2017 F1 Russian Grand Prix – Race Results

7 years, 5 months ago - 3 May 2017, motor1
2017 F1 Russian Grand Prix – Race Results
Sunday's 2017 F1 Russian GP at Sochi comes to an end. Here are the results.

Valtteri Bottas fended off a late charge from Sebastian Vettel to secure the first Formula 1 victory his career in the Russian Grand Prix at Sochi.

The Mercedes driver crossed the line just 0.617 seconds ahead of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, with Kimi Raikkonen taking his first podium of the season with third.

Bottas made a blistering start from third on the grid, benefitting from a slow-starting Raikkonen and then passing Vettel on the run to Turn 2 to take the lead.

The race was then neutralised shortly after when the safety car was deployed following Romain Grosjean and Jolyon Palmer's collision at Turn 2.

At the restart, Bottas put the hammer down and gradually went about building up a lead over Vettel that grew to just over four seconds.

Bottas caught traffic ahead of the pitstops, allowing Vettel to cut the deficit to 2.5s before Mercedes called Bottas in at the end of lap 27 to swap ultra-softs for supersofts.

Vettel stayed out for an extra seven laps, with his pace remaining competitive, and rejoined just over four seconds adrift of Bottas following his stop for the supersofts.

Championship leader Vettel slowly chipped away at that deficit, getting the gap down to just under a second at one stage to set up a grandstand finish.

But Bottas, who asked for "less talking" on the team radio in the closing laps, kept his composure to fend off Vettel and take his first victory in his 81st F1 start.

Lewis Hamilton had a frustrating afternoon, making a good start initially but struggling in the second phase of acceleration as he stayed in fourth.

The three-time world champion complained consistently that his car was overheating in the first half of the race and after the stops he was unable to catch Raikkonen and ended up a lonely fourth.

Max Verstappen was out on his own, too, in fifth, well adrift of the leading quartet but comfortably ahead of Force India's Sergio Perez.

Verstappen's teammate Daniel Ricciardo retired after slowing on track with a rear brake problem.

Force India scored points with both cars for the fourth race in succession as Esteban Ocon took seventh.

Renault's Nico Hulkenberg was eighth, with Felipe Massa on-course for sixth before he was forced to make a second stop late on because of a slow puncture that dropped the Williams driver to ninth.

Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz completed the top 10 as rookie Lance Stroll finished his first grand prix, just missing out on a point in 11th.

Grosjean and Palmer's respective races lasted just two corners, with the former trying a pass at Turn 2 down the inside.

The pair touched with Palmer spun round and the Haas of Grosjean pitched into the barrier.

It was a miserable weekend for McLaren, with Fernando Alonso failing to start the race after stopping his car at the entry to the pits on the formation lap.

Honda suspects the loss of power was down to an ERS issue, but is still investigating.

The other McLaren of Stoffel Vandoorne was 14th, ahead of the two Saubers of Marcus Ericsson and Pascal Wehrlein.

2017 FORMULA 1 VTB RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX - RACE RESULT

POS NO DRIVER                 CAR                                     LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS

177Valtteri BottasMERCEDES521:28:08.74325
25Sebastian VettelFERRARI52+0.617s18
37Kimi RäikkönenFERRARI52+11.000s15
444Lewis HamiltonMERCEDES52+36.320s12
533Max VerstappenRED BULL RACING TAG HEUER52+60.416s10
611Sergio PerezFORCE INDIA MERCEDES52+86.788s8
731Esteban OconFORCE INDIA MERCEDES52+95.004s6
827Nico HulkenbergRENAULT52+96.188s4
919Felipe MassaWILLIAMS MERCEDES51+1 lap2
1055Carlos SainzTORO ROSSO51+1 lap1
1118Lance StrollWILLIAMS MERCEDES51+1 lap0
1226Daniil KvyatTORO ROSSO51+1 lap0
1320Kevin MagnussenHAAS FERRARI51+1 lap0
142Stoffel VandoorneMCLAREN HONDA51+1 lap0
159Marcus EricssonSAUