Verstappen won the 2022 F1 French GP race after an accident that knocked out Leclerc when he was leading. Hamilton and Russell completed the podium. Sainz 5th and Alonso 6th.
Ferrari and Charles Leclerc failed to materialize pole position again in this intense 2022 Formula 1 season, as, despite a good start and strong defense against Max Verstappen, the Monegasque was left out of the race on lap 18 from 53.
After this incident, which caused the appearance of the safety car, Max Verstappen was placed in the first position and did not let go until the checkered flag, opening a gap of more than 10 seconds ahead at some moments of the test before his closest pursuer, a Lewis Hamilton who, avoiding problems and with an excellent driving, earned second place.
Even though Carlos Sainz, who started 19th, made a remarkable comeback and overtook Sergio Pérez on the track in the fight for the third position on the podium, a five-second penalty for an " unsafe release " after a lousy stop by Ferrari and a somewhat controversial second pit stop finally put him out of the running.
In the last laps, after a Virtual Safety Car (VSC) caused by Guanyu Zhou, George Russell caught Perez by surprise. He overtook him, snatching the third position on the podium, not without opposition from the Mexican driver, who tried to recover the third unsuccessful post.
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