Bojan Vrbnjak
This weekend is on the agenda GP of Russia in Sochi, on which he will have to Max Verstappen serve a mark-up penalty three places, which he earned by colliding with Hamilton at Monza.
Russian race is the fifteenth in a row this season, which means it is along with Sochi there are only eight races left until the end of the championship. Because they are Verstappen in Hamilton this year involved in a fierce and tense fight for title of champion, many hope that this exciting duel of theirs will last until the final in Abu Dhabi. As said, it will Verstappen in Russia he started at least three places lower than his starting position after the qualifiers. However, it is expected that it could Dutchman start the race completely from scratch as you could Red Bull he had the engine replaced.
Of course, it will also be interesting to continue the fight for third place design championship between Ferrari in McLarn. The team from Woking is with a double win in Monza made a bigger difference by leading the Maranello team at the time 13,5 points. It will also be an interesting fight for fifth place between AlpineF1 in AlphaTauri, where the French are currently leading for 11 points.
It is not superfluous to remind you that there will be a racing weekend GP of Russia took place earlier than usual. The reason lies in the time difference two hours. And after Monza, where we witnessed the sprint race, we will now have it again normal racing weekend.
Schedule of the GP of Russia
Friday, 24.9.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX
10.30 - 11.30 1st free practice
14.00 - 15.00 2nd free practice
Saturday, 25.9.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX
11.00 - 12.00 3st free practice
14.00 - 15.00 Qualifications
Sunday, 26.9.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX
14.00 - 16.00 Race
Time of the Grand Prix of Russia
Teams will have to in view of the racing weekend GP of Russia closely monitored as well times, for it seems that in Sochi at least Friday and Saturday will not be exactly without problems. In these two days, the situation will be fairly uncertain. Free workouts and especially qualifications could take place in wet conditionsif we look at the current forecasts.
But for Sunday more sun is forecast and the probability of rain will be low. Temperatures will hover around all three days 20 degrees Celsius, on Friday it will be 19 ° C with a 57% chance of rain, on Saturday it will be a degree warmer with a 77% chance of rain, on Sunday it will be 21 ° C and the probability of rain will be only 17%.
Mixtures of tires GP of Russia
Pirelli will be on a racing weekend GP of Russia brought his own to Sochi the softest set Formula 1 black gold products. Teams will have mixtures at their disposal C3 (white border), which will be a hard mixture, C4 (yellow border) will be the middle mixture, C5 (red border) will be a soft mixture.
Mario isola, sports boss Pirelli"We’ve seen in the past that there was quite a bit of different strategic thinking, as all three mixes were present at the start of the race at the start of the race, indicating different tactics. Last year, the soft C5 blend proved to be better than expected, and due to the change in track temperatures, so-called graining was reduced in all three blends and during training and the race. In the past, some racers tried the hard mix very early and tried to get to the end with it, but last year this was not entirely possible as the asphalt surface changed and was no longer as smooth as in previous years. As both Formula 2 and Formula 3 will be competing this weekend, there will be a lot of rubber on the track, which could only improve traction."
