Formula 1

Verstappen now has a 63-point lead on Leclerc in the standings after getting his seventh win of the season.

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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.

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.