Checo secured an important 12 points to keep the fight for P3 in the Constructors’ Championship wide open by finishing fourth in Formula 1’s Russian Grand Prix. Checo had a difficult start to the race from P4 and found himself fighting the Renaults. With Lance out of the race, Checo and the team took up the mantle in fighting for a strong result. Lance: “I made a great start to the race and I was up to P7 by the time of the collision. Having had the free choice of tyres, by starting outside of the top 10, we were in a really good place to execute a strong race and score plenty of points. But it was a bittersweet race with Lance being taken out of the race on lap one – through no fault of his own – when Leclerc hit his right rear tyre.

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