2019 French Grand Prix Le Castellet, 21-23 June

[Notebook]

ewis Hamilton led Valtteri Bottas in a Mercedes one-two in first practice at the French Grand Prix.
Hamilton was just 0.069 seconds ahead of the Finn, with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc third, 0.373secs off the pace.
Leclerc's team-mate Sebastian Vettel was fifth, behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen, 0.880secs behind Hamilton.
Ferrari spent the session trialling upgrades to their car, including a new front wing, that they hope might start moving them towards Mercedes' pace.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/2019/french-grand-prix/results/practice

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/48718088

 

[Xyon]

Ferrari suggesting they've located a "mapping issue" in their aero that was worth 0.3s in Barcelona. They've spent FP1 trying out different aero parts and have a new diffuser, too. Only time will tell if it's worth any laptime, though.

 

[Notebook]

Lewis Hamilton has beaten Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas to pole position at the French Grand Prix.
The world champion was 0.286 seconds quicker than the Finn, whose title challenge is in danger of fizzling out before half way through the season.
Bottas heads into the race 29 points behind Hamilton and needs to beat him to get his challenge back on track.
Behind them, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was third while team-mate Sebastian Vettel could manage only seventh.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/48730691

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/2019/french-grand-prix/results/qualifying

 

[Notebook]

Cleanish start, just settling down.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/formula1/48499775