Obviously we knew Max was going to be starting from the back of the grid and with today's tricky qualifying conditions, the reward wasn't worth the risk.
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Lando Norris takes pole in Sochi, ahead of Carlos Sainz and George Russell, as Lewis Hamilton crashes in pitlane and Mercedes makes another strategic error.
With heavy rain hitting Sochi as expected, race director, Michael Masi has laid out the proposed plan for remainder of the weekend.
With heavy rain hitting Sochi as expected, race director, leading to the cancelation of FP3, Michael Masi has laid out the proposed plan for remainder of the weekend.
After just one year, F3 will once again race alongside F2 as part of the support bill at a number of Grands Prix.
We focused our efforts on understanding the tyres and set-up, preparing the car for both single-lap performance and for the race, as usual.
The car is working well here and although there is definitely some scope for improvement, we are happy with our start to the weekend.
A positive Friday for us in general, mainly coming from a decent balance right from the beginning and the car performing a bit better on this kind of track.
A pretty good day today with no big issues and both drivers and the team doing a good job over the two sessions.
World champion, Lewis Hamilton says that Mercedes must "capitalise" on Max Verstappen's move to the back of the grid following engine change.