Autosport: That happened while we were fishing out Alonso's best result in Sochi - which is a sixth place, achieved in 2014 (w… https://t.co/H15ZvksGtL
Autosport: Sure enough, Bottas goes fastest on a 1m33.593s to bat Alonso's previous best into the next district (we're not sur… https://t.co/VD4o0yomfC
Autosport: Verstappen also improves on softs to go second quickest, but there's a yawning gap to Bottas of 1.028s - the Red Bu… https://t.co/WWHDz4kYRu
Autosport: It's now been confirmed that Verstappen has taken a new PU and will start from the rear of the grid in Sochi on Sun… https://t.co/gNNRoWRlhn
Autosport: The first man onto the softs (having started the session on them) Leclerc has now been shuffled all the way back to… https://t.co/EioiVATOwI
Autosport: Interestingly, it's Alonso who has the best final sector time - which suggests he did the better job of keeping his… https://t.co/47TZbxPjNI
Autosport: Ricciardo has bolted on a set of softs, but is only able to advance one place up the order - he's currently P19, with a PB of 1m36.123s. #F1
Autosport: "I've got a tear-off stuck on the left-rear suspension, can I stop in the box?" asks Verstappen. How he knows that,… https://t.co/oyR0L6C0Pq