Round 16 · 2019

Russian Grand Prix

Sochi, Russia27–29 Sept

Practice 1
Fri 08:00
Data published
track 28° ·air 23° ·63% hum ·5.0 km/h wind
Practice 2
Fri 12:00
Data published
track 29° ·air 24° ·56% hum ·4.0 km/h wind
Practice 3
Sat 09:00
Data published
track 27° ·air 22° ·66% hum ·7.6 km/h wind
Qualifying
Sat 12:00
Data published
track 31° ·air 22° ·61% hum ·8.6 km/h wind
Fantasy lock
Grand Prix
Sun 11:10
Data published
track 34° ·air 22° ·68% hum ·6.8 km/h windwet

Times in UTC

Grand Prix result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Moved	Time / gap	Pts
1	HAM	Mercedes	2	1	1:33:38.992	26
2	BOT	Mercedes	4	2	+3.828	18
3	LEC	Ferrari	1	2	+5.212	15
4	VER	Red Bull Racing	9	5	+14.210	12
5	ALB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	+38.348	10
6	SAI	McLaren	5	1	+45.889	8
7	PER	Racing Point	11	4	+48.728	6
8	NOR	McLaren	7	1	+57.749	4
9	MAG	Haas F1 Team	13	4	+58.779	2
10	HUL	Renault	6	4	+59.841	1
11	STR	Racing Point	14	3	+60.821
12	KVY	Toro Rosso	19	7	+62.496
13	RAI	Alfa Romeo Racing	15	2	+68.910
14	GAS	Toro Rosso	16	2	+70.076
15	GIO	Alfa Romeo Racing	12	3	+73.346
16	KUB	Williams	18	2	Brakes
17	RUS	Williams	17	—	Brakes
18	VET	Ferrari	3	15	Power loss
19	RIC	Renault	10	9	Collision
20	GRO	Haas F1 Team	8	12	Collision

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	LEC	1:33.613	1:32.434	1:31.628
2	HAM	1:33.230	1:33.134	1:32.030	+0.402
3	VET	1:33.032	1:32.536	1:32.053	+0.425
4	VER	1:33.368	1:32.634	1:32.310	+0.682
5	BOT	1:33.413	1:33.281	1:32.632	+1.004
6	SAI	1:34.184	1:33.807	1:33.222	+1.594
7	HUL	1:34.236	1:33.898	1:33.289	+1.661
8	NOR	1:34.201	1:33.725	1:33.301	+1.673
9	GRO	1:34.283	1:33.643	1:33.517	+1.889
10	RIC	1:34.138	1:33.862	1:33.661	+2.033
11	GAS	1:34.456	1:33.950	—	+2.322
12	PER	1:34.336	1:33.958	—	+2.330
13	GIO	1:34.755	1:34.037	—	+2.409
14	MAG	1:33.889	1:34.082	—	+2.454
15	STR	1:34.287	1:34.233	—	+2.605
16	RAI	1:34.840	—	—	+3.212
17	RUS	1:35.356	—	—	+3.728
18	KUB	1:36.474	—	—	+4.846
19	ALB	1:39.197	—	—	+7.569
20	KVY	1:39.544	—	—	+7.916

How the weekend has moved

Practice 11:34.462run 1:41.746

Practice 21:33.162−1.300run 1:41.127

Practice 31:32.733−0.429

Qualifying1:31.628−1.105

Grand Prix1:35.761+4.133run 1:41.103

Fastest lap of each session, the change from the session before, and the midfield's median fuel-corrected long run. Times normally tumble as the track rubbers in.

Sochi in earlier seasons

20191:32.733run 1:41.219

20181:33.067+0.334run 1:40.759

Fastest practice lap per season at this circuit. Layout changes, resurfacing and weather all move these numbers, so read them as context rather than a like-for-like comparison.

Practice 1

Fri 27 Sept, 08:00 UTCFastestLEC1:34.462

Single-lap pace

LEC1:34.462—20 laps

VER1:34.544+0.08225 laps

VET1:35.005+0.54320 laps

BOT1:35.198+0.73628 laps

HAM1:35.411+0.94922 laps

ALB1:35.484+1.02222 laps

HUL1:35.740+1.27821 laps

RIC1:36.287+1.82520 laps

PER1:36.321+1.85927 laps

GRO1:36.516+2.05423 laps

SAI1:36.523+2.06128 laps

GAS1:36.538+2.07625 laps

MAG1:36.596+2.13421 laps

STR1:36.714+2.25226 laps

RAI1:36.770+2.30822 laps

NOR1:36.844+2.38230 laps

GIO1:37.328+2.86618 laps

RUS1:38.520+4.05827 laps

KVY1:38.550+4.0885 laps

KUB1:38.670+4.20829 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
BOT	M	5*	1:40.167	—	±0.442	—
SAI	S	5*	1:41.571	+1.404	±0.260	—
NOR	S	6*	1:41.922	+1.755	±1.390	—
RUS	S	5*	1:42.814	+2.647	±0.440	—

