Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari F1-75. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, French Grand Prix, Paul Ricard, France,
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari F1-75. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12…

How Leclerc secured French GP pole ahead of Verstappen

Charles Leclerc is on pole position for the F1 French Grand Prix ahead of Max Verstappen.

Sergio Perez will start from third.

Follow the F1 action and breaking news from Paul Ricard here.

23 Jul 2022
15:28

All cars on track except Sainz, who is set to start from the back of the grid.

15:27

Q2 is now underway! 

15:22

Schumacher had his best lap deleted - he'd have been through otherwise.

15:20

Out in Q1: Gasly, Stroll, Zhou, Schumacher and Latifi.

15:19

Not too many improvements out there after Albon's spin.

15:18

Chequered flag is out - Zhou hasn't improved, neither has Hamilton.

15:16

Leclerc, Sainz and Norris have remained in the pit lane. 

15:14

In the bottom five currently: Zhou, Schumacher, Latifi, Vettel and Magnussen.

15:13

Verstappen not happy: "What was Checo doing there on the line man?"

15:12

Sainz moves up to third in the Ferrari, 0.5s off.

15:11
15:10

Alonso goes fifth in the Alpine, 1.0s off Leclerc's top time.

15:08

Hamilton and Russell slot into sixth and seventh, behind Bottas.

15:08

Norris goes fourth in the McLaren; Ricciardo in sixth. 

15:08

Verstappen's time is good enough for second, 0.164s off.

15:06

Bottas goes third, 1.3s down on Leclerc. Zhou is 0.5s off his teammate.

15:05

Tsunoda goes third ahead of Gasly and Stroll.

15:05

Leclerc takes to the top with a 1m31.727s, 0.6s ahead of Perez.

15:04

Verstappen joins the action now.

15:02

Tsunoda, Gasly, Bottas, Zhou, Stroll, Schumacher and Vettel are also out there.

15:01

Leclerc and Perez take to the track.

15:00

Q1 is now underway at the Circuit Paul Ricard.

14:55

It looks certain to be a fight between Verstappen and Leclerc for pole with Sainz's penalty.

Hopefully Mercedes can get in the mix.

14:48
14:40
What happened in FP3?

Read our final practice report:

Alexander Albon (THA) Williams Racing FW44. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, French Grand Prix, Paul Ricard, France,
Alexander Albon (THA) Williams Racing FW44. Formula 1 World Championship,…

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