Championship leader Max Verstappen will start the race from the back of the pack after Red Bull elected to fit a new Honda power train on his car.
This means the fight for pole position will be down to Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, and the second Red Bull of Sergio Perez.
Although Mercedes has won all seven races at Sochi since the circuit joined the F1 calendar in 2014, the German manufacturer doesn’t have a perfect record when it comes to qualifying. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel took pole position in the 2017 edition of the race, while his teammate Charles Leclerc topped qualifying at Sochi two years later.
Qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix will begin at 15:00 local time (+3 GMT) at Sochi Autodrom. The three-part session will last approximately one hour.
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Session
GMT
BST
CEST
ET
PT
AEST
JST
IST
FP1
08:30
09:30
10:30
04:30
01:30
18:30
17:30
14:00
FP2
13:00
14:00
05:00
21:00
17:30
FP3
09:00
10:00
11:00
05:00
19:00
14:30
Qualifying
12:00
13:00
14:00
08:00
05:00
21:00
17:30
Race
12:00
13:00
14:00
08:00
05:00
22:00
21:00
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Motorsport.com will bring the latest updates from Sochi throughout the weekend, including live commentary during qualifying on Saturday.
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