is flying along, could be in clover. 30/53 George Russell will not after all get to third as Carlos Sainz has overtaken him, and is driving an absolute blinder on those medium tyres. Nicholas Latifi, not for the first time, has come to grief in the Williams and Kevin Magnussen in the Haas clatters into him. “He just turned into me,” says Russell. Sainz pits, and takes the penalty after a change of tyres. Russell thinks he had the honour, and getting angry. “I don’t understand.” Here’s a yellow flag, as Guanyu Zhou is off the side of the track, and a virtual safety car. 50/53 Guanyu Zhou’s car is shuffled off the side of the track, and Verstappen is asking his team whether he can come in for a stop, perhaps to try and get a fastest lap. 51/53 Russell has his third place, and he will claim justice for that previous contretemps. and his clash with Russell is the key battle with Hamilton and Verstappen safely away up ahead. Verstappen, up ahead, takes the 27th win of his career, and Hamilton takes his first second place of the season as Russell completes the podium, Sainz chasing down Perez for fifth. Hamilton says “great job, guys” to Toto Wolff in the Mercedes garage, and “well done, George”.

Leclerc looked to be in control of the race before he lost grip in his Ferrari through Turn 11 on lap 18.

It is unlucky for Charles and I hope he is OK.” Back on track, and the safety car was out for two laps. Following his seventh win of his title defence, Verstappen said: “We had really good pace from the start. From there onwards, you never know how it is going to go. Was this the moment his championship challenge ended? Leclerc’s response over the radio was emphatic.

Sergio Perez says blamed incorrect information about a Virtual Safety Car after George Russell passed him for third place.

“It said it was going to end out of turn nine and it only ended out of turn 13.” “It was totally wrong with the system, there was something going on,” said the Red Bull driver. But it didn’t end and I had the message saying that it’s going to end all the way through turn 12.

Race leader Charles Leclerc crashes into the barriers at Turn 11 and is out of the French Grand Prix! Charles Leclerc accepted responsibility for making the " ...

"It didn't go to plan, but I think we had a good performance," he added. So simple we need to focus on the next result." "It's just a mistake, it happens, in the same way we have had reliability issues," Binotto said. I really think they need to take some time to look at that because I still can't believe that it would be a driver mistake." "It's just trying to push too much and I lost the rear," Leclerc added. I've been saying I think I'm performing at my highest level in my career but if I keep doing those mistakes then it's pointless to perform at a very high level.

The Ferrari driver crashed out at the high-speed Beausset corner on the 18th lap of the race. The driver said “I cannot go off throttle” in a radio message ...

The radio exchange between Leclerc and race engineer Xavier Marcos Padros occured “when he was in reverse gear, trying to get out of the barrier,” Binotto explained. “What happened in Austria was very simple,” he said in response to a question from RaceFans. But it was a genuine mistake.”