Lewis Hamilton took a dominant victory for the French Grand Prix, leading from lights to flag as he never relinquished the lead across the 53-lap race.
The British driver led another Mercedes 1-2 as Valtteri Bottas crossed the line in second, albeit well down on his team-mate with just over 18 seconds splitting the pair, seemingly with no answer to the five-time champion's pace.
Bottas came under pressure on the final lap of what was a rather dull grand prix to beat Ferrari's Charles Leclerc by just 0.9 seconds, as the Monegasque racer put in a move at the penultimate corner but was just too far back to make it a success.
French GP: Race Result | Drivers' Standings | Constructors' Standings
Red Bull's Max Verstappen was fourth as he drive his own race, 15 seconds adrift of Leclerc, but 27s ahead of the second Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel, who pitted with two laps left to take the fastest lap point on the final tour of the Paul Ricard circuit.
The race won't go down in history – or even come close to doing so – but it might just mark the point in the 2019 season where Hamilton asserted his absolute dominance and now looks like an unbeatable force as he charge toward a sixth title.
The start saw the two McLarens challenge Verstappen and Leclerc, but fell back as the order settled down with Carlos Sainz ahead of Lando Norris. The duo remained together on track for much of the race before reliability struck Norris.
A hydraulic problem rendered his DRS unusable before his car became almost undriveable in the closing laps. That allowed Renault's Daniel Ricciardo to chase him down and on the final lap he, along with Kimi Raikkonen and Nico Hulkenberg, all got past in one corner to drop Norris down to P10.
The moves are under investigation though, with Ricciardo going off track to complete the move.
Pierre Gasly missed out on the top ten as he struggled to even match the front-running pace, often running more than two seconds slower than his own team-mate to finish down in P11.
Sergio Perez was 12th ahead of Racing Point team-mate Lance Stroll, but had to contend with a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage, despite navigating the bollards as per the regulations.
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