Round the Clock Sport

F1 Champion Lewis Hamilton clocked the fastest lap in the Russian Grand Prix practise on Friday (April 29). Nico Rosberg, who is chasing his seventh win in a row and fourth of the season, was quickest in the Morning around the Olympic Park but dropped to third in the Afternoon. Hamilton clocked one minute 37.583 seconds on super-soft tyres compared to German teammate Rosberg’s  1:38.450.  Hamilton is the only driver to have won in Russia since the Race’s debut in 2014 and will be seeking for a hat-trick of wins on Sunday to cut down his team mate’s 36 points lead after just three of the 21 races. Friday’s morning practise also saw Daniel Ricciardo test a new head protection device developed by their team Red Bull. The Aero Screen which is the design the former champions believe is preferable to the ‘Halo’ which was tried by Ferrari in Pre-season testing, was used in Ricciardo’s car for one lap. Friday’s afternoon p...

Red Bull will try out their version of cockpit head protection in Friday's practise at the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi. This device known as the Aero Screen is one of two options that could be introduced into Formula 1 next season. Governing body FIA is keen on introducing a device that increases driver protection from flying debris. So far the focus has been on the other alternative device known as Halo. Halo was tried out on Ferrari cars earlier this year in pre-season testing, prompting mixed reactions from the paddock, with opinion divided over the system's aesthetics. The two devices share a similar elliptical shape above the driver's head, but differ in the way they are fixed at the front of the cockpit. The Halo has a central strut in front of the driver, which disappears from view during driving because of human's binocular vision.   Unlike the Halo, Red Bull's Aero Screen does not have a central pillar in front of the driver, but it too has arisen ques...