French Grand Prix: Max Verstappen wins from Lewis Hamilton after Charles Leclerc crashes out
Charles Leclerc gifted Max Verstappen victory and a huge advantage in the World Championship by crashing out of the lead of the French Grand Prix.
Leclerc's catastrophic error rendered redundant questions as to who would prevail in what had until then been a finely-poised race between him and Verstappen. But less than two laps later, none of that mattered, when the Ferrari looped into a spin at the demanding double-right corner after the long Mistral straight and the flat-out Signes curve.
It was the continuation of an extraordinary run for Leclerc, who led Verstappen by 46 points after three races at the start of the season. His Ferrari passed Russell and then set about Perez, while debating with the team whether he should make a second pit stop on his inverted tyre strategy. The stop dropped him to seventh place. Sainz fought back past the McLarens of first Daniel Ricciardo and then Lando Norris, and the Alpine of Fernando Alonso.It is the first time both Mercedes have finished on the podium this season
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