Qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix was expected to be easy for Mercedes, but changing conditions threw a spanner in the works. The session on Saturday ended up being a chaotic and very surprising qualifying, with the following starting grid for the Russian Grand Prix for the time being. We've seen quite a few surprises in 2021, but they often came on Sunday. At Sochi Autodrom, it was time for a very surprising qualifying session, where actually an easy pole position for Lewis Hamilton or Valtteri Bottas was expected. Especially with Hamilton's skills in the rain, a wet Sochi would have been a dream scenario for him. Disaster for Hamilton At the end of qualifying, however, everything...
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