2018 Russian Grand Prix them automatically receiving places 11 and 12. They were then able to start the race on fresh tyres of their selection. 2018 Russian Grand Prix The 2018 Russian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 2018 VTB Russian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 30 September 2018 at the Sochi Autodrom in Sochi, Russia. The race was the sixteenth round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the seventh running of the Russian Grand Prix and the fifth time the race was held in Sochi. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the round with a 40-point
1993 Australian Grand Prix was the last race for cars with active suspension, which was to be banned from 1994 along with other driver aids. Riccardo Patrese and Derek Warwick also retired from F1 after this race, Patrese having competed in a then-record 256 Grands Prix. It was also to be Senna's final F1 victory, the last for a Brazilian driver until 2000 when Rubens Barrichello won the German Grand Prix that year, and would also prove to be the final victory for McLaren while they were sponsored by Marlboro. Senna took his first pole position since the 1992 Canadian Grand Prix, in the