track introduction
Sochi track
lap: 5. 848KM
Race laps: 58
Downforce: 3 (middle-high)
Two-stage DRS, the best overtaking point before turn 2
tire
C2-C4 three sets of tires
C2-C4 ml0 neutral tires are 0.6 slower than soft tires, and hard tires are 1.2
starts the race
2nd Hamilton's yellow tire starts the start and was surpassed by Vettel, who started with the third red tire. Vettel sucked the wake before Turn 2 and surpassed Leclerc, who started with the red tire pole position, and Bottas was surpassed by McLaren driver Synes, who started with the fifth red tire.
Vettel surpasses Hamilton, Sainz surpasses Bottas
Alfa Romeo driver Giovinaz, Haas driver Grosjean, and Renault driver Ricardo collided. Gross hit the wall and withdrew from the race, and a safety car will be dispatched.
The top ten drivers are: Vettel, Leclerc, Hamilton, Sainz, Bottas, Norris, Perez, Verstappen (replacement of power unit), Hockenberg, and Magnusson. The fourth lap of the
safety car ended. In the seventh volume, Bottas sucked the wake before Turn 2 and surpassed Sainz to fourth place. At this time, Bottas and Hamilton were 5 seconds away, and Hamilton was 2.5 seconds away from Leclerc. After
20 lap, Ferrari soft tires began to fail, and Hamilton neutral tires began to reduce the distance from Leclerc. 23 laps, Leclerc found the window to enter the station, replaced the neutral tires, and lined behind Bottas out of the station.
Then Leclerc then cut Vettel away for 1.5 seconds in a single lap.
26 lap, Hamilton had already chased Vettel for 5 seconds. Vettel entered the station and was successfully surpassed by his teammate Leclerc after leaving the station.
Vitel was surpassed by Leclerc after progressing. Vitel reported a fault in the racing kinetic energy recovery system. The car parked in the buffer zone of Turn 15 and had to withdraw. The third section of the track was yellow flag, and then the virtual safety car would be dispatched.
Mercedes entered the station with two cars. Hamilton replaced the soft tire and flipped directly in front of Leclerc when he left the station. Bottas soft tire later came behind Leclerc. Ferrari bowed and gave the championship to Mercedes.
Next 29 laps, Russell's tires locked and hit the guardrail. The physical safety car will be dispatched.
31 lap, Leclerc entered the station again, replaced the brand new red soft tire, was passed by Bottas from the station, and Leclerc was third.
32 lap, the safety car ended, and the race started again. Verstappen, fourth place, was unable to keep up with Leclerc's pace after the departure and was quickly led away.
35 lap DRS can be turned on. At this time, Hamilton and Bottas are 1.3 away, Bottas and Leclerc are 0.5 away, Leclerc takes Verstappen for 3 seconds, Leclerc opens DRS in front of Turn 2, and just chase afterwards.
41 lap, Leclerc chased Bottas in front of Turn 2 for 0.4 seconds, but it was still not enough to turn on DRS, so you can only catch up and you can't tap at all.
Ferrari's straight tail speed is indeed higher than that of Mercedes Benz. Leclerc maintained the fastest speed in the first section of the track, but Mercedes' downforce advantage prevented Leclerc from biting Bottas in the third section of the track. Every time, the distance was shortened in front of Turn 2, and then it was led away again after one lap.
Leclerc was even led away by Bottas in the next few laps and failed to launch a fatal attack. In the end, Hamilton won the championship, Bottas ran second, Mercedes-Benz brought it back one or two again, Leclerc started at the pole position and only got third.
It is worth noting that the new soft tires replaced by Ferrari for Leclerc during the safety car did not help Leclerc complete a surpass. On the contrary, Ferrari lost a position because of that pit stop. Ferrari lost one or two and brought back a good game in vain. Not only did he lose the championship, but he also lost the runner-up.
