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Verstappen wins French GP as Leclerc crashes, Hamilton 2nd

(AP) — Max Verstappen guys all weekend."
won the French Grand Hamilton lay on his back in
Prix on Sunday after the cool-down room as Rus-
Charles Leclerc crashed sell watched a replay of the
out while leading, a mis- action.
take that dropped the "By Lap 20 I was like, 'I re-
Ferrari driver 63 points ally could do with a drink,'"
behind the defending For- Hamilton said. "Maybe the
mula One champion. water evaporated."
Hamilton's first win with
Verstappen's seventh win Mercedes came in Hungary
through 12 races this season in 2013. H e's won a record
upped his career total to 27 eight times at the Hungaror-
victories, all with Red Bull. ing, twice as many as Michael
He said his lead in the title Schumacher, and F1 races
race is misleading because there next week.
Red Bull and Ferrari have "I hope the car feels good
been fairly even this season. there," Hamilton said. "I so
love that track."
"Of course it's a great lead but
a lot of things can happen. It's Leclerc's race ended on Lap
probably a bit bigger than it 18 when he lost the rear of
should have been when you his car coming out of Turn
look at the performance of 11, spinning 360 degrees be-
the two cars," Verstappen fore crashing into a tire wall.
said. "We still need a bit more Leclerc could not speak at
one-lap race. I think Buda- first, breathing heavily in
pest (Hungary) will be a bit his helmet before telling his hard tires. Ferrari didn't at- don't understand." the position back. Stewards
of a struggle for us and Ferra- team the mishap was caused tempt to counter Red Bull's After the race, he explained deemed it a racing incident,
ri will be really, really quick." by a throttle problem. strategy, only for Leclerc to his position. and Russell eventually passed
He then screamed a furious crash one lap later. "At Ferrari we get super criti- him anyway.
Seven-time champion Lewis "Noooooooooo!" "It was an error. It was a bit cized for things other teams
Hamilton finished second in strange how I lost (the car)," might go through in their "The restart was tasty," Rus-
his 300th grand prix — his It's the third time this season Leclerc said. "If I stay at this pit stop window. We are not sell said. "I got a really nice
fourth consecutive podium Leclerc has failed to finish a level I certainly don't deserve the disaster people seem to run and timed it perfectly. It
and highest finish in what's race, while Ferrari has had to win the championship. say we are," Sainz said. "Yes I was pretty sweet."
so far been a winless season seven DNF's through 12 rac- Two mistakes, here and Imo- wanted to stay out, I maybe Perez finished fourth ahead
— while teammate George es. Leclerc's failure Sunday la, that's a bit much." saw a podium position. The of Sainz, who earned a bonus
Russell passed Sergio Perez came two weeks after a throt- team has a lot more data on point for fastest lap.
of Red Bull following a late tle problem almost cost him Verstappen asked over radio their screens. They did it Fernando Alonso of Alpine
restart to give Mercedes its victory at the Austrian GP. if Leclerc was all right. with the best intentions and finished sixth, followed by
first double podium of the Leclerc, who is only seven "I'm told he is, Max, thanks best spirit. Lando Norris of McLaren,
year. points ahead of third-place for asking," his team replied. Esteban Ocon of Alpine,
Perez in the title battle, later "My point of view is that if I Daniel Ricciardo of McLaren
"That's an incredible re- said the crash was driver er- As drivers switched tires un- couldn't pass Checo, I would and Lance Stroll of Aston
sult for the team, great job ror. der the safety car, Ferrari's box. The moment I passed Martin rounding out the top
George," said Hamilton, "We'll add things up at the mistakes continued. Carlos him, I thought 'See if I could 10.
who estimated sweating out end of the season, but if we're Sainz Jr. received a five-sec- pull away.' At that stage, the
"about three kilos" as track 25 or 30 points short at the ond penalty for an unsafe re- numbers said it was impos- Approaching the midway
temperatures hit 51 degrees season I can only blame my- lease that almost led to a col- sible I would make it to the point of the 53-lap race,
Celsius (124 Fahrenheit) at self," Leclerc said. "I couldn't lision with a Williams car. end. In the moment my feel- Mick Schumacher's Haas was
the Paul Ricard Circuit in go into reverse, but those are Sainz had passed Russell and ing was different but I didn't clipped by Zhou Guanyu's
southeastern France. small details. You just can't Perez when his team told see the numbers." Alfa Romeo and Zhou re-
put a car into the wall." him to pit for new tires with Meanwhile, Russell tried ceived a 5-second penalty.
"It was a tough race because 10 laps left. to squeeze past Perez on Sainz started at the back of
my drinks bottle didn't Verstappen was tentative ear- "Come on, guys, I can't be- the inside and they touched the grid with Kevin Magnus-
work," Hamilton said. "But ly and Leclerc held him off, lieve you told me to box wheels. Perez went off and sen as penalty for changes to
what a great result consider- but the Dutchman went for then," Sainz grumbled. "I cut the corner to come back their engines ahead of the
ing we've been so far off these an undercut on Lap 17 with don't know why we boxed. I ahead with Russell asking for race.

Arenado, Goldschmidt unvaccinated, won't make Toronto trip

(AP) — Two of the St. ing to Canada with the team $241,758 and Romine
Louis Cardinals' best play- for its Tuesday and Wednes- $10,989.
ers, third baseman Nolan day games. Goldschmidt leads the Car-
Arenado and first base- dinals in most offensive cat-
man Paul Goldschmidt, Canada has restrictions on egories, including batting
won't be making the trip travelers who aren't vaccinat- average (.333), home runs
to Toronto for a short se- ed against COVID-19. (22), RBIs (74), on-base per-
ries with the Blue Jays Arenado, Goldschmidt and centage (.416) and hits (116).
because they haven't re- Romine will be placed on the Arenado has 102 hits, 18
ceived the COVID-19 vac- restricted list and forfeit pay home runs and 59 RBIs.
cination. and major league service time Romine joined the Cardinals
in accordance with the terms earlier this season as backup
The Cardinals announced of MLB's collective bargain- for the injured Yadier Moli-
Sunday that catcher Austin ing agreement. Arenado will na, who is expected to rejoin
Romine also will not be go- lose $384,416, Goldschmidt the team next month.