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Sochi Speed Trap: who is the fastest of them all?
While not a power track, Sochi's Olympic Park Autodrom does include two high-speed sections where it's vital to maximise top speed, for performance considerations but also to facilitate overtaking. For all the talk about Ferrari's top speed might, Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc were not among the top speed contenders in qualifying on Saturday. Leclerc, despite his outstanding rum to pole position, clocked in 14th through the speed trap, some 8 km/h down on the fastest car in a straight line, Lance Stroll's Mercedes-powered Racing Point. Wolff says Ferrari has 'the perfect package' now The relative top speed underperformance by the Ferrari pair perhaps reflects the qualities of the...
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