2019 Russian Grand Prix

 2019 Russian Grand Prix

Racing data
16th of 21 races in the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix 2019
Date:	29th September 2019
Place:	Sochi
Course:	Sochi Autodrome
Length:	309.944 km in 53 laps of 5.848 km
Pole position
Driver:	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
Time:	1: 31.628 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 35.761 min (lap 51)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Third:	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari

The Grand Prix of Russia 2019 (official Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix in 2019 ) took place on 29 September at the Sochi Autodrome in Sochi place and was the sixteenth race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2019 .

Reports

backgrounds

After the Singapore Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with 65 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas and 96 points each ahead of Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led with 133 points ahead of Ferrari and with 238 points ahead of Red Bull Racing .

At the Russian Grand Prix, Pirelli provided drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Hard (white, compound C2 ), P Zero Medium (yellow, C3 ) and P Zero Soft (red, C4 ), as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full for wet conditions -Wets (blue) available.

Sebastian Vettel (nine), Lance Stroll (seven), Daniel Ricciardo , Verstappen (five each), Antonio Giovinazzi (four), Kevin Magnussen , Romain Grosjean (three each), Hamilton, Daniil Kwjat , Carlos Sainz jr. (two each), Alexander Albon , Pierre Gasly , Sergio Pérez and George Russell (one each) went into the race weekend with penalty points.

With Hamilton (three times) and Bottas (once) two former winners competed at this Grand Prix.

free training

In the first free practice Charles Leclerc achieved the fastest lap time in 1: 34.462 minutes ahead of Verstappen and Vettel.

In the second free practice session, Verstappen was fastest in 1: 33.162 minutes ahead of Leclerc and Bottas.

In the third free practice, Leclerc set the fastest time in 1: 32.733 minutes ahead of Vettel and Hamilton.

Qualifying

The qualifying consisted of three parts with a net running time of 45 minutes. In the first qualifying segment (Q1), the drivers had 18 minutes to qualify for the race. All drivers who achieved a time in the first section that was a maximum of 107 percent of the fastest lap time qualified for the Grand Prix. The best 15 drivers reached the next part. Vettel was fastest. Kwjat did not take part in qualifying due to an engine failure in the third free practice and did not qualify for the Grand Prix. The segment was interrupted by Albon after an accident. Besides him, the Williams drivers and Kimi Räikkönen were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest drivers qualified for the third part of the qualifying and had to start the race with the tires used here, all other drivers had a free choice of tires for the start of the race. The Mercedes drivers set their fastest lap times on the medium mixture, all the other drivers drove on soft . Leclerc was the fastest. The Racing Point drivers, Magnussen, Giovinazzi and Gasly retired.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. Leclerc set the best time with a lap time of 1: 31.628 minutes ahead of Hamilton and Vettel. It was Leclerc's sixth pole position in the Formula 1 World Championship, the fourth in a row.

Albon, Gasly and Verstappen were moved five starting positions down this season due to the use of the fifth combustion engine. Kubica was moved to the bottom of the field this season because of the use of the fourth specimen of the internal combustion engine, turbocharger and MGU-H. Although he did not qualify, Kvyat was allowed to race because he was fast enough in free practice. He was also moved to the bottom of the field because of the use of the sixth specimen of the combustion engine, turbocharger, MGU-H and the fifth specimen of the MGU-K this season.

run

Hamilton won the race ahead of Bottas and Leclerc. It was the 82nd victory for Hamilton in the Formula 1 World Championship. The remaining points were placed by Verstappen, Albon, Sainz, Pérez, Lando Norris , Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg . Since Hamilton had achieved the fastest race lap, he received an additional point.

In the drivers' championship, Hamilton extended its lead over Bottas, Leclerc remained third. The first three places in the constructors' championship remained unchanged.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG F1 W10 EQ Power +	Mercedes-AMG F1 M10 EQ Power +	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF90	Ferrari 064	P
	16	Charles Leclerc
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing RB15	Honda RA619H	P
	23	Alexander Albon
Renault F1 Team	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault RS19	Renault E-Tech 19th	P
	27	Nico Hulkenberg
Haas F1 team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-19	Ferrari 064	P
	20th	Kevin Magnussen
McLaren F1 Team	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren MCL34	Renault E-Tech 19th	P
	04th	Lando Norris
SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team	11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point RP19	BWT Mercedes	P
	18th	Lance Stroll
Alfa Romeo Racing	07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing C38	Ferrari 064	P
	99	Antonio Giovinazzi
Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	26th	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso STR14	Honda RA619H	P
	10	Pierre Gasly
ROKiT Williams Racing	63	George Russell	Williams FW42	Mercedes-AMG F1 M10 EQ Power +	P
	88	Robert Kubica

