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Wolff thanks racing gods after nerve-racking qualification: "That happened today"

For Mercedes, the Grand Prix weekend in Russia seemed to have gone smoothly until a red flag seemed to be shuffling the cards during qualifying. Hamilton still managed to get pole position, but at Mercedes they got off with a fright. "Sometimes, it's the tracks where we perform well in practice, that prove to be the most difficult in Qualifying and the race. That happened today, with a very challenging Qualifying session", said team boss Toto Wolff afterwards. "We had a very strong care, but almost stumbled over a red flag. I think we had the racing gods on our side, that we were able to make it into Q3." Read more Stewards response: Hamilton doesn't receive a penalty...
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