Thursday was a chilled out affair in Moscow. Teams have got very slick with the set up of their garages and racing cars, meaning that much of the afternoon was particularly calm. Wednesday and Thursday were very hot, with temperatures considerably cooler on Friday.

The pit lane is on a distinct hill, running downhill towards the pit exit. That’s meant considerable extra effort for crews having to push carts of components and cars up and down.

The pit lane itself is far narrower than we’ve seen at previous rounds, while the quality of the catch fencing looks far superior to much of what we’ve seen before.

There’s no Friday afternoon shakedown because the main roads ringing the Kremlin, which will form the track, can’t be closed until later this evening. However, the military-like efficiency and precision of operations that we’ve seen so far gives us no reason to doubt that the track will be ready in time for first practice on Saturday morning.

Here are some of Dan’s snaps from Thursday afternoon.