- Red Bull driver four-tenths faster than rival in immense final lap
- Bottas will start in third ahead of Pérez and Sainz
Max Verstappen took pole for the French Grand Prix, putting in a superb lap for Red Bull at the Paul Ricard circuit. Lewis Hamilton was second for Mercedes with his teammate Valtteri Bottas in third. Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez was in fourth with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz in fifth.
There was little to choose between Mercedes and Red Bull throughout the sessions but on the first hot runs in Q3 Verstappen was mighty through the second and third sectors, putting in a superb opening lap. He set a time of 1min 30.325sec and Hamilton pushed but could not match him over the final sector, finishing almost four-tenths back.
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