2021 F1 French Grand Prix Live: As it happened.

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Verstappen wins the 2021 French Grand Prix - Hamilton and Perez join him on the podium.

"Simply lovely. Come on mate," Verstappen is told.

Verstappen leads the French Grand Prix! He makes the most of the DRS to get the move done.

Two laps to go...

Verstappen is now in DRS range of Hamilton with two laps to go...

Red Bull tells Verstappen: "OK Max, that's your man ahead. Four laps to go."

Verstappen is now 2.0s behind in the battle for the lead of the race.

Perez is through - Bottas' tyres look completely finished.

3.3s is the gap between Hamilton and Verstappen at the front.

Perez is all over Bottas now. "My tyres are f**king finished," the Finn reports.

Bottas: “Why the f**k does nobody listen to me when I say it’s going to be a two-stopper? F***ing hell.”

Perez is now 1.8s behind Bottas in the race for the podium.

He can! Bottas defends for no reason into Turn 8, allowing Perez to get past with the cutback.

Can Verstappen get past Bottas now?

Verstappen is now in DRS range of Bottas for second place.

Verstappen is now 1.4s behind Bottas in the fight for second place.

Bottas: "Yeah I have no fronts anymore, so it is difficult."

Onto Lap 42 - Verstappen is now 2.4s behind Bottas for second, who is 4.2s behind Hamilton.

Verstappen is now 4.6s off Bottas, while he is 3.2s behind Hamilton in the lead.

15 laps to go - Bottas is 1.7s off Hamilton, Verstappen is 7.1s behind Bottas.

LAP 35/53

Verstappen passes Perez and moves into P3

The Dutchman is flying on the new set of tyres - around 2 seconds quicker than Hamilton who leads

The current gap between Hamilton and Verstappen is around 10 seconds #FrenchGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/tpQ09WzxHG

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Verstappen is now 9.6s behind Bottas, who is a further 2.3s behind teammate Hamilton.

Perez lets his teammate through as he begins his pursuit of the two Mercedes drivers.

Verstappen bangs in a fastest lap of the race with a 1m36.743s, nearly two seconds faster than Hamilton.