Max Verstappen roared to pole for the French Grand Prix leaving an expected Mercedes resurgence wobbling in his slipstream. The Red Bull driver handsomely beat Lewis Hamilton into second, with the world champion accepting that any suggestion that past successes meant his Mercedes team could take anything for granted was out of the question.
Hamilton has taken pole and victory at both the previous two runnings of the French GP here at the Paul Ricard circuit, with Mercedes dominant on the predominantly high-speed track. This time however, with Hamilton in a fierce title fight with Verstappen who leads the championship by just four points, Red Bull proved crucially to hold
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