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Verstappen overtakes Hamilton for French GP victory

In a fascinating race dictated by strategy, Red Bull got the better of Mercedes by electing for a two-stop strategy with Verstappen, while Hamilton and Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas stuck to a one-stopper. Verstappen fought back from a rare error at the start as he gifted the lead to Hamilton when he ran wide at Turn 1 and took advantage of a powerful undercut to jump his main rival in the first stint, before gambling on the opposite strategy to Mercedes by pitting for a second time. Red Bull pulled the pin on a two-stopper at the end of Lap 32 as Verstappen dived into the pits for a set of Medium tyres in his bid to hunt down the Hard-shod, long-running Mercedes duo. Verstappen had an...
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