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
LEC	34.220	32.564	27.648	1:34.432	1:34.462	0.030
VER	34.601	32.625	27.301	1:34.527	1:34.544	0.017
VET	34.303	32.613	27.928	1:34.844	1:35.005	0.161
BOT	34.654	32.816	27.559	1:35.029	1:35.198	0.169
HAM	34.719	32.942	27.661	1:35.322	1:35.411	0.089
ALB	34.591	32.742	28.009	1:35.342	1:35.484	0.142
HUL	34.690	33.017	28.028	1:35.735	1:35.740	0.005
RIC	34.683	33.131	28.293	1:36.107	1:36.287	0.180
PER	34.656	33.464	28.176	1:36.296	1:36.321	0.025
GRO	34.979	33.216	28.151	1:36.346	1:36.516	0.170
SAI	34.714	33.328	28.344	1:36.386	1:36.523	0.137
GAS	34.980	33.246	28.266	1:36.492	1:36.538	0.046
MAG	35.080	33.210	28.237	1:36.527	1:36.596	0.069
STR	34.875	33.627	28.079	1:36.581	1:36.714	0.133
RAI	35.054	33.410	28.193	1:36.657	1:36.770	0.113
NOR	34.886	33.432	28.369	1:36.687	1:36.844	0.157
GIO	35.189	33.521	28.618	1:37.328	1:37.328	0.000
RUS	35.113	33.779	29.196	1:38.088	1:38.520	0.432
KVY	35.813	33.969	28.768	1:38.550	1:38.550	0.000
KUB	35.330	33.972	29.299	1:38.601	1:38.670	0.069

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.058(4 drivers ran both)

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

FerrariLECahead of VET+0.543

Red Bull RacingVERahead of ALB+0.940

MercedesBOTahead of HAM+0.213

RenaultHULahead of RIC+0.547

Racing PointPERahead of STR+0.393

Haas F1 TeamGROahead of MAG+0.080

McLarenSAIahead of NOR+0.321

Toro RossoGASahead of KVY+2.012

Alfa Romeo RacingRAIahead of GIO+0.558

WilliamsRUSahead of KUB+0.150

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

LEC85313

VER222241813

VET85115

BOT1610110

HAM697

ALB1777

HUL1875

RIC1757

PER156105

GRO1778

SAI255358

GAS1987

MAG1776

STR15794

RAI1993

NOR1221535110

GIO1773

RUS64179

KVY14

KUB210107

SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 2

Fri 27 Sept, 12:00 UTCFastestVER1:33.162

Single-lap pace

VER1:33.162—29 laps

LEC1:33.497+0.33533 laps

BOT1:33.808+0.64622 laps

HAM1:33.960+0.79832 laps

VET1:34.201+1.03932 laps

GAS1:34.971+1.80926 laps

PER1:34.998+1.83631 laps

HUL1:35.026+1.86433 laps

STR1:35.176+2.01431 laps

ALB1:35.216+2.05418 laps

NOR1:35.223+2.06133 laps

KVY1:35.337+2.17538 laps

MAG1:35.351+2.18926 laps

RIC1:35.370+2.20828 laps

RAI1:35.374+2.21234 laps

GRO1:35.593+2.43131 laps

SAI1:35.635+2.47329 laps

GIO1:36.004+2.84229 laps

RUS1:36.785+3.62338 laps

KUB1:37.838+4.67636 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
HAM	M	5*	1:39.053	—	±0.482	—
KVY	M	5*	1:39.934	+0.881	±0.364	—
BOT	S	5*	1:39.982	+0.929	±0.569	—
LEC	M	8	1:40.065	+1.012	±0.285	−0.032s
VET	S	7*	1:40.096	+1.043	±0.345	—
PER	S	9	1:40.640	+1.587	±0.210	+0.016s
NOR	M	6*	1:41.074	+2.021	±0.375	—
STR	S	11	1:41.088	+2.035	±0.322	−0.007s
HUL	S	7*	1:41.167	+2.114	±0.372	—
RAI	H	7*	1:41.272	+2.219	±0.562	—
MAG	S	9	1:41.294	+2.241	±0.184	−0.025s
RIC	S	8	1:41.344	+2.291	±0.136	−0.003s
GIO	S	7*	1:41.491	+2.438	±0.253	—
GRO	S	6*	1:41.795	+2.742	±0.444	—
RUS	M	16	1:42.267	+3.214	±0.870	+0.023s
KUB	S	10	1:43.622	+4.569	±0.883	+0.190s

