Max Verstappen topped the second free practice session at the French Grand Prix, just eight milliseconds ahead of Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas. Bottas was fastest in first practice and looked competitive again in his Mercedes, with the Silver Arrows looking back on form after two out-of-sorts weekends in Monaco and Baku. Sir Lewis Hamilton was behind the Finn in P3, Fernando Alonso raised eyebrows by placing his Alpine in P4 and Charles Leclerc put his Ferrari just behind. Verstappen's team-mate Sergio Perez could not match the Dutchman's pace, lagging 1.049s behind his Red Bull partner on their fastest times and sitting P12 at the end of the session. After several spins in FP1 and complaints...
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