Sochi Autodrom information
The 5.853km (3.64-mile) street course has 19 turns and uses roads around the site where was used for the Winter Olympic Games earlier in the same year.
Sochi Autodrom: Track views
In the car it’s 90-degree corner, straight, 90-degree corner, straight, so in terms of driver satisfaction it’s a little flat.
Daniel Ricciardo
There are very many corners, with a couple of sections of stop and go. It’s quite a long lap and a reasonably technical one too. If you make a small mistake in one corner, you are punished for the rest of the lap. If you’re off line for one corner, it might not be until one of the straights that you can recover. Off-line is very slippery too so you’re doubly punished.
Every single part of this track is important! In terms of enjoyment, I like the first sector the most, but it’s a good track overall.
Pastor Maldonado
Sochi Autodrom: Track data
Lap data | |
Lap length | 5.848km (3.634 miles) |
Race laps | 53 |
Race distance | 309.745km (192.467 miles) |
Pole position | Left-hand side of the track |
Lap record* | 1’40.896 (Valtteri Bottas, 2014) |
Fastest lap | 1’38.338 (Lewis Hamilton, 2014, qualifying three) |
Maximum speed | 343.1kph (213.192 mph) |
DRS zone/s (race) | |
Distance from grid to turn one | 844m |
Car performance | |
Full throttle | 50% |
Longest flat-out section | 1073m |
Downforce level | Medium |
Fuel use per lap | 1.84kg |
Strategy | |
Pit lane time loss | 18.9s |
Tyres: | Drivers’ tyre selections |
Data sources: FIA, Williams, Mercedes
Gomme scelte dai piloti:
Pirelli has confirmed which tyres each driver has chosen for the next race on the calendar in Russia.
Large quantities of super-soft tyres have been chosen by most teams for the Sochi Autodrom where tyre wear has been very low in previous races.
Red Bull and Haas have made the most aggressive selection with ten sets of super-softs for each of their drivers.
Ferrari have been more conservative than most in their selection, picking six sets of super-softs and softs for Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen. Mercedes rivals Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg will each have eight sets of the super-softs.
Under the rules each driver must have one set of medium and one set of soft tyres available for the race.
Driver | Team | Tyres |
---|---|---|
Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |
Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | |
Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | |
Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | |
Valtteri Bottas | Williams | |
Felipe Massa | Williams | |
Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | |
Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull | |
Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | |
Sergio Perez | Force India | |
Kevin Magnussen | Renault | |
Jolyon Palmer | Renault | |
Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso | |
Carlos Sainz Jnr | Toro Rosso | |
Fernando Alonso | McLaren | |
Jenson Button | McLaren | |
Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | |
Felipe Nasr | Sauber | |
Pascal Wehrlein | Manor | |
Rio Haryanto | Manor | |
Romain Grosjean | Haas | |
Esteban Gutierrez | Haas |
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