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<blockquote data-quote="Swami" data-source="post: 169501" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Lewis Hamilton on French Grand Prix pole</strong></span></p><p><img src="https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/09C4/production/_95900520_bensonnew.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/480/cpsprodpb/6720/production/_107500462_frenchgp.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Sunday's race is live on 5 live and the BBC Sport website at 14:10 BST</p><p>Lewis Hamilton has beaten Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas to pole position at the French Grand Prix.</p><p></p><p>The world champion was 0.286 seconds quicker than the Finn, whose title challenge is in danger of fizzling out before half way through the season.</p><p></p><p>Bottas heads into the race 29 points behind Hamilton and needs to beat him to get his challenge back on track.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Behind them, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was third while team-mate Sebastian Vettel could manage only seventh.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/ED80/production/_107500806_lewishamiltoncelebratespoleandbottas_reuters.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Hamilton has a record 86 career poles - even Michael Schumacher only has 68</p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Bottas had the edge - until it mattered</strong></span></p><p>Mercedes were untouchable at the front, as they have looked all weekend on this demanding track in the Provencal hills.</p><p></p><p>Bottas looked to have an edge on Hamilton through practice, but when it mattered the Briton made it count, as he so often does.</p><p></p><p>It was Hamilton's third pole of the season, matching Bottas' tally.</p><p></p><p>In the final qualifying session, Hamilton was 0.157secs quicker than Bottas on the first runs.</p><p></p><p>Bottas had a scrappy lap on his second attempt and failed to improve, while Hamilton took a few extra fractions off his time, despite a small error in the penultimate corner.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/47499757" target="_blank"><u>BBC coverage of French Grand Prix</u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/48698865" target="_blank"><u>Can Sebastian Vettel triumph after controversial race in Canada?</u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07dv3p2" target="_blank"><u>Chequered Flag podcast: French Grand Prix Preview</u></a></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>More misery for Vettel</strong></span></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/C670/production/_107500805_vettel6_afp.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Vettel failed to put together a decent time during Q3, but it was the strained team radio conversations that could give a better picture of the German's current mindset</p><p>Leclerc had his best qualifying since the Bahrain Grand Prix back in March and beat Vettel for only the second time this season, finally ending a run of bad luck and errors.</p><p></p><p>He looked quicker than Vettel all Saturday and delivered a strong performance in qualifying to be best of the rest behind Mercedes, albeit 0.646secs adrift.</p><p></p><p>Vettel, though, had a messy qualifying. He had a messy first lap, with a big snap at the rear at the first corner and then running wide at Turn Six on to the Mistral straight.</p><p></p><p>That meant he had it all to do on his second run, but he was unable to deliver and ended up 0.834secs behind Leclerc.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Anyone know why McLaren are so fast?</strong></span></p><p>But the stars of qualifying were arguably the McLarens, with Norris and Sainz closely matched and only just failing to pip Verstappen for fourth.</p><p></p><p>Red Bull were struggling - Verstappen was over a second off the pace - but even so McLaren were not expected to be so close.</p><p></p><p>"I'm happy with P5," said Norris, who started his F1 career this season. "It's my best qualifying."</p><p></p><p>But he did express some surprise about their pace. "We don't have any big upgrades. For whatever reason, it seems to be working very well. Hopefully we can identify (why) and bring it to the next races."</p><p></p><p>Sainz added: "It is good news. We are bringing upgrades every race and the car is responding, it feels alive. Let's try to keep it for tomorrow."</p><p></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/DA5C/production/_107500955_button.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>The last time McLaren qualified higher than fifth was in Austria in 2016, when Jenson Button was third. On pole that day? Hamilton, of course. McLaren's last dry whether fifth on the grid was Brazil in 2014. Source: Forix</p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Renault would like to know</strong></span></p><p>McLaren's pace was also embarrassing for the factory Renault team, their engine supplier.</p><p></p><p>Renault came to their home race with a big chassis upgrade and were expecting to move forward. They achieved their aim of being closer to Red Bull, but did not expect McLaren to be in between them.</p><p></p><p>Daniel Ricciardo was eighth, 0.5secs slower than Norris, with Red Bull's Pierre Gasly ninth and the Alfa Romeo of Antonio Giovinazzi completing the top 10.</p><p></p><p>The other British driver George Russell did a stellar job for Williams. He missed all of final practice because of an engine problem - and had already had to stand down for first practice to make way for reserve driver Nicholas Latifi - but qualified 19th, 0.416secs quicker than team-mate Robert Kubica.