Bottas on top in final French GP practice
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas ahead of practice at the Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France on June 20, 2019. — Reuters pic
LE CASTELLET, France, June 22 — Valtteri Bottas kept Mercedes on top in final practice for the French Grand Prix today with Formula One championship leader and team mate Lewis Hamilton a close second. Bottas, 29 points behind the Briton after seven races, lapped Le Castellet’s Paul Ricard circuit with a best time of one minute 30.159 seconds.Mercedes have now been first and second in all three practice sessions and are favourites to chalk up their eighth win of the season tomorrow, and 10th in a row stretching back to Brazil last November.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was again best of the rest, as he was in both yesterday sessions, and 0.446 seconds off the pace with team mate Sebastian Vettel a close fourth.
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