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Sainz Says Sochi’s Turn Two Is Badly Designed After Crashing There

McLaren driver Carlos Sainz has slammed the second corner of the Sochi Autodrom after crashing there on the first lap of the Russian Grand Prix. “That corner is not very well designed. It’s forcing drivers to take very strange lines and very strange incidents like the five-second penalties that we are given if we don’t negotiate that chicane next to a wall,” Sainz said. READ: Bottas Wins Russian GP After Hamilton Handed Double Penalty Prior to the race, drivers were instructed by stewards that if they go over the orange sausage kerb at the exit of turn two, they must re-join the track by going through the bollards on the side of the corner. Stewards told teams and drivers that they...
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