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LIVE UPDATES: F1 French Grand Prix - Second Practice

Charles Leclerc set the pace in the first practice session of the F1 French Grand Prix.

Nyck de Vries replaced Lewis Hamilton in first practice as all teams are required to run a young driver on two occasions.

Follow the action and breaking news throughout the day here!

17:03
FP2 results

Second practice results from the Circuit Paul Ricard

Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Ferrari F1-75. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, French Grand Prix, Paul Ricard, France, Practice
Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Ferrari F1-75. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12,…

17:00

Chequered flag out - Sainz on top ahead of Leclerc, Verstappen and Russell.

16:59

Into the final minute.

16:58
16:55

Into the final five minutes...

16:49

Only Leclerc is out on track out of the big six. 

16:48

Final part of the session will just be high fuel runs. 

16:44

Perez only manages 10th in the Red Bull, 1.5s off. 

16:40

The order with 20 minutes to go: Sainz, Leclerc, Verstappen, Russell, Hamilton, Norris, Gasly, Magnussen, Ricciardo and Alonso.

16:39

Russell goes fourth in the Mercedes, 0.7s off.

16:37

Verstappen complaining of understeer.

16:36

Leclerc improves to second, 0.1s down on his Ferrari teammate.

16:36

Verstappen goes second in the Red Bull, 0.5s down on Sainz.

16:32

Order with 30 minutes to go: Sainz, Leclerc, Magnussen, Ricciardo, Verstappen, Alonso, Vettel, Stroll, Albon and Zhou.

16:31

Sainz goes 0.6s clear of Leclerc at the top of the timesheets. A 1m32.527s for the Spaniard.

16:30

Sainz is responding with a purple lap of his own.

16:29

Leclerc does indeed go quickest, finding one-second on the softs. 1m33.136s for the Ferrari driver.

16:28

Leclerc goes quickest on the softs in the first sector. He's on course to go P1.

16:27

Vettel slots into fourth, 1.1s down on Sainz's top time. 

16:25

Stroll moves up to fourth on the softs, 1.2s shy of Sainz's top time.

16:24
16:24

Current order: Sainz, Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez, Russell, Gasly, Albon, Bottas, Tsunoda and Magnussen.

16:21

Sainz goes P1 now with the softs on a 1m33.322s, 0.8s ahead of Verstappen.

16:20

Verstappen moves up to P1 with a 1m34.172s, 0.010s clear of Leclerc.

16:17

Bottas moves up to fifth in the Alfa Romeo, 1.0s down on Leclerc.

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