Round fifteen takes us to the street circuit around last year’s winter Olympic park in Sochi. The circuit winds it was around the Black Sea retort taking in some of the main venues of the games. The circuit has a mix of corners and straights flowing through the streets. The mountains and coastline provides perfect scenery for the race.
The circuit still provides a few places to overtake. Mercedes will be the team to beat because of the fast flowing nature and a one-two finish will mean they could retain the constructors championship.
Facts and figures
| Race | 2015 Russian Grand Prix
Гран-при России |
| Venue | Sochi Autodromo, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia |
| Circuit Length | 5.848KM (3.634 MI) |
| Laps | 53 |
| Race Distance | 309.732KM (192.459 MI |
| Lap Record | 01:40.896 (Finland Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 2014, F1) |
| Most wins drivers | Lewis Hamilton
Georgy Suvorin (1) Willy Scholl |
| Most wins manufacture | Mercedes (3)* |
*1913/14 completed under the Benz name
Event timetable
| Local | BST | GMT | |
| Friday | |||
| P1 | 1000-1130 | 0800-0930 | 0700-0830 |
| P2 | 1400-1530 | 1200-1330 | 1100-1230 |
| Saturday | |||
| P3 | 1200-1300 | 1000-1100 | 0900-1000 |
| Qualifying | 1500-1600 | 1300-1400 | 1200-1300 |
| Sunday | |||
| Race | 1400-1600 | 1200-1400 | 1100-1300 |
2014 Race Data
| P1 Fastest | P2 Fastest | P3 Fastest | Q1 Fastest | Q2 Fastest | Q3 Fastest | Race Time | Fastest Lap |
| 01:42.311 | 01:39.630 | 01:38.726 | 01:38.759 | 01:38.338 | 01:38.513 | 01:31:50.744 | 01:40.896 |
Classics
2014 – Mercedes take there first constructors championship a third victory in a row Russia a century after the last one in 1914.
