2019 Russian Grand Prix

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2019 Russian Grand Prix
Race 16 of 21 in the 2019 Formula One World Championship
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Circuit Sochi.svg
Layout of the Sochi Autodrom
Race details [1]
Date29 September 2019
Official name Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix 2019
Location Sochi Autodrom
Adlersky City District, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.848 km (3.634 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 309.745 km (192.467 miles)
Weather Partly cloudy
Pole position
Driver
 Ferrari
Time 1:31.628
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time 1:35.761 on lap 51 (lap record)
Podium
First
 Mercedes
Second
 Mercedes
Third
 Ferrari
Lap leaders
  • 2019 Russian Grand Prix

The 2019 Russian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix 2019) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 September 2019 at the Sochi Autodrom in Sochi, Russia. [1] The race was the 16th round of the 2019 Formula One World Championship and marked the 8th running of the Russian Grand Prix and the 6th time the race was held in Sochi. [2] [3]

Contents

Background

Championship standings before the race

Entering the round Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes led the drivers and constructors championships by 65 and 133 points respectively. The size of their leads mean that both would still be leading their respective championships after the race regardless of the race's outcome. [4]

Entries

The drivers and teams entered were the same as those for the previous race with no additional stand-in drivers for the race or practice. [5]

Qualifying

After Daniil Kvyat's car suffered an engine failure in the third practice session, a new engine was fitted and the car was not ready in time to take part in qualifying. During the first qualifying session, Alexander Albon lost control of the rear of his Red Bull at turn 13, sending him spinning into the barriers. Albon was uninjured, and the session was stopped as the car was recovered. [6] The damaged floor of his car was replaced and this meant that Albon would be required to start the race from the pitlane. [7]

Qualifying classification

Pos.Car
no.		DriverConstructorQualifying timesFinal
grid
Q1Q2Q3
116 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:33.6131:32.4341:31.6281
244 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:33.2301:33.1341:32.0302
35 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:33.0321:32.5361:32.0533
433 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:33.3681:32.6341:32.3109 1
577 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:33.4131:33.2811:32.6324
655 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 1:34.1841:33.8071:33.2225
727 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Renault 1:34.2361:33.8981:33.2896
84 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 1:34.2011:33.7251:33.3017
98 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 1:34.2831:33.6431:33.5178
103 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:34.1381:33.8621:33.66110
1110 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 1:34.4561:33.950N/A16 1
1211 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 1:34.3361:33.958N/A11
1399 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 1:34.7551:34.037N/A12
1420 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1:33.8891:34.082N/A13
1518 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 1:34.2871:34.233N/A14
167 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 1:34.840N/AN/A15
1763 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Russell Williams-Mercedes 1:35.356N/AN/A17
1888 Flag of Poland.svg Robert Kubica Williams-Mercedes 1:36.474N/AN/A18 2
1923 Flag of Thailand.svg Alexander Albon Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:39.197N/AN/APL 3
107% time: 1:39.544
—26 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda No timeN/AN/A19 4
Source: [8] [9]
Notes

Race

Before the lights went out, Kimi Räikkönen made a false start and was later issued a drive-through penalty. As the cars set off, Sebastian Vettel was aided by the slipstream on the straight before turn two, overtaking Lewis Hamilton and pole-sitter Charles Leclerc for the lead. Carlos Sainz Jr. also benefited from this effect, overtaking Valtteri Bottas into the same corner. On the opening lap, Antonio Giovinazzi was squeezed by Romain Grosjean and Daniel Ricciardo going into turn five. Grosjean was launched into the barriers, causing his seventh retirement of the season. Ricciardo and Giovinazzi both took aerodynamic damage in the incident, with Ricciardo also suffering a left-rear tyre puncture, but both cars were able to continue the race for the time being. The safety car was deployed whilst Grosjean's car was recovered, during which Ricciardo and Robert Kubica made pit stops for new tyres. Williams then decided to pit Kubica again on the following lap to switch from hard to medium-compound tyres. The stewards later deemed the three-car collision a racing incident, and no action was taken.

