FORMULA ONE
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton takes overall lead after win
The French Grand Prix victory is the 65th of Hamilton’s F1 career
Le Castellet — Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton won the French Grand Prix on Sunday to retake the overall lead from Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who finished fifth after a first-lap collision. The victory, for Mercedes, was the 65th of Hamilton’s F1 career but the Briton’s first in France, which was returning to the calendar after a 10-year absence, and it also continued a triumphant day for English sports fans. "Great work, guys! I’m so happy for England as well," he said over the team radio, referring to the national soccer team’s 6-1 World Cup rout of Panama in Russia. "It’s a beautiful Sunday, everyone," Hamilton said. Hamilton, who had started on pole position, now leads Vettel by 14 points after eight of 21 races. The Briton has 145 and the German 131. Record race Red Bull’s Dutch 20-year-old Max Verstappen took the chequered flag in second place with Kimi Räikkönen completing the podium for Ferrari and Australian Daniel Ricciardo finishing fourth for Red Bull. Hamilton had ...
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