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Times from the final free practice session for the Lenovo Grand Prix de France.

Carlos Sainz and Kevin Magnussen will start the French Grand Prix from the back of the grid after taking on new engine elements.

While insisting that it is already too late to be changing the regulations for 2023, Red Bull boss, Christian Horner insists the clampdown is only for the benefit of one team.

Toto Wolff has admitted that if Nyck de Vries is seeking a place on the F1 grid, the answer doesn't lie with Mercedes.

Though he is confident Mercedes can still make its way on to the podium this weekend, Lewis Hamilton doesn't currently look likely to fulfil Damon Hill's prediction of the top step.

It's clear that the soft is going to be a compound used just for qualifying, and it was interesting to see that a second fast lap was possible after cooling down the tyres.

It's been a reasonably productive day.

We didn't get as much work done on high fuel as we'd have liked so we don't really know how we compare to Red Bull and Ferrari but we do at least look closer to them than to the midfield.

We look stronger than in Austria, so it's a good step up, but then again it is once again super tight in the midfield battle, and tyres will make the difference.

It has been a positive day.

It was a solid day today.

We steadily improved the car during the day but there is still more to come tomorrow, especially for Nicholas.

Based on the data gathered in FP1, the updates were working as expected and delivering a good step in terms of performance.

Hopefully we can find more of an edge for Sunday. Whatever happens, it is going to be hot.

We've brought some upgrades to this race with both drivers running those across both sessions today. They've worked as expected and, as ever, we'll assess the data ahead of the rest of the weekend.