2015 Russian Grand Prix - Sochi, October 09-11

[neilbah]

there was just something wrong about last years race, maybe the camera positions didnt show the track in its best light- too many flags/poles getting in the way for one thing. Most exciting moment was lewis' avoidance whether intentional or not of Putin.

[djos]

i remember sochi last year was so boring that i fell asleep watching it [literally] and then woke up mid-race and noticed it was still super boring and then i went and googled pictures of lee mckenzie and natalie pinkham to see which one i think would win in a f1 reporter battle and realised natalie pinkham is the 100% clear winner.

it was way more exciting than the actual sochi race. i'm expecting the same this year.

Best post of the thread so far

So I wasn't the only one who fell asleep watching it, good to know! In fact I was so bored by it, it was the only race I didn't finish watching all year!

I can only hope that the softer tire compounds liven things up this year.

[Hail22]

Practice One has been delayed by 30 minutes due to a hydraulic spill occuring during the morning Sochi local time. Gotta love Russia!

[Phil]

in case anyone is wondering; It's live on BBC Two (hasn't started yet as noted above).

[Vasconia]

Practice One has been delayed by 30 minutes due to a hydraulic spill occuring during the morning Sochi local time. Gotta love Russia!

Perhaps Putin is busy bombing ISIS and this is an excuse.

Due to this delay FP1 will have 30 minutes less, bad news for the teams.

[SiLo]

Was that track wet this morning? I haven't seen much of practice since starting work.

[search]

yeah, the parts of the track that had to be cleaned were wet

[mattia.bobbo]

Next year McLaren Honda will be one of the best car next year.... [And on the question about the possibility of being the slowest car next year] I don't care about manor Mercedes, they can have an aeroplane engine but they will be slower than us

I wrote this so next year i will check his words.. If i were you, dear alonso, i would be a little scared

[dren]

Weather forecast for Sunday? I'm hoping for rain.

[AnthonyG]

Weather forecast for Sunday? I'm hoping for rain.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sotchi+weathe ... ia=weather

[mikeerfol]

Verstappen was told a few minutes earlier they will "probably need the tyres for Sunday"

[F1NAC]

so out there was about 13 degrees. Really dark also. Set-up wise it's gonna be interesting. If it's sunny tomorrow there will be a lot of cars on track in fp3.

Bottas managed to get somehow a slow puncture

[Vasconia]

Verstappen was told a few minutes earlier they will "probably need the tyres for Sunday"

Yes, it seems that there is a chance of some showers during the race. That could be great!!!

I second what it has been said about Alonso, he should remain silent...

[Silent Storm]

The underfloor pics of Mercedes W06 has been the only interesting thing today.

[Vasconia]

I can only hope that the softer tire compounds liven things up this year.

I have seen that Alonso was anticipating only one stop, I hope its another poor translation by a Spanish website!