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2021 FIA Formula One World Championship
2021 French Grand Prix
Circuit Paul Ricard
Le Castellet, France
Sunday, 20 June
World Drivers' Championship leader Max Verstappen will be hoping to bounce back from a disappointing day out in Baku.
Verstappen was well on course to back-to-back wins but suffered a tyre blowout with five laps remaining in Azerbaijan.
"I didn't feel anything up until the moment that I suddenly went to the right," the Dutchman said of the crash. "The tyre just blew off the rim.
"Up until then I think we had a very strong race. I was just basically matching the lap times that I had to do. We were fully in control."
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Verstappen's teammate Sergio Perez ended up winning the race and Lewis Hamilton's failure to capitalize meant it wasn't a complete disaster for the Austrian Constructor, who will carry a 26-point lead into round seven.
"We were staring down the barrels of our first one-two since 2016 and everything was in control," said Red Bull team boss Christian Horner "And then Boom!
"The feeling at that point was like the world had just dropped from under us.
"It just shows the rollercoaster you go through in this sport. We've actually maintained the same lead in the drivers' championship leaving here and extended the constructors'."
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Verstappen goes into the weekend four points ahead of Hamilton who has won both Formula One races held at Circuit Paul Ricard.
French Grand Prix, last five winners:
2019: Lewis Hamilton
2018: Lewis Hamilton
2009-2017 (not held)
2008: Felipe Massa
2007: Kimi Raikkonen
2006: Michael Schumacher
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