Hamilton faces investigation after French GP practice

Valtteri Bottas topped the second Formula 1 free practice session for the French Grand Prix, with Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton making a mistake that cost him his qualifying simulation run. Bottas set the pace in the early running using medium-compound Pirellis - the C3 this weekend - by lapping 0.251 seconds quicker than Hamilton with a time of 1m31.110s. The Red Bull driver ran a little wide after being left room by Hamilton when the rear stepped out on the power and sent him onto the runoff area. Hamilton did not complete another quick lap on the softs - although he did use them again on heavier fuel later in the session - so had to rely on his first-run time using mediums to take second. Vettel had to set his time on his second attempt on his qualifying simulation run after backing off on his first push lap when he ran wide. He was helped by Verstappen, who is running the new Honda 'Spec 3' turbocharger and V6 along with team-mate Pierre Gasly and Toro Rosso driver Daniil Kvyat, not being able to unleash the full pace of the Red Bull. Carlos Sainz Jr made it two McLarens in the top seven with a lap 1.495s off the pace, which put him 0.016s ahead of the second Red Bull of Pierre Gasly. They sandwiched Romain Grosjean, who had a difficult session in the Haas starting with a big lockup on his first set of mediums that led to him curtailing his first run then continuing with struggles on the softs.

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