FORMULA 1 VTB RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX 2021

Welcome to the FORMULA 1 VTB RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX 2021!

FORMULA 1

FORMULA 1 is the top open-wheel motorsport category. There the best drivers fight each other closely followed by millions of fans across the globe.

The Formula 1 sports weekend consists of three practice sessions, a qualifying session and the race which will determine the winner of the Russian Grand Prix. After the race finishes, the top three drivers and a representative of the winning team will go onto the podium for the prize-giving ceremony.

The Formula 1 event in Sochi is speed, passion and style contained in one race weekend:

SPEED

World’s best drivers fighting each other

Legendary championship

Groundbreaking solutions and technical achievements

Extreme battles at the first and only F1 circuit in the country

PASSION

Great experience for each of tens of thousands of fans

Festival of Thrill and Engines

Sports and entertainment sites in the Olympic Park

Concerts

STYLE

Entertainment during the Formula 1 event

Traditional activities and the new culture of modern Sochi

All celebrities in one place

Parties during the Formula 1 event

SUPPORT RACES

Support races are full of uncompromising battles between young talented drivers dreaming of getting into Formula 1.

In 2020, round of the best youth international championship Formula 2 will be supporting acts for the Russian Grand Prix.

A Formula 2 sport weekend consists of one practice session, a qualifying session and two races.

CIRCUIT

Sochi Autodrom is the only circuit hosting Formula 1® races in Russia.

It was designed by Tilke GmbH & Co. KG and officially opened in the Olympic Park in Sochi on 20 September 2014. From 9 to 12 October 2014, it hosted the inaugural FORMULA 1 RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX.

The length of the Sochi Autodrom track is 5,848 metres. It runs around 2014 Winter Olympic Games venues. The track has 18 turns in total: 12 right ones and 6 left ones. Looking at a map of the track, your eye can’t help but be drawn to the long Turn 3 - a 750m constant-radius left-hander.

See you at the FORMULA 1 VTB RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX 2021!