Categories: Look backRace and classic pictures

To Russia with love

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A pretty recent 'look back' today with this unmistakably Russian scene from last year's inaugural Grand Prix at Sochi Autodrom, which saw Lewis Hamilton win the race after starting from pole position and leading every lap. His team mate Nico Rosberg had a very different time of it on his way to second place however, forced to work his way from the back after having to make an unscheduled early pit stop. Their eventual 1-2 success confirmed Mercedes as the 2014 Formula One constructors champions at the end of of the race.

In just seven day's time we'll already be midway through the second Russian Grand Prix. Will Hamilton be having similar success as he did last year, or will it be Rosberg's turn to get back on top and reduce the deficit in the drivers championship? Time will tell!

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.