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26 Sep, 17 tweets, 12 min read

Race Day!!! #RussianGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

Interesting. Why aren't they playing the Russian national anthem? #RussianGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

Formation lap. #RussianGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

Lights out!!! #RussianGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

Lap 2. Great start from the Scuds. Sai leads from Nor. Lec has jumped from P19 to P12. #RussianGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

Lap 6. Sai leads Nor by 1.9s. Rus doing a good job holding up the faster cars. Lec stuck behind Vet but within DRS. #RussianGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

Lap 8. Nor is reeling in Sai. Now almost within DRS. #RussianGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

Lap 14. Nor passes Sai for the lead. Lec is P13 after Ver gets past. #RussianGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

Lap 19. Undercut doesn't look to be working for Sai. He's 4.5s behind where he needs to be to jump Nor. #RussianGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

Lap 21. That early stop may come back to bite the Scuds. When the others stop, they won't be too far behind and will be on much fresher tyres. #RussianGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

Lap 31. Early stop has completely destroyed Sai's race. He's 6s now behind Ham and 10s behind Nor who's on much better tyres. He'll be lucky to finish P5. #RussianGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

Lap 40. Sai benefits from pit stop errors. Doing well to keep Ric and Per behind. If he can manage to do it for another 14 laps (doubtful), he'll be good for a podium. #RussianGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

Lap 46. Per gets past Ric. Can Sai keep him behind for the podium? 2.1s separates them. #RussianGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

Final Lap. Sai is on for a podium thanks to the rain!!!! Ham leads. Ver P2. #RussianGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

Ham wins. Ver. Sai. Ric. Bot. Alo. Nor. Rai. Per. Rus. #RussianGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

That was a fantastic race! A podium for the Scuds. Great damage limitation for Ver. From the back of the grid to P2! Ham was expected to win here but was lucky to do so. #RussianGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

@SkySportsF1

One feels for Lando, but after the gloating by the @SkySportsF1 team about having 3 Brits in the top 4 starting positions at the beginning of the race, having them finish 1, 7 and 10 is, I must admit, a bit of a relief. #RussianGP #ForzaFerrari #F1

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