This weekend’s 2021 Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom was a two chapter race that any of the top ten finishers could have won if they’d have rolled the intermediate tyre dice at the exact right time. Of course, Red Bull can celebrate minimal collateral damage from Max Verstappen’s power unit change that had him starting from the wrong end of the grid, but inevitably, it was not only the sublime tyre management of seven times World Champion Lewis Hamilton that had him looming large in the rearview mirrors of Lando Norris as the rain commenced, but it was also decades of experience that had him observing his teams recommendation to pit for the inters just before it was too late....
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