Kevin Magnussen said that the Haas F1 Team can reflect on an 'encouraging' Friday at the French Grand Prix, as it turns its eyes to maximising its potential in the race. Magnussen jumped from fifteenth place in Free Practice 1 to tenth place in the afternoon session at Circuit Paul Ricard, keeping within two seconds of Valtteri Bottas‘s quickest lap time in the day's second practice. The Dane completed 49 laps over the two session, with both low and high-fuel runs completed in the afternoon – Haas ran Magnussen exclusively on the soft C2 compound tyres in Practice 1 before using a combination of all three compounds in Practice 2. 'I think it’s been a pretty good day,' said...
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