Formula 1 highlighted Max Verstappen's claim to Checo Pérez for getting in front
The Mexican was traveling at low speed in a curve and that is how Verstappen found him, who was finishing his fastest lap in the classification of the French GP
Qualifying for the French GP was held, where the two Red Bull drivers again had complications to match the powerful pace of Ferrari, who in the hands of Charles Leclerc won pole position and with good help from Carlos Sainz for the recoil.
Behind the Monegasque will be lurking Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez, who despite not having the best times in the Quali, will seek to take advantage of Sainz's sanction to validate his race pace and conquer France.
Among the highlights of the classification, one that the Formula 1 account itself recalled was Max Verstappen's claim to Checo after finishing a fast lap, as the Mexican was facing the Dutchman's racing line, which caused a reflex action of the current world champion.
Regarding the result of the classification, Leclerc recognized the help of his Spanish teammate:
“It was a great lap. I've had problems all weekend to make a good lap, but I managed to do it thanks to the help of Carlos. It has been a great team effort. Without the help of Carlos it would have been much tighter”.
And it is that Sainz Jr., who will occupy the last position on the grid after suffering penalties on Friday due to changes made to his engine, gave his teammate two important slipstreams in Q3 so that he can improve his times compared to those of RedBull.
The Spanish driver worked for the team after receiving a 10-place penalty because Ferrari changed the alternator after it caught fire near the end of the previous race in Austria two weeks ago.
In this way, the top 10 positions will be completed by Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Ocon. The rest of the drivers were defined with Valtteri Bottas in eleventh position (already with the changes of Sainz and Magnussen), and later Sebastian Vettel, Alexander Albon, Pierre Gasly, Lance Stroll, Zhou Guanyu, Mick Schumacher and Nicholas Latifi.