Track view. Formula One World Championship, Rd16, Russian Grand Prix, Preparations, Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, Wedensday, 8 October 2014 © Sutton Images. No reproduction without permission
We outline all the need-to-know facts, stats and trivia ahead of the 2014 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix…
Circuit: Sochi Autodrom
Circuit length: 5.848 km (only Belgium and Great Britain are longer)
Circuit width: ranges between 13m to 15m
Number of corners: 18 (12 right, 6 left)
Projected maximum speed: 320 km/h (between Turns 1 and 2)
Projected average speed: 215 km/h
Projected lap time: 1m 36.9s
Longest straight: 650m (between Turns 1 and 2)
DRS zones: 2 - the first is between Turns 1 and 2 with the detection point prior to Turn 1; the second is between turns 10 and 12 with the detection point prior to Turn 10
Race laps: 53
Race distance: 309.745 km
2014 tyre compounds: soft, medium
Wins in first race at a brand new circuit (current grid): 2 - Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel; 1- Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa, Kimi Raikkonen
Podiums in first race at a brand new circuit (current grid): 5 - Fernando Alonso; 4 - Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button; 3 - Sebastian Vettel; 2 - Felipe Massa, Kimi Raikkonen; 1 - Nico Rosberg
Fascinating fact: - Sochi Autodrom is the only racing circuit in the world to be located in an Olympic venue, Sochi having played host to the XXII Olympic Winter Games in February this year
Number of Russian drivers to have started at least one Grand Prix: 2 (Vitaly Petrov, Daniil Kvyat)
Best finish by a Russian driver in F1: 3rd (Vitaly Petrov, Australia, 2011)
Best finish by Daniil Kvyat in 2014: 9th (Australia, Great Britain, Belgium)
Percentage of 2014 season complete: 79 percent
Maximum number of world championship points still available to a single driver: 125
Significant running sequences going into this weekend: Lewis Hamilton - 3 consecutive Grand Prix wins; Mercedes - 15 consecutive podiums; Renault - 114 consecutive races in the points as an engine manufacturer; Daniel Ricciardo - 13 consecutive points finishes; Mercedes - 7 consecutive pole positions
Potential record breakers: Mercedes have scored eight one-two finishes this year. They need two more over the remaining four races to tie McLaren's 1988 record of 10 one-twos in a season, and three more to eclipse it
Turbo history: If a Ferrari-powered car wins the race it will be the first Ferrari turbo win since the 1988 Italian Grand Prix