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Russell's perfect idea as F1 drivers want Sochi's 'terrible' Turn 2 changed
Sep 30, 2020
Formula 1 drivers want Turn 2 at Sochi altered following numerous incidents during the Russian Grand Prix.
The first real corner on the circuit has seen numerous incidents down the years and several different attempts at policing track limits, with the tarmac paradise of the Olympic Park ruling out the grass and gravel seen at Mugello.
In the past few years, a series of bollards have been installed to ensure those running wide lost time but it was when navigating this little chicane that Carlos Sainz crashed into the barrier on the opening lap, ending his race.
“A misjudgement by my side, a mistake," said the McLaren driver. "I still think that corner shouldn’t exist.
"It is not a very nice corner to drive around and it generates these kind of situations but I just misjudged it.”
Later, Daniel Ricciardo was given a five-second penalty for failing to round the bollards after just running the other side of the sausage kerb and he too voiced his displeasure at the design.
"The geometry is weird, my situation, for example, I locked up, it’s always going to be tight," commented the Aussie.
"Just the way it is shaped it leaves you with hope until the very last minute or very last second I should say.
"By that point, you have committed you can’t really go back across [to the bollards], you would lose more than five seconds, there is that point of no return and I got to that."
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