The French Grand Prix resulted in another Max Verstappen win, but a double podium finish for Mercedes adds plenty of intrigue to a season dominated by Red Bull and Ferrari
He emerged at ninth but continued his sprint, quickly passing Esteban Ocon and Daniel Ricciardo. With nine laps to go, Sainz set the fastest lap, but ultimately, time ran out. He ended his comeback with a fifth-place finish, and while some may question Ferrari for its strategy tactics, tire management had been a concern across the grid due to the heat. Additionally, setting the fastest lap is a point.
Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon finished sixth and eighth for Alpine while Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo filed in at seventh and ninth, respectively.Both teams had a mixed bag during the last race as Norris had a shaky qualifying and the Alpines had possible car troubles. Heading into Austria’s Saturday Sprint, McLaren was just six points ahead of Alpine, and only Ocon scored points in the Sprint out of the four drivers.
Norris and Alonso dominated in qualifying at Circuit Paul Ricard with the young McLaren star finding himself sandwiched between the Mercedes duo at P5 and Alonso behind Russell in P7. Meanwhile, Ocon and Ricciardo didn’t make it out of Q2 but started a position higher due to Sainz’s engine penalty sending him to the back of the grid. Ricciardo, who has had his fair share of struggles this season, was out of the top 10 by less than 0.1 second.
Not only did Hamilton record his fourth consecutive podium, but he was joined with Russell, who hasn’t been on the podium sinceSunday marked Hamilton’s 300th Grand Prix, making him just the sixth driver to record that many F1 races. In that span, he’s tallied 103 wins, 103 poles, seven world championships and now 187 podiums.
Russell, meanwhile, has been the more consistent of the duo this season, finishing in the top five for every race aside from his DNF at Silverstone. But, the young Brit did have multiple battles on his hands to make it to the podium thanks to Sainz and Perez.
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