Lewis Hamilton admitted that finding grip had been hard work during Friday practice at Circuit Paul Ricard ahead of this weekend's French Grand Prix. The reigning world champion was second quickest in the morning, a third of a second slower than his Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas. Although he narrowed the gap in the afternoon, he also slipped to third place with Max Verstappen ging fastest. "It was quite a struggle out there, probably for everyone," he acknowledged afterwards. "I don't know if it's the track surface, the temperature or these inflated tyres - the pressures are higher than ever before - but we were all sliding around out there," he told Sky Sports F1....
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