⁍ Lewis Hamilton plays down chances of record-equalling 91st career win.
⁍ Briton starts on a different tyre strategy to his closest rivals.
⁍ Valtteri Bottas, third, and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in second place.
– Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix from the pole position for the fourth time this season. But the Mercedes driver—who is one win away from equaling Michael Schumacher’s all-time win record—says the Sochi track is “probably the worst place to be on pole with the draggier cars we have this year,” Reuters reports. “I’m most likely to get dragged past tomorrow, and both the cars I’m racing against are on the medium tomorrow, so it definitely definitely going to make it hard to win the race,” he says. “If we can have a decent start then tow tow is very big around here so if I can get good draft, knows what is going to happen into Turn 2.”
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-motor-f1-russiahamilton-pole/motor-racing-hamilton-plays-down-his-chances-despite-russian-pole-idUSKBN26H0SP