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Williams' Ralf Schumacher on pole position leads the field off at the start of the French Grand Prix

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Jacques Villeneuve leads Jenson Button into a corner as both BAR cars compete despite the team's financial problems

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Button's bad weekend continues when his BAR car runs out of petrol on the 22nd lap, forcing him to retire

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Giancarlo Fisichella's race ends on lap 44 when his Jordan suffers an engine failure

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Juan Pablo Montoya battles with Ralf Schumacher as Williams dominate the 70-lap race

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David Coulthard loses time as he runs over a mechanic when a fuel hose gets stuck - the mechanic was unhurt

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Michael Schumacher goes from fifth to third when he overtakes Kimi Raikkonen and Coulthard during the final pitstops

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Jaguar's Mark Webber finishes the race in sixth, just ahead of the Ferrari of Rubens Barichello

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Ralf leads home a Williams one-two for the second sucessive race following the team's success at the European GP

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Ralf's win puts him third in the championship overall, just three points behind Raikkonen who finishes fourth

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Michael Schumacher (right) extends his lead in the championship to eight points with six races to go