Racing resumed at the end of lap three. During the following few laps, it emerged via team radio that Ferrari had anticipated Vettel would utilise the slipstream to overtake Leclerc at the start of the race. The team's plan was to build a gap to Hamilton in third, and then order Vettel to move aside and allow his teammate to retake the lead. However, Vettel refused to yield, claiming that Leclerc was too far behind and slowing to let his teammate through would risk also letting Hamilton through. Bottas made it past Sainz's McLaren on lap seven, and by lap 17, Max Verstappen had passed Sainz to take fifth place after starting the race in ninth.

After Leclerc had previously told his team over radio that he expected to be swapped with Vettel later into the race, Ferrari brought him in for a pit stop at the end of lap 22. Vettel was left out until the end of lap 26, by which point his tyres had degraded and he emerged from the pits behind his teammate, as Leclerc had requested. At the same time, Ricciardo's car was retired from the race after Renault decided that the damage suffered in the first lap incident was too great to continue. On his out-lap from the pits, Vettel reported the failure of the MGU-K, a part of the car's hybrid power unit. Initially hoping he could make it back to the pits to avoid a safety car being deployed, he was forced to pull over to the side of the track at turn 16 after the team were concerned that going any further would cause more damage to the car. A virtual safety car period was initiated whilst Vettel's car was recovered, during which the two leading Mercedes cars made their pit stops, allowing Hamilton to take over the lead of the race from Leclerc.

On lap 28, during the virtual safety car period, George Russell went straight on at turn nine and into the barriers. Williams later revealed that this was caused by a wheel nut issue. [14] At the end of the same lap, Williams decided to retire Kubica in order to conserve parts for the next race, leading to a double retirement for the team. The virtual safety car was upgraded to a full safety car after Russell's crash. Ferrari brought Leclerc in for a pit stop on lap 30, during the safety car, switching him to soft-compound tyres, the same as the leading Mercedes cars even though it meant Leclerc dropped from second to third place.

The safety car came in on lap 33. During the next 20 laps, Leclerc attempted to catch up with and overtake Bottas, but was ultimately unsuccessful. Kevin Magnussen ran wide at turn two on lap 44 after an overtake attempt by Sergio Pérez. Magnussen failed to drive around both penalty bollards, and was later issued with a 5-second time penalty as a result. This dropped him from eighth to ninth place at the end of the race. Alexander Albon, who started the race from the pit lane and was in ninth place at the safety car restart, fought through the field and overtook Sainz for fifth place on lap 49, equalling his best career finish. Hamilton crossed the line to take victory, marking his and Mercedes's first win since the summer break, and Bottas finishing second resulted in the first Mercedes 1–2 finish since the British Grand Prix.

Race classification

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
144 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 531:33:38.992226 1
277 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 53+3.829418
316 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Ferrari 53+5.212115
433 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 53+14.210912
523 Flag of Thailand.svg Alexander Albon Red Bull Racing-Honda 53+38.348PL10
655 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 53+45.88958
711 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 53+48.728116
84 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 53+57.74974
920 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 53+58.779 2 132
1027 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Renault 53+59.84161
1118 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 53+1:00.82114
1226 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 53+1:02.49619
137 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 53+1:08.91015
1410 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 53+1:10.07616
1599 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 53+1:13.34612
Ret88 Flag of Poland.svg Robert Kubica Williams-Mercedes 30Withdrew18
Ret63 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Russell Williams-Mercedes 29Wheel/Accident17
Ret5 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 28Power loss3
Ret3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Renault 27Collision damage10
Ret8 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 0Collision8
Fastest lap: Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) – 1:35.761 (lap 51)
Source: [9] [14] [15] [16] [17]
Notes

Championship standings after the race

See also

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