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Hamilton: Mercedes losing 0.8s to Ferrari on Sochi straights

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes is losing nearly a full second to chief Formula 1 rivals Ferrari on the straights alone following Friday practice for the Russian Grand Prix. The 2019 championship leader ended Friday’s running with the fourth-fastest time in his Mercedes, winding up 0.798s adrift of the pace set by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, while both Ferraris were also ahead. Hamilton is concerned Mercedes’ straightline speed deficit to Ferrari will prove too much to overturn, adding the Scuderia is “improving at a serious rate”. “It’s been a day of discovery and exploring, it started off not too bad and then it didn’t really improve as with the others, made some big...
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