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Dutch driver grabs victory in front of Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari's Leclerc has to quit before race ended - Anadolu Agency.

Referring to his rival Leclerc's accident in the race, Verstappen said: "You never know how the race is going to go, but the car was quick today. Verstappen leads the driver standings with 233 points, while Leclerc placed second with 170 and Sergio Perez of Red Bull Racing lays at the third spot with 163 points. Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing left the French Grand Prix victorious and grabbed his seventh GP victory in the 2022 season of Formula One on Sunday.

Lewis Hamilton has indicated he has every intention of continuing in Formula One beyond the end of next season, after finishing second in the French Grand ...

“We have to keep pushing and I hope we are getting a little closer. “I want to get back to winning ways and I am sure we will sit down together soon,” he said, before offering his gratitude to some of the key people who have helped him come so far. “I still feel fresh and there is plenty of fuel in the tank,” he said.

Lewis Hamilton capped off his 300th Grand Prix weekend in style at the Circuit Paul Ricard, securing his and Mercedes' best result of the season after ...

“I dare to dream, for sure!” he said. Especially with missing FP1 [in place of Nyck de Vries], just so proud of the team – this is an incredible result. “I couldn’t really be much happier,” said the seven-time champion.

It's difficult to think of a 2022 Formula 1 race where the biggest winner and the biggest loser are as easy to identify as the French GP.

But while you can have varying opinions on the decision to pit him late on – Sainz himself seemed more understanding of it post-race than he was during – he should never have been in that position to begin with. His team-mate Valtteri Bottas struggled to match the cars around him and ultimately finished in 14th, over 14 seconds off the points despite the mid-race safety car bunching up the field. Zhou’s race would end after he reported a lack of power and misfiring of his Ferrari engine. – BA And while this weekend didn’t do much to address that balance, it will mark one of Stroll’s best performances of 2022 so far. With a better execution of the race from Ferrari, neither Mercedes driver would’ve been on the podium.

Max Verstappen holds his biggest championship lead yet after victory in the French Grand Prix, which put him 63 points ahead of Charles Leclerc in the ...

Today, even with them sliding a bit, they were still very quick in front of us. It’s still important to always score points, even on a bad day, which we had in Austria. Of course, the lead we have is great, but it’s probably a bit bigger than what it should have been when you look at the car performances between the two cars,” he said in France. “From our side, we know that we have to find, especially over one lap, quite a bit of performance.

Lewis Hamilton is only the sixth driver in the Formula 1 history to have participated in 300 or more races. But none before Hamilton could achieve this ...

Hamilton is the sixth driver overall to have taken part in 300 Formula 1 races. As one of the veterans, Hamilton has a series of Formula 1 records to boast about. The 37-year old British driver finished behind his Red Bull rival Max Verstappen. At the end of the race, Hamilton said he has "plenty of fuel left in the tank" to go for more wins.

Lewis Hamilton said after his 300th F1 race that he feels he's got "plenty of fuel in the tank", and welcomed talks with Mercedes about his future.

I'm so proud of my team for having the reliability that we do have." "I'm still fresh and still feel I've got plenty of fuel left in the tank. "I'm also enjoying working with the sport more than ever. I'm sure we'll sit down at some stage and talk about the future." Hamilton hailed an "incredible result" at the French GP as he achieved his best finish of the season in his milestone 300th Formula 1 race. Lewis Hamilton said after his 300th F1 race that he feels he's got "plenty of fuel in the tank", and welcomed talks with Mercedes about his future.

Soon to be 300. From Australia in 2007 to Austria in 2022, Hamilton has taken part in 299 races in his 16 seasons as a Formula 1 driver. This is the seventh ...

This means that he has led the equivalent of 27,518km in his 299 races. Hamilton has also now achieved points finishes in 86.6% of the races he has started in his career. Hamilton has led 5,404 laps in his decorated career, which is the most of all time. Allied to his 103 wins, Hamilton has led a Grand Prix 178 times, with the most recent coming at the British Grand Prix earlier this season. In his 299 race starts, he has won 34.45% of the races he entered. He currently ranks first on the all-time list of podiums, and has 31 more than his nearest rival – Schumacher again – in second.

The drivers and teams report back on all the action from the Grand Prix at the Circuit Paul Ricard, for the Formula 1 Lenovo Grand Prix de France 2022...

We knew it was going to be tough, so we came in early but unfortunately there was a safety car, which meant for a lot of people it was a free stop essentially. The car was great at the beginning of the stints and our pace was fantastic as we saw yesterday in qualifying as well. Alex was able to battle to the end but had to manage his fuel and tyres against quicker cars and wasn’t able to fight for the points. I take the confidence in that pace from the upgrade and I feel that the season is getting back on track and we can make a proper start now.” “The incident was a shame as our pace was strong and we were racing out of position against cars that we were quite a bit quicker than. He tried to carry on, but the damage to the car was big and Yuki couldn't maintain the pace and catch-up to the pack in front. To make places up with the Hards was tricky but as soon as I put the Mediums the pace improved a lot and I managed to make good moves. It was a good fight with Sebastian, but the most important thing was to bring a point home for the team today.” In the end, he had to settle for fifth on a day he felt the car had the pace to fight for the win. Esteban too had a great start but was given a time-penalty for his collision on lap one with Yuki [Tsunoda]. He had to keep his head down to claw back the advantage he gained, and his patience and decisiveness was key in passing the second McLaren of Daniel [Ricciardo] for eighth place. We've only got a couple of days to try and regroup and prepare for Budapest. Hard work has got us to a level where we can fight for a place on the podium but we want to be fighting for the top step. I had a close battle with George but it was a good one, I wish we could have pushed for a 1-2 but Mercedes were very strong and it was difficult to overtake them.

In recent weeks, there has been a lot of talk about drivers whistling and booing in Formula 1. It was first mentioned during the British Grand Prix in 2021 ...

"On the podium, the Leclerc fans engaged in a light bit of booing with Verstappen when he was on the podium. The remainder of the 2022 F1 season still has ten Grand Prix weekends remaining, so the task for Leclerc is becoming increasingly difficult. It was first mentioned during the British Grand Prix in 2021 and has never really disappeared since.

Charles Leclerc cut a demoralised figure after his French Grand Prix spin, which saw him crash out of the lead at Circuit Paul Ricard on Sunday.

“I was thinking too much and I lost the rear. And it’s unacceptable, I just need to get on top of those things.” Leclerc had taken pole position and led until his Lap 18 crash at Turn 11, a snap of oversteer sending him hurtling into the barriers.

I still feel as though I have got plenty of fuel left in the tank,” the former world champion said after his 300th Grand Prix race.

It was all going so well for Charles Leclerc at Paul Ricard, where he led from pole – until disaster struck the Ferrari driver on Lap 18.