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
VER	33.916	32.184	27.062	1:33.162	1:33.162	0.000
LEC	33.969	32.148	27.380	1:33.497	1:33.497	0.000
HAM	34.194	32.316	27.135	1:33.645	1:33.960	0.315
BOT	34.326	32.145	27.276	1:33.747	1:33.808	0.061
VET	33.967	32.282	27.621	1:33.870	1:34.201	0.331
GAS	34.404	32.768	27.667	1:34.839	1:34.971	0.132
PER	34.284	32.693	27.885	1:34.862	1:34.998	0.136
ALB	34.624	32.631	27.691	1:34.946	1:35.216	0.270
HUL	34.509	32.811	27.706	1:35.026	1:35.026	0.000
KVY	34.271	32.792	27.976	1:35.039	1:35.337	0.298
STR	34.401	32.952	27.823	1:35.176	1:35.176	0.000
RAI	34.333	32.957	27.893	1:35.183	1:35.374	0.191
NOR	34.512	32.708	28.003	1:35.223	1:35.223	0.000
MAG	34.479	32.833	27.988	1:35.300	1:35.351	0.051
RIC	34.629	32.902	27.777	1:35.308	1:35.370	0.062
GRO	34.526	33.071	27.726	1:35.323	1:35.593	0.270
GIO	34.424	32.819	28.288	1:35.531	1:36.004	0.473
SAI	34.317	32.977	28.326	1:35.620	1:35.635	0.015
RUS	35.023	33.358	28.404	1:36.785	1:36.785	0.000
KUB	35.222	33.750	28.739	1:37.711	1:37.838	0.127

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.661(13 drivers ran both)H+1.172(5 drivers ran both)

Team-mates, head to head

Red Bull RacingVERahead of ALB+2.054

FerrariLECahead of VET+0.704

MercedesBOTahead of HAM+0.152

Toro RossoGASahead of KVY+0.366

Racing PointPERahead of STR+0.178

RenaultHULahead of RIC+0.344

McLarenNORahead of SAI+0.412

Haas F1 TeamMAGahead of GRO+0.242

Alfa Romeo RacingRAIahead of GIO+0.630

WilliamsRUSahead of KUB+1.053

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

VER95177

LEC7711116

BOT7618

HAM108167

VET7711124

GAS95165

PER66118

HUL741210

STR8518

ALB810

NOR5561862

KVY6671783

MAG75122

RIC55108

RAI781810

GRO55687

SAI556364

GIO75197

RUS4118519

KUB77148

SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 3

Sat 28 Sept, 09:00 UTCFastestLEC1:32.733

Single-lap pace

LEC1:32.733—14 laps

VET1:33.049+0.31615 laps

HAM1:33.129+0.39619 laps

BOT1:33.354+0.62118 laps

VER1:34.227+1.49412 laps

GRO1:34.308+1.57517 laps

ALB1:34.371+1.63821 laps

HUL1:34.421+1.68813 laps

NOR1:34.527+1.79415 laps

MAG1:34.546+1.81315 laps

GAS1:34.564+1.83116 laps

RIC1:34.586+1.85314 laps

SAI1:34.607+1.87418 laps

GIO1:34.766+2.03315 laps

PER1:34.860+2.1277 laps

STR1:34.898+2.16516 laps

RAI1:35.714+2.98119 laps

RUS1:36.011+3.27818 laps

KVY1:36.081+3.3484 laps

KUB1:36.942+4.20919 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
LEC	33.869	31.839	26.999	1:32.707	1:32.733	0.026
VET	33.919	31.762	27.368	1:33.049	1:33.049	0.000
HAM	34.266	32.006	26.826	1:33.098	1:33.129	0.031
BOT	34.266	32.021	27.052	1:33.339	1:33.354	0.015
HUL	34.377	32.337	27.492	1:34.206	1:34.421	0.215
VER	34.424	32.360	27.422	1:34.206	1:34.227	0.021
GRO	34.359	32.319	27.553	1:34.231	1:34.308	0.077
ALB	34.328	32.188	27.781	1:34.297	1:34.371	0.074
GAS	34.632	32.421	27.308	1:34.361	1:34.564	0.203
RIC	34.451	32.350	27.708	1:34.509	1:34.586	0.077
NOR	34.522	32.285	27.720	1:34.527	1:34.527	0.000
MAG	34.381	32.444	27.721	1:34.546	1:34.546	0.000
SAI	34.490	32.250	27.867	1:34.607	1:34.607	0.000
GIO	34.399	32.534	27.833	1:34.766	1:34.766	0.000
PER	34.363	32.514	27.983	1:34.860	1:34.860	0.000
STR	34.439	32.581	27.842	1:34.862	1:34.898	0.036
RAI	34.561	32.817	28.002	1:35.380	1:35.714	0.334
RUS	34.744	32.933	28.075	1:35.752	1:36.011	0.259
KVY	35.043	33.108	27.930	1:36.081	1:36.081	0.000
KUB	35.144	33.009	28.289	1:36.442	1:36.942	0.500

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceMonly 2 drivers ran both — too few to price

Team-mates, head to head

FerrariLECahead of VET+0.316

MercedesHAMahead of BOT+0.225

Red Bull RacingVERahead of ALB+0.144

Haas F1 TeamGROahead of MAG+0.238

RenaultHULahead of RIC+0.165

McLarenNORahead of SAI+0.080

Toro RossoGASahead of KVY+1.517

Alfa Romeo RacingGIOahead of RAI+0.948

Racing PointPERahead of STR+0.038

WilliamsRUSahead of KUB+0.931

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

LEC61511

VET51711

HAM1162

BOT4662

VER813

GRO917

ALB7167

HUL175

NOR1743

MAG816

GAS17161

RIC176

SAI198

GIO8151

PER25

STR97

RAI1837

RUS1179

KVY13

KUB3178

SSoftMMediumHHard