Ferrari's Charles Leclerc crashed from the lead spot, resulting in his third retirement of the season.
Sunday's 2022 Formula 1 French Grand Prix will be a race Charles Leclerc will want to forget.
This handed the lead spot to Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen who went on to take home the win. Mercedes-Benz AMG's Lewis Hamilton finished second, 10.587s seconds after Verstappen, while fellow Mercedes driver George Russell finished third, 16.495 seconds after the winner. Sainz reached as high as third in the second half of the race, ahead of Russell and Perez, but unfortunately an earlier unsafe release as he left the pits earned him a five-second penalty. He thus had to pit again to take the penalty. He would ultimately finish fifth, taking home a bonus point for the fastest lap along the way. Ahead of him was Perez who took home fourth.
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