Just 10 minutes to go until FP3 for the FrenchGP gets going. Follow all of the live action here:
But down at Williams, there's no urgency to head out with Albon giving a smile to the cameras as he's showing no sign of entering the car.It's worth remembering that Perez had a bit of a messy day yesterday and had a spin, while ended second practice down in 10th. He's hoping to get some more solid running now.It's Perez who heads the cars out onto the circuit, but so far he's only joined by Magnussen and Stroll.
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/sainz-it-will-be-trickier-to-climb-through-f1-french-gp-field-than-expected/10341889/While Ferrari set the headline times, it was Red Bull that appeared to have the upper hand when it came to long run pace - with a seemingly ominous advantage. If you haven't already read it, here's ALEX KALINAUCKAS' analysis of how Friday panned out:
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/the-familiar-paul-ricard-weakness-that-should-worry-ferrari/10341742/But, anyway, that's all in the future, let's focus on the present and yesterday's opening two practice sessions created an intriguing picture.Speaking of 2023, Alpine boss Laurent Rossi was among those speaking earlier today and he said he believes both Fernando Alonso and Oscar Piastri will be on the F1 grid next year, with Piastri being loaned out.
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/alpine-confident-alonso-piastri-will-be-on-23-f1-grid-will-only-loan-piastri/10341978/Away from the track, much of the talk in the paddock has been about floors. New rules are planned for 2023 - much to the anger of some. Inevitably, there's a range of views but one thing the teams can agree on is they want a final decision from the FIA as soon as possible:
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f1-teams-urge-fia-not-to-delay-finalising-2023-floor-rules/10342027/We've got qualifying coming up later this afternoon but, before then, there's the small matter of FP3 - which begins in just over 10 minutes' time.Bonjour and welcome to Autosport's live text coverage of the Saturday of the French Grand Prix!
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