Lewis Hamilton believes a gust of wind on his final run in qualifying for French Grand Prix negatively affected his advantage over Mercedes AMG Motorsport Formula 1 team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton took an 86th career pole position and headed Mercedes' record-breaking 63rd front row lockout in F1, while setting a new track record at Circuit Paul Ricard with a lap time of 1:28.319 – 0.286 seconds ahead of Bottas. Bottas looked to have head the upper hand on Hamilton before qualifying but a poor final lap, nearly a second away from improving on his first Qualifying 3 run, handed Hamilton pole before he had completed his second run. Hamilton was one of a few drivers that managed to...
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