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Who says Paul Ricard only produces boring races. Today’s race was an intense one which saw Red Bull do to Mercedes what they did to them in Barcelona. A late pitstop and Max Verstappen managed to chip away at Lewis Hamilton’s lead, to take a convincing victory. Max squandered the first corner which allowed LewisContinue reading “French GP: Verstappen passes Hamilton to win intense race at Paul Ricard”

A rain shower before the race through a curveball in proceedings for the 30 drivers. But as the track dried throughout the race, Jack Doohan showed good pace throughout and managed to get past points leader Dennis Hauger to take his maiden win in Formula 3. Whilst Dennis Hauger maintains the points lead by sixContinue reading “F3 France: Doohan overhauls Hauger to win wet Race 3”

It can be said that most of the work for Arthur Leclerc was done this morning. As the second race of the weekend proved to be a very straight forward victory for the Monegasque, where he pulled away and never looked back, taking his first victory in the third tier. He led home his team-mateContinue reading “F3 France: Leclerc dominates second race at Paul Ricard”

Max Verstappen took pole with a scintillating lap around the Paul Ricard circuit, two and a half tenths ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who did everything he could to nab pole position off the Red Bull but had to settle for second. Valtteri Bottas qualified in third ahead of Sergio Perez in fourth and Carlos SainzContinue reading “French GP: Verstappen takes convincing pole at Paul Ricard”

Max Verstappen extended his advantage at Paul Ricard to over 2 tenths of a second with a blistering lap time to outpace Valtteri Bottas, who once again looked to be the quicker of the two Mercedes. It was a good session for Carlos Sainz who was third fastest ahead of Sergio Perez in fourth andContinue reading “French GP: Verstappen maintains top spot at Paul Ricard”

It was a thrilling first race of the weekend in Paul Ricard for Formula 3 which saw Alexander Smolyar take his second victory of the season, passing a charging Victor Martins on the last lap to take the victory with a move at the chicane. Victor Martins’ drive from tenth was charging and he ledContinue reading “F3 France: Smolyar wins frenetic opening race at Paul Ricard”

The afternoon practice session in Paul Ricard saw Max Verstappen take the top spot, setting a 1.32.872. However he was not fastest by much, he was only eight thousandths of a second ahead of Valtteri Bottas, who had a very strong day. Lewis Hamilton set the third fastest time ahead of Fernando Alonso, who hadContinue reading “French GP: Verstappen takes the lead in Paul Ricard”

It was a cl0se qualifying session for the third tier at Paul Ricard which saw Frederik Vesti take pole by a tenth and a half of a second from Dennis Hauger, who held pole for most the session but will have to settle for second. Victor Martins qualified in third place in the MP MotorsportContinue reading “F3 France: Vesti nabs pole from Hauger”