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Bottas leads Hamilton in red-flagged second practice

Article To news overview © Mercedes Mercedes have completed a Friday whitewash in Russia, with Valtteri Bottas leading Lewis Hamilton in second practice at the Sochi Autodrom. Having set the pace in the morning session, Bottas followed up again with a 1:33.593 on the Soft tyre to beat Hamilton by just 0.044 seconds. The session could yet end up serving as the qualifying classification for the Grand Prix on Sunday, given that Saturday's weather forecast is for heavy rain for qualifying on Saturday. This meant that the session had some added impetus for the drivers, with Bottas winning the battle for what could end up being pole position. AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly finished in third place,...
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