Ferrari back on Top....but for how long?

With the recent form, Ferrari has shown directly after the summer break, there seems to be an ever lingering question that now floats around in my mind. For how long can Ferrari keep up with this momentum, before Mercedes catches up again?

Ferrari has come back fighting after the summer break with Charles Leclerc taking four consecutive pole positions, winning the Belgium Grand Prix and the Italian Grand Prix in front of an ecstatic home crowd.

Sebastian Vettel took his maiden win at the Singapore Grand Prix last weekend, which I felt he deserved as Leclerc's pit stop strategy was mistimed.

Today, Leclerc will start from pole position again, for the Russian Grand Prix. He starts alongside Hamilton in 2nd, after he put in a miraculous comeback lap on his last run in Q3. Vettel will be starting from the second row in 3rd place.

With all the grid penalties, Valtteri Botas will start in 4th

Full revised starting grid:

POS     NO       DRIVER                        TEAM                                                     TIME

1          16         Charles Leclerc             FERRARI                                               1:31.628

2          44         Lewis Hamilton              MERCEDES                                          1:32.030

3          5           Sebastian Vettel            FERRARI                                               1:32.053

4          77         Valtteri Bottas                MERCEDES                                          1:32.632

5          55         Carlos Sainz                  MCLAREN RENAULT                           1:33.222

6          27         Nico Hulkenberg            RENAULT                                              1:33.289

7          4           Lando Norris                  MCLAREN RENAULT                            1:33.301

8          8           Romain Grosjean          HAAS FERRARI                                     1:33.517

9          33         Max Verstappen            RED BULL RACING HONDA                 1:32.310

10         3          Daniel Ricciardo            RENAULT                                               1:33.661

11         11         Sergio Perez                 RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES       1:33.958

12         99         Antonio Giovinazzi       ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI         1:34.037

13         20         Kevin Magnussen         HAAS FERRARI                                     1:34.082

14         18         Lance Stroll                  RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES        1:34.233

15         7           Kimi Räikkönen             ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI        1:34.840

16         10         Pierre Gasly                  SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA      1:33.950

17         63         George Russell             WILLIAMS MERCEDES                         1:35.356

18         23         Alexander Albon           RED BULL RACING HONDA                 1:39.197

19         88         Robert Kubica               WILLIAMS MERCEDES                         1:36.474

20         26         Daniil Kvyat                  SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA                     

Note - Verstappen, Albon and Gasly each penalised 5 places for use of additional power unit elements. Kvyat and Kubica required to start from the back of the grid due to multiple power unit element changes.