French Grand Prix

Summary

Hamilton wins, several collisions on first lap - Vettel penalised
Verstappen 2nd, Raikkonen 3rd, Vettel 5th
Gasly, Ocon, Perez, Stroll out

Live Reporting

Mike Whalley

Chance of rainpublished at 13:39 British Summer Time 24 June 2018
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer
The French Grand Prix weather forecast: "60% rain possibility for race, more likely around 5pm local time and later - 1-2 showers likely with a high chance of thunderstorms. Showers should develop around 2-3pm and reach the vicinity of the circuit around 5.30pm." So it could be too late to make a difference to the race, which starts at 4.10pm local time, or 15:10 BST.
What's the outlook?published at 13:37 British Summer Time 24 June 2018
So will there be rain today? Our chief F1 writer Andrew Benson has the forecast... (That's not him in the picture, by the way.)
Postpublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 24 June 2018
Whatever happened to overtaking? It was almost non-existent in both Monaco and Canada - and the general consensus is that there won't be very much drama today either unless it rains.
Alain Prost, the last driver to win a French Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Ricard in 1990, was downbeat when he spoke to BBC Radio 5 live's Jennie Gow yesterday.
"I am not very optimistic for this weekend," he said. "We are not in the best situation with the show. It depends a lot on the tyres and the way you use the tyres. If everybody has the same strategy, then you will have a boring race."
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No procession here, pleasepublished at 13:28 British Summer Time 24 June 2018
The Tour de France is cycling's ultimate test. Yet the final stage, culminating in a race to the line down the Champs Elysees, is usually just a procession.
Well, France can have its sporting procession next month. Let's not have one at Le Castellet today, eh?
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