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1: 33.613	1: 32.434	1: 31.628	01
02	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 33.320	1: 33.134	1: 32.032	02
03	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 33.032	1: 32.536	1: 32.053	03
04th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 33.368	1: 32.634	1: 32.310	09
05	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 33.726	1: 33.281	1: 32.632	04th
06th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	1: 34.184	1: 33.807	1: 33.222	05
07th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 34.236	1: 33.898	1: 33.289	06th
08th	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1: 34,201	1: 33.725	1: 33.301	07th
09	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 34.283	1: 33.643	1: 33.517	08th
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1: 34.138	1: 33.862	1: 33.661	10
11	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 34.456	1: 33.950	-	16
12	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 34.336	1: 33.958	-	11
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 34.755	1: 34.037	-	12
14th	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 33.889	1: 34.082	-	13
15th	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 34.287	1: 34.233	-	14th
16	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 34.840	-	-	15th
17th	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1: 35.356	-	-	17th
18th	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	1: 36.474	-	-	18th
19th	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 39.197	-	-	box
107 percent time : 1: 39.544 min (based on the Q1 best time of 1: 33.032 min)
-	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	no time	-	-	19th

Remarks

1. ↑ Verstappen was moved five starting positions back this season because of the use of the fifth combustion engine.
2. ↑ Gasly was moved five starting places down this season because of the use of the fourth combustion engine.
3. ↑ Kubica was moved to the end of the field because of the use of the fourth unit of the internal combustion engine, turbocharger and MGU-H this season.
4. ↑ Albon was moved back five starting positions this season because of the use of the fifth combustion engine.
5. ↑ Kwjat was moved to the bottom of the field this season because of the use of the sixth specimen of the combustion engine, turbocharger, MGU-H and the fifth specimen of the MGU-K .
6. ↑ Although he did not qualify, Kwjat was allowed to race because he was fast enough in free practice.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1	1: 33: 38.992	02	1: 35.761 (51st)
02	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	53	1	+ 3.829	04th	1: 36.316 (50.)
03	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	53	2	+ 5.212	01	1: 36.193 (52nd)
04th	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	53	1	+ 14.210	09	1: 36.937 (47th)
05	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	53	1	+ 38.348	box	1: 36.762 (50th)
06th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	53	1	+ 45.889	05	1: 38.020 (53.)
07th	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	53	1	+ 48.728	11	1: 38.043 (49.)
08th	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	53	1	+ 57.749	07th	1: 38,301 (52nd)
09	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	53	1	+ 58.779	13	1: 38,130 (53.)
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	53	2	+ 59.841	06th	1: 38,519 (53.)
11	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	53	1	+1: 00.821	14th	1: 38.611 (53.)
12	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	53	2	+1: 02.496	19th	1: 38.228 (52.)
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	53	2	+1: 08.910	15th	1: 38,589 (51.)
14th	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	53	1	+1: 10.076	16	1: 38.606 (51st)
15th	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	53	2	+1: 13.346	12	1: 38.696 (51st)
-	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	28	3	DNF	18th	1: 42.327 (24.)
-	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	27	1	DNF	17th	1: 41.705 (18.)
-	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	26th	1	DNF	03	1: 38.245 (16.)
-	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	24	2	DNF	10	1: 41.284 (22.)
-	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1	0	DNF	08th	-

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively. In addition, there was a point for the fastest race lap, as the driver ended up in the top ten.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 322 02  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 249 03  Charles Leclerc Ferrari 215 04th  Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda 212 05  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 194 06th  Pierre Gasly Red Bull Racing-Honda Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 69 07th  Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 66 08th  Alexander Albon Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda Red Bull Racing-Honda 52 09  Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 35 10  Daniel Ricciardo Renault 34

Item driver constructor Points 11  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 34 12  Daniil Kvyat Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 33 13  Sergio Perez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 33 14th  Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 31 15th  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 20th 16  Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 19th 17th  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 8th 18th  Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 4th 19th  Robert Kubica Williams-Mercedes 1 20th  George Russell Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 571 2  Ferrari 409 3  Red Bull Racing Honda 311 4th  McLaren-Renault 101 5  Renault 68

Item constructor Points 06th  Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 55 07th  Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 52 08th  Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 35 09  Haas-Ferrari 28 10  Williams-Mercedes 1

Web links

Commons : Russian Grand Prix 2019  - Images, Videos and Audio Files Collection

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Russian Grand Prix 2019 in Sochi - result 1. Free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, September 27, 2019, accessed on September 27, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Russian Grand Prix 2019 in Sochi - result of 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, September 27, 2019, accessed on September 27, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Russian Grand Prix 2019 in Sochi - result 3rd free practice. formel1.de, September 28, 2019, accessed on September 28, 2019 .