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Russian Grand Prix

2018  ·  Sochi Autodrom  ·  30 September 2018  ·  53 laps

  1. 1st Lewis Hamilton Mercedes · 01:27:25.181
  2. 2nd Valtteri Bottas Mercedes · +2.545
  3. 3rd Sebastian Vettel Ferrari · +7.487

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes  —  Pole position

02 Lap 4

Pierre Gasly

Retirement Toro Rosso  —  Brakes

03 Lap 4

Brendon Hartley

Retirement Toro Rosso  —  Brakes

04 Fastest Lap

Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes

05 On the Charge

Max Verstappen

Red Bull  —  P19 → P5

06 Victory

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 2 53 01:27:25.181 25
2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1 53 +2.545FL 18
3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 3 53 +7.487 15
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 4 53 +16.543 12
5 Max Verstappen Red Bull 19 53 +31.016 10
6 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 18 53 +1:20.451 8
7 Charles Leclerc Sauber 7 53 +1:38.390 6
8 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team 5 52 +1 Lap 4
9 Esteban Ocon Force India 6 52 +1 Lap 2
10 Sergio Pérez Force India 8 52 +1 Lap 1
11 Romain Grosjean Haas F1 Team 9 52 +1 Lap
12 Nico Hülkenberg Renault 12 52 +1 Lap
13 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 10 52 +1 Lap
14 Fernando Alonso McLaren 16 52 +1 Lap
15 Lance Stroll Williams 14 52 +1 Lap
16 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 15 51 +2 Laps
17 Carlos Sainz Renault 11 51 +2 Laps
18 Sergey Sirotkin Williams 13 51 +2 Laps
19 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso 17 4 Brakes
20 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso 20 4 Brakes

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