Ferrari were always going to struggle at Sochi Autodrom, its power demanding nature means their drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are ill-equipped to do battle and know they have work to do to find race pace for the Russian Grand Prix. Day one in Russia does not provide good reading for Tifosi, although Leclerc was good for fourth in FP1, it was a different story in FP2 as he struggled to find the sweet spot, spun during the session to end 10th, 1.3s down on Valtteri Bottas' top time in the session. Sainz was a little better in the sister car, finishing seventh but lacking over a second on the benchmark lap time: 'There’s still a lot of work to do on the long run side as it looks...
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