Max Verstappen extended his lead in the championship standings, after scoring the victory in the French Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Richard. “But we just tried to stay calm, try to stay close,” Verstappen continued. “Of course, we pitted a bit early and from then onwards you never know how the race is going to go. But the car was quick today, and of course unlucky for Charles – I hope he is okay. “From there onwards I just did my race, looked after the tires, and because of the pit lane of course being so long, you couldn’t do another stop, so you had to stay out, but the tires were wearing a lot.

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