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GP of Russia - Race

100% success 4x4 for Rosberg, who seems unstoppable this year. His teammate managed to finish 2nd, after starting just 10th. Vettel had to retire right from the beginning, because of an accident caused by Kvyat (ironically). At last a good race for McLaren with both drivers finishing at the top ten. Race Results 1 Rosberg Mercedes 2 Hamilton Mercedes 3 Raikkonen Ferrari 4 Bottas Williams 5 Massa Williams 6 Alonso McLaren 7 Magnussen Renault 8 Grosjean Haas 9 Perez Force India 10 Button McLaren Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Rosberg 100 2 Hamilton 57 3 Raikkonen 43 4 Ricciardo 36 5 Vettel 33 6 Massa 32 7 Grosjean 22 8 Kvyat 21 9 Bottas 19 10 Verstappen 13 11 Alonso 8 12 Hulkenberg 6 13 Magnussen 6 14 Sainz 4 15 Perez 2 16 Vandoorne 1 17 Button 1 18 Palmer 0 19 Ericsson 0 20 Nasr 0 21 Wehrlein 0 ...

GP of Russia - Saturday sessions

China repeated Hamilton was the fastest at Free Practice 3, as you can read here , but again he had a problem and didn't set any time at Q3. Rosberg will start tomorrow from Pole Position and next to him will be Bottas. The Finn qualified 3rd and took advantage of Vettel's 5-place penalty (due to gearbox change), who will start 7th instead of 2nd. Check the times

GP of Russia - Friday sessions

Same all For once again the Mercedes team was the fastest in First Practice. Rosberg was quicker than Hamilton by 7 tenths of a second. Click here to view the times. In Free Practice 2 Hamilton set the best time, ahead of Vettel, who had a problem and didn't do a lot of laps. Third was Rosberg as you can see here . Ricciardo tested the "aeroscreen", a structure of glass that prevents objects to hit the driver's head and said it was "pretty good".

GP of Russia - updated

Tsar Hamilton won again despite starting second, while his teammate and rival retired. On the last lap, Raikkonen tried to pass Bottas and pushed him off track. The Williams driver was forced to retire and Raikkonen was given a penalty. Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Vettel Ferrari 3 Perez Force India 4 Massa Williams 5 Kvyat Red Bull 6 Nasr Sauber 7 Maldonado Lotus 8 Raikkonen Ferrari 9 Button McLaren 10 Verstappen Toro Rosso Fastest men FP1 Hulkenberg FP2 Massa FP3 Rosberg QP Rosberg Race Vettel Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 302 2 Vettel 236 3 Rosberg 229 4 Raikkonen 123 5 Bottas 111 6 Massa 109 7 Kvyat 76 8 Ricciardo 73 9 Perez 54 10 Grosjean 44 14 Hulkenberg 38 11 Verstappen 33 12 Nasr 25 13 Maldonado 22 18 Sainz 12 15 Alonso 11 16 Ericsson 9 17 Butto...

GP of Russia

1st Constructors' Championship for Mercedes! Fourth victory in a row for Hamilton, at the very first GP of Russia. Rosberg, despite being forced to pit early and drive almost the whole race with the same set of tyres, finished second. That was the ninth 1-2 for Mercedes this year, which secured the 1st ever Constructors' Championship for the "Silver Arrows" Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Bottas Williams 4 Button McLaren 5 Magnussen McLaren 6 Alonso Ferrari 7 Ricciardo Red Bull 8 Vettel Red Bull 9 Raikkonen Ferrari 10 Perez Force India Fastest men FP1 Rosberg FP2 Hamilton FP3 Hamilton QP Hamilton Race Bottas Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 291 2 Rosberg 274 3 Ricciardo 199 4 Bottas 145 5 Vettel 143 6 Alonso 141 7 Button 94 8 Hulkenberg 76 9 Massa 71...