Lewis Hamilton hails ‘great’ result for Mercedes at French Grand Prix as team takes second and third

Lewis Hamilton was pleased with his team’s performance at the French Grand Prix on Sunday. Hamilton took advantage of Charles Leclerc’s early exit to secure second place for the German team, and his stablemate George Russell cleverly pounced late on to take the third podium spot. Ad/> The result was Mercedes’ best performance of the season so far, and speaking to Sky Sports, Hamilton was obviously content.

French Grand PrixRosberg tells Leclerc not to take blame: 'I still can’t believe it would be a driver mistake'AN HOUR AGO He said: «That was actually a tough race because my drinks bottle didn’t work, but what a great result, considering we’ve been so far off these guys all weekend. »Reliability is one thing that my team’s been amazing at, so a huge congratulations to the team back at the factory, the team here, who without them we couldn’t get this podium." Russell added: «I'm sweating and a bit knackered now to be honest. Leclerc suffers heartbreak as Verstappen claims French Grand Prix victory Leclerc crashes out of French Grand Prix while leading, blames issue with throttle 'I hope he's okay' — Verstappen worried for Leclarc after crash ends Ferrari driver's hopes »The pace was strong but we really struggled with the warm up on that restart and Checo was all over me.

I was glad to see that chequered flag and come home with P3. Two podiums for Mercedes is great." Team principal Toto Wolff was a little more cautious. «We need to stay humble.