After 15 minutes of running: Leclerc leads Russell, Gasly, Perez, Magnussen, Alonso, Ocon, Norris, Schumacher, Zhou.
A very special helmet
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A spin for Schumacher - he narrowly keeps it out of the barrier.
Magnussen takes to the top for Haas, a tenth clear of Alonso.
Order after 10 minutes: Alonso, Ocon, Schumacher, Gasly, Russell, Norris, Zhou, Magnussen, Bottas and Latifi.
Alonso takes to the top with a 1m35.531s, 0.069s ahead of Ocon. Gasly and Russell complete the top four.
Schumacher goes quickest with a 1m36.329s, 0.1s clear of Zhou.
Bottas' first time of the day is 0.5s off.
FP2 GREEN LIGHT
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Bottas and Hamilton are back in their respective cars after missing FP1 as Kubica and de Vries got track time.
FP2 is now underway at the Circuit Paul Ricard.
#F1#BBCF1#FRENCHGP FP2: With 15 mins to session start, air temp is 30.7C (having earlier peaked at 31.7C) & the track 56C (earlier max was 59.3C). The dry, sunny conditions continue with wind mostly from SW quarter; gusts ~17mph during past hour.
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Just over 15 minutes until the start of FP2 in France.
Wolff on Mercedes in FP1: “We are trying lots of parts but we are lacking pace at the moment. The performance was a bit underwhelming.”
Norris is now under investigation for 'failing to follow the race director's instructions'.
No late improvements so that's the order set in stone.
Leclerc fastest in FP1 ahead of Verstappen, Sainz, Russell and Gasly.
Into the final three minutes.
Some longer runs now... don't expect too many changes to the leaderboard.
Order with 10 to go: Leclerc, Verstappen, Sainz, Russell, Gasly, Perez, Norris, Albon, de Vries and Ricciardo.
Leclerc takes to the top with a 1m33.930s, a tenth ahead of Verstappen.
Russell goes fourth, 0.9s off.
Albon goes sixth in the Williams, 1.3s down on Verstappen's top time.
Leclerc slots into second, 0.083s off.