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Sirotkin: The most painful race of the year

One could only feel for Russian rookie Sergey Sirotkin during the weekend in Sochi for his home grand prix, where Williams were once again woefully off the pace making it a forgettable first race on home soil. Sirotkin was 18th in FP1, 19th in FP2, 17th in FP3 and 18th in qualifying, more than three seconds slower than the fastest time in Q1. But due to penalties taken by frontrunners, the Williams driver started the race higher up on the grid than expected but was soon gobbled up by the pack and spent the rest of his afternoon at the wrong end of the field. He crossed the finish line last of the 18 cars running at the end Sirotkin reflected afterwards, 'A very painful race. The most...
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