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‘Terrible' Sochi Turn 2 layout ‘should be rethought'
Formula 1 drivers have discussed reprofiling Sochi Autodrom’s Turn 2, according to Williams’ George Russell, who labelled the layout as “terrible” for racing. Sochi’s Turn 2 is the first braking point of the lap and features a 90-degree right hander that tightens on the exit, where the circuit kinks left, before leading into the long Turn 3. In recent years the FIA has set up a trio of bollards for drivers to negotiate on the entry to Turn 3 if they run to the left of the orange kerb located on the outside of Turn 2. If a driver fails to follow the route through the bollards then they risk incurring a five-second time penalty, as was applied to Daniel Ricciardo and Alexander...
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