2019 Method One Russian Grand Prix preview
This weekend sees the sixth operating of the Russian Grand Prix as a spherical of the Method One World Championship. The race, the 16th of the 2019 season, is held on the Sochi Autodrom whose observe winds its means across the Olympic village constructed for the winter video games of 2014, held on this Black Sea resort.
Designed by German architect Herman Tilke, Sochi’s observe is a road circuit with some everlasting sections, and at three.63 miles in size it is without doubt one of the longest on the calendar. The structure is characterised by lengthy straights and sweeping hairpins, however there are additionally some sluggish sections that characteristic 90-degree corners.
In the meantime the floor is thought for being very easy and slippery because the circuit was solely accomplished in 2014, nonetheless the asphalt has matured since then although not fairly as a lot as anticipated because of the extremes of temperatures between the summer time and winter. Consequently, tire put on and degradation remains to be comparatively low and thus Pirelli has nominated its medium compounds: the C2, C3 and C4.
Ferrari on the 2019 Method One Russian Grand Prix
Climate situations could be fairly variable and a notable likelihood of rain is presently forecast.
After some preliminary observe on Friday, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel have been first and third quickest, respectively, with Aston Martin Purple Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen splitting them. Behind them have been Mercedes-AMG drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas who will probably be out to take care of the German staff’s unblemished profitable streak on the Russian race.
Going into Saturday’s qualifying session and Sunday’s race, Hamilton leads the 2019 Drivers’ Championship with 296 factors. Bottas is second with 231 factors and Leclerc and Verstappen are tied for third with 200 factors every. Within the Constructors’ Championship, Mercedes leads with 527 factors versus the 394 of Ferrari and 289 of Purple Bull. Final 12 months’s winner in Russia was Bottas driving for Mercedes.