McLaren driver Carlos Sainz has slammed the second corner of the Sochi Autodrom after crashing there on the first lap of the Russian Grand Prix. “That corner is not very well designed. It’s forcing drivers to take very strange lines and very strange incidents like the five-second penalties that we are given if we don’t
MoreValtteri Bottas has won the Russian Grand Prix from third on the grid, benefitting from Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton being handed two five-second penalties for performing practice starts outside of the designated area of the pitlane. Bottas, who qualified third on Saturday, got himself up into second position after overtaking Max Verstappen on the run
MoreLewis Hamilton was awarded two five-second penalties at the Russian Grand Prix for completing practice starts outside of the designated area of the pitlane. Hamilton also picked up a further two penalty points on his super licence for the infringements, leaving him just two points away from a one-race ban. READ: FIA Outlaws Wearing Of
MoreThe FIA has clarified its rules with regards to what drivers can and can’t wear on the podium and in post-race interviews as it looks to prevent them from wearing unofficial message-bearing clothing in the future. Lewis Hamilton’s decision to wear a t-shirt which read “Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor” at the Tuscan
MoreLewis Hamilton was on a flying lap and had not yet set a lap time in Q2 (as his first lap was deleted for a track limits violation) when Sebastian Vettel crashed his Ferrari at the exit of turn four. This resulted in the session being red flagged with two minutes and 15 seconds remaining
MoreFerrari had yet another poor showing on Saturday, with both Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc failing to make it into the final session of qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix. However, it could have been much worse, as onboard footage from Leclerc’s shows he came very close to crashing into Vettel after the German shunted
MoreLewis Hamilton, who was under investigation by the FIA for a track limits infringement in the first part of qualifying, will start the Russian Grand Prix on pole position after the FIA decided that no further action was needed. The track limits infringement was related to Hamilton running wide at turn two during a flying
MoreLewis Hamilton, who took pole position for the Russian Grand Prix on Saturday, is being investigated by the FIA for a track limits infringement which occurred in the first segment of qualifying. Both Haas drivers – Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen – plus Nicholas Latifi, are also being investigated for the same track limits infringement.
MoreLewis Hamilton has taken pole position for the Russian Grand Prix at Sochi, ahead of Red Bull driver Max Verstappen and Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. The six-time World Champion had to do three runs in Q2 and did his final and fastest lap on a set of soft-compound tyres, which he will start the race
MoreLewis Hamilton could equal Michael Schumacher’s win record on Sunday at the Russian Grand Prix, and he looks set to also match the German as a seven-time World Champion once the season draws to a close. Commenting on the inevitability of Hamilton matching Schumacher’s F1 win record, his son, Mick, said records are made to
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