For the fourth race in succession, Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc claimed pole position this time for the Russian Grand Prix, doing the business in qualifying yet again with a handy margin. Leclerc's best effort of 1:31.628 was faster than his first which was good enough for pole anyway. Lewis Hamilton dug deep to split the Ferrari duo albeit four-tenths of a second down on the pole-winning time. Not since 2001, when Michael Schumacher accomplished the feat, has a Ferrari driver scored four top spot starts in succession. Hamilton denied Ferrari an all-red front row by 0.023 of a second, with Sebastian Vettel third fastest – the gulf to his teammate 0.425 of a second. Max Verstappen...
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