Unusual numbers from the Russian Grand Prix
This weekend, Formula 1 cars will race in the heart of the Sochi Olympic Park for the 15th round of the World Championship, the perfect opportunity for Motors Inside to review the key figures of this Grand Prix.
5,848: This is the length, in kilometers, of the Sochi Autodrome located in the heart of the Olympic Park created for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
53: The number of laps that the drivers will complete this Sunday during the race.
309,745: This is the total distance that the drivers will have to cover to see the checkered flag.
1’31”304: This is the track record set by Lewis Hamilton last year.
100: Since the creation of the Russian Grand Prix, no team has managed to beat Mercedes, which has won 9 times. The German team has been unbeaten since the first edition of this race in 1913 in St. Petersburg.
Georgy Suvorin won the first race, Willy Scholl won it in 1914. Since the hybrid era, Lewis Hamilton came first in 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2019, Nico Rosberg managed to win in 2016. Valtteri Bottas secured two victories in 2017 and 2020.
4: This is the record for the most wins in the Russian Grand Prix, held by Lewis Hamilton.
2017: That year, Valtteri Bottas won for the first time in his career, during his first season driving a Silver Arrow.
15: Nikita Mazepin will become the 15th driver on the grid to participate in his national Grand Prix this weekend. Only Mick Schumacher, Nicholas Latifi, and Lance Stroll (cancelled Canadian GP 2021), Yuki Tsunoda (cancelled Japanese GP 2021), Valtteri Bottas, and Kimi Räikkönen have not had this opportunity.
