Sir Lewis Hamilton has warned that Mercedes still have a long road ahead of them if they are to catch Ferrari and Red Bull following their performance at the French Grand Prix. Having looked considerably more competitive in Silverstone and Austria than they had done all season, the Silver Arrows headed to Le Castellet anticipating another strong performance due to the long straights and smooth track surface. However, Hamilton and team-mate George Russell spent much of the weekend running over a second behind the leaders, and it took a stunning lap from the 37-year-old at the end of qualifying to get the deficit to Charles Leclerc down to nine tenths of a second. In the race, however, both...
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