Poll: Russian Grand Prix 2018, Sochi - Race 16/21

Rate the 2018 Russian Grand Prix out of ten


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When was the track built?
Designed by Hermann Tilke, the Sochi Autodrom is effectively a street circuit, evolving out of the internal roads of the park built for the city’s 2014 Winter Olympics.
When was its first Grand Prix?
Formula 1’s first ever Russian Grand Prix took place on October 12 2014. The race was won by Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, who was midway through a five-race winning streak that would ultimately see him clinch that year’s drivers’ title.
What’s the circuit like?
Looking at a map of the track, your eye can’t help but be drawn to the epic Turn 3, a 750m constant-radius left-hander taking the drivers around the outside of the dramatic Poyushchiye fountain. The rest of the track is characterised by a series of 90-degree bends coupled to some rapid, flowing straights-that-aren’t-straight.
Why go?
Occupying a prime spot on the Black Sea, Sochi is one of Russia’s top beach resorts in the summer, while the race’s early autumn slot should mean it’s just about warm enough for you to work on your tan. If you were inspired by the city’s Winter Olympics, however, you’re out of luck – the ski season in the resorts around Sochi doesn’t get going until December.

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Track Diagram & Information
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2017 Race Edit
https://www.formula1.com/en/video/2017/4/Race_highlights_-_Russia_2017.html

Russia Preview
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...-you-need-to-know.4zmnsNulvik0W8kaGkcaW2.html

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Rumours that recently the FIA have fitted a 2nd sensor to monitor battery energy output, and this appears to correlate with Ferrari's recent loss of power advantage on the straights since Singapore.
Renault have come out and confirmed this loss of advantage by measuring GPS data.
 
I doubt it as this was investigated before the summer break and nothing was found amiss. The only thing I have heard is that the FIA are investigating why Ferrari are covering up one car camera pointed at the cockpit on the starting grid..

Seems to have been added after pressure from rival teams, info is from one of the most reliable Journo's in the paddock https://twitter.com/tgruener/status/1047045724628815872

The camera thing appears to hide start line procedure, last I saw they swapped the dry ice bag with an umbrella :p
 
I'm fairly sure Toto Wolff was saying similar figures on some of the six races before Singapore. I even remember watching some side by side Qualifying lap comparisons between Vettel/Lewis where Vettel was simply gaining on straights?

If it was some random Journo on the grid I'd be more sceptical, but Tobias has proven reliable many times.
 
If it was true that the Ferrari was getting a 0.5 second advantage on the straights (that's the sort of advantage Ferrari and Mercedes have over Renault) then they would have been miles ahead of Mercedes at Monza and Vettel wouldn't have simply nipped ahead of Hamilton up the Kemmel straight at Spa (at which point the Mercedes started coming back - neither were out of electrical power at that point as their lights weren't flashing - he just had a better run through Eau Rouge and a slipstream).

I'm fairly sure Toto Wolff was saying similar figures on some of the six races before Singapore. I even remember watching some side by side Qualifying lap comparisons between Vettel/Lewis where Vettel was simply gaining on straights?

Just checked, Toto indeed has claimed a 5 tenths advantage that Ferrari had over Mercedes on the straights at Germany:
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/...econd-straightline-gap-wolff-1062491/3145483/
 
Confidence based on what though? Multiple teams saying up to 5 tenths based on GPS data.

I read that differently, I read it as Ferrari lost some time in corners too because they can't run as much wing anymore due to the power loss.
 
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