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Max Verstappen took victory in the French Grand Prix as Charles Leclerc retired from the lead. Check out the complete race results from the Circuit Paul ...

The full results from the 2022 F1 French GP can be seen below: From then on, Verstappen cruised to his seventh win of the 2022 F1 season, ahead of Lewis Hamilton in a season's best second place, and George Russell in third. Max Verstappen claimed victory in the French Grand Prix, as title rival Charles Leclerc once again retired from the lead in 2022.

Verstappen has opened up a 63-point lead at the top of the standings and was joined on the podium by Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.

George did an amazing job as well.” I did a mistake at the wrong moment.” It is unlucky for Charles and I hope he is OK.” From there onwards, you never know how it is going to go. “I put pressure on Charles but the tyres overheated and I couldn’t go for a move. Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez finished fourth.

Max Verstappen holds his biggest championship lead yet after victory in the French Grand Prix, which put him 63 points ahead of Charles Leclerc in the ...

Today, even with them sliding a bit, they were still very quick in front of us. It’s still important to always score points, even on a bad day, which we had in Austria. Of course, the lead we have is great, but it’s probably a bit bigger than what it should have been when you look at the car performances between the two cars,” he said in France. “From our side, we know that we have to find, especially over one lap, quite a bit of performance.

In round 12 of the 2022 F1 season, Max Verstappen has once again emerged victorious.

The team's delayed and chaotic decisions resulted in a fifth-place finish for Sainz, who was showing the pace to finish on the podium, if not win the race itself. Lewis Hamilton, in his 300th F1 career Grand Prix start, drove a strong race to come ahead of his teammate to get his best result of 2022 in second place. With this, and a fourth-place finish for Sergio Perez, a mere seven points remain between Leclerc and Perez, who stand second and third respectively in the standings.