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Playing the teammate role to perfection, Carlos Sainz assists Charles Leclerc in grabbing pole at Le Castellet, though Max Verstappen is confident his straight-line pace will pay off when it matters.

Times from today's qualifying session for the Lenovo Grand Prix de France.

Concerns over understeer and balance appear to vanish overnight as Mas Verstappen sets blistering pace in final practice.

Times from the final free practice session for the Lenovo Grand Prix de France.

Carlos Sainz and Kevin Magnussen will start the French Grand Prix from the back of the grid after taking on new engine elements.

While insisting that it is already too late to be changing the regulations for 2023, Red Bull boss, Christian Horner insists the clampdown is only for the benefit of one team.

Toto Wolff has admitted that if Nyck de Vries is seeking a place on the F1 grid, the answer doesn't lie with Mercedes.

Though he is confident Mercedes can still make its way on to the podium this weekend, Lewis Hamilton doesn't currently look likely to fulfil Damon Hill's prediction of the top step.

It's clear that the soft is going to be a compound used just for qualifying, and it was interesting to see that a second fast lap was possible after cooling down the tyres.

It's been a reasonably productive day.

We didn't get as much work done on high fuel as we'd have liked so we don't really know how we compare to Red Bull and Ferrari but we do at least look closer to them than to the midfield.

We look stronger than in Austria, so it's a good step up, but then again it is once again super tight in the midfield battle, and tyres will make the difference.

It has been a positive day.

It was a solid day today.

We steadily improved the car during the day but there is still more to come tomorrow, especially for Nicholas.