With the Formula 1 world waiting with anticipation on how this season's title contenders get on with their skirmishes at the 2021 Russian Grand Prix, Sochi delivered a thriller, albeit for five laps only. The weekend of the Russian Grand Prix started with various questions hovering over the paddock, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen incurring a three-place grid penalty for his crash with title contender Lewis Hamilton in Monza two weeks earlier. This initial penalty triggered questions about the power unit strategy the Austrian outfit would adopt, by deciding whether or not they add a new power unit to their allocation, taking the inevitable grid penalty that would entail. The answer was...
Full Story »