</p><p></p><p>However, Russell will start behind the Pole because of a grid penalty for using too many engine parts this season, after Williams had to change his control electronics and energy store to resolve the problems in final practice.</p><p></p><p>Swami</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swami, post: 169501, member: 13"] [SIZE=6][B]Lewis Hamilton on French Grand Prix pole[/B][/SIZE] [IMG]https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/09C4/production/_95900520_bensonnew.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/480/cpsprodpb/6720/production/_107500462_frenchgp.jpg[/IMG] Sunday's race is live on 5 live and the BBC Sport website at 14:10 BST Lewis Hamilton has beaten Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas to pole position at the French Grand Prix. The world champion was 0.286 seconds quicker than the Finn, whose title challenge is in danger of fizzling out before half way through the season. Bottas heads into the race 29 points behind Hamilton and needs to beat him to get his challenge back on track. Behind them, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was third while team-mate Sebastian Vettel could manage only seventh. [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/ED80/production/_107500806_lewishamiltoncelebratespoleandbottas_reuters.jpg[/IMG] Hamilton has a record 86 career poles - even Michael Schumacher only has 68 [SIZE=4][B]Bottas had the edge - until it mattered[/B][/SIZE] Mercedes were untouchable at the front, as they have looked all weekend on this demanding track in the Provencal hills. Bottas looked to have an edge on Hamilton through practice, but when it mattered the Briton made it count, as he so often does. It was Hamilton's third pole of the season, matching Bottas' tally. In the final qualifying session, Hamilton was 0.157secs quicker than Bottas on the first runs. Bottas had a scrappy lap on his second attempt and failed to improve, while Hamilton took a few extra fractions off his time, despite a small error in the penultimate corner. [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/47499757'][U]BBC coverage of French Grand Prix[/U][/URL] [*][URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/48698865'][U]Can Sebastian Vettel triumph after controversial race in Canada?[/U][/URL] [*][URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07dv3p2'][U]Chequered Flag podcast: French Grand Prix Preview[/U][/URL] [/LIST] [SIZE=4][B]More misery for Vettel[/B][/SIZE] [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/C670/production/_107500805_vettel6_afp.jpg[/IMG] Vettel failed to put together a decent time during Q3, but it was the strained team radio conversations that could give a better picture of the German's current mindset Leclerc had his best qualifying since the Bahrain Grand Prix back in March and beat Vettel for only the second time this season, finally ending a run of bad luck and errors. He looked quicker than Vettel all Saturday and delivered a strong performance in qualifying to be best of the rest behind Mercedes, albeit 0.646secs adrift. Vettel, though, had a messy qualifying. He had a messy first lap, with a big snap at the rear at the first corner and then running wide at Turn Six on to the Mistral straight. That meant he had it all to do on his second run, but he was unable to deliver and ended up 0.834secs behind Leclerc. [SIZE=4][B]Anyone know why McLaren are so fast?[/B][/SIZE] But the stars of qualifying were arguably the McLarens, with Norris and Sainz closely matched and only just failing to pip Verstappen for fourth. Red Bull were struggling - Verstappen was over a second off the pace - but even so McLaren were not expected to be so close. "I'm happy with P5," said Norris, who started his F1 career this season. "It's my best qualifying." But he did express some surprise about their pace. "We don't have any big upgrades. For whatever reason, it seems to be working very well. Hopefully we can identify (why) and bring it to the next races." Sainz added: "It is good news. We are bringing upgrades every race and the car is responding, it feels alive. Let's try to keep it for tomorrow." [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/DA5C/production/_107500955_button.jpg[/IMG] The last time McLaren qualified higher than fifth was in Austria in 2016, when Jenson Button was third. On pole that day? Hamilton, of course. McLaren's last dry whether fifth on the grid was Brazil in 2014. Source: Forix [SIZE=4][B]Renault would like to know[/B][/SIZE] McLaren's pace was also embarrassing for the factory Renault team, their engine supplier. Renault came to their home race with a big chassis upgrade and were expecting to move forward. They achieved their aim of being closer to Red Bull, but did not expect McLaren to be in between them. Daniel Ricciardo was eighth, 0.5secs slower than Norris, with Red Bull's Pierre Gasly ninth and the Alfa Romeo of Antonio Giovinazzi completing the top 10. The other British driver George Russell did a stellar job for Williams. He missed all of final practice because of an engine problem - and had already had to stand down for first practice to make way for reserve driver Nicholas Latifi - but qualified 19th, 0.416secs quicker than team-mate Robert Kubica. However, Russell will start behind the Pole because of a grid penalty for using too many engine parts this season, after Williams had to change his control electronics and energy store to resolve the problems in final practice. Swami [/QUOTE]
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