Lance Stroll says he was surprised Charles Leclerc avoided a penalty for the collision between the pair on the first lap of the Russian Grand Prix.
2020 Russian Grand Prix articles archive
Despite F1 drivers’ concerns, stewards don’t give penalty points for “minor infringements”
2020 F1 season
Posted onLewis Hamilton and other drivers say F1 stewards are wrong to give penalty points for “minor infringements”. But the data shows that they don’t.
Sochi’s turn two is “not right” and should be changed for next year – Steiner
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onHaas team principal Guenther Steiner says it was “no surprise” more crashes happened at Sochi’s turn two during the Russian Grand Prix and the corner needs to be changed.
2020 Russian Grand Prix Star Performers
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onMax Verstappen and Sergio Perez were RaceFans’ Star Performers of the Russian Grand Prix. Here’s why.
“Slower” Ferrari only beat us because of Q3 tyre rule – Tost
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onAlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost says Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was only able to beat Pierre Gasly in the Russian Grand Prix because the rules forced his driver to start the race on old tyres.
“I may not always get it right” says Hamilton after penalty criticism
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton has said he may not always make the right judgements “in the face of adversity”, after criticising the penalties he received during the Russian Grand Prix.
Ocon says first race stint was “the strongest of my season so far”
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onEsteban Ocon was encouraged by his opening stint of the Russian Grand Prix, which he described as his best performance of the season so far.
Russell understands tyre problem which left him “disappointed and worried” after race
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onGeorge Russell said it was “a relief” to get to the bottom of the tyre problems which he said were the cause of his poor result in the Russian Grand Prix.
Bottas cheers, Hamilton vents as controversy in Sochi keeps the title contest alive
2020 Russian Grand Prix review
Posted onLewis Hamilton vented his frustration after Valtteri Bottas took advantage of his penalty to close the gap between them in the championship.
Mercedes break Ferrari’s record as F1’s longest-running constructors’ champions
2020 Russian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onMercedes have become the longest-running holders of Formula 1’s constructors championship title, breaking the record previously held by Ferrari.
FIA dismisses Hamilton’s claim they are “trying to stop me”
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onFormula 1 race director Michael Masi defended the independence of the sport’s stewards following Lewis Hamilton’s claim they are “trying to stop me” with recent penalty decisions.
Ferrari’s Sochi gains not down to upgrades – Binotto
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onFerrari team principal Mattia Binotto said the team made progress with its troublesome SF1000 in the Russian Grand Prix, but not as a result of the new parts they introduced.
Leclerc: Wake from Perez’s car contributed to collision with Stroll
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onCharles Leclerc said he collided with Lance Stroll on the first lap of the Russian Grand Prix because he understeered in the slipstream of the Racing Point driver’s team mate.
Russell proposed Bahrain-style redesign for Sochi’s “terrible” turn two
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onGeorge Russell proposed a redesign for Sochi’s turn two, which he called “one of the worst corners on the calendar”.
Mercedes realised stewards ‘were not going to like’ Hamilton’s practice starts
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onMercedes realised the stewards ‘were not going to like’ Lewis Hamilton’s practice starts, but only after they saw his second getaway.
Vote for your 2020 Russian Grand Prix Driver of the Weekend
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onWho was the best driver during the 2020 Russian Grand Prix weekend? Compare how they did and vote for the best.
2020 Russian Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onDid Valtteri Bottas’s starting tyre advantage mean he was always going to beat Lewis Hamilton in Sochi, even without his team mate’s two five-second time penalties?
Stewards met with Hamilton before withdrawing his penalty points
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onThe Russian Grand Prix stewards met with Lewis Hamilton and his team after the race before deciding to cancel the penalty points they originally gave him for his practice starts violation.
Sochi’s turn two is badly designed, says Sainz after crash
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onCarlos Sainz Jnr accepted the blame for his race-ending crash at turn two, but believes the corner is poorly designed.
Stewards cancel Hamilton’s two penalty points for practice start violations
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onThe stewards have cancelled the two penalty points Lewis Hamilton was given for his practice start violations in the Russian Grand Prix and fined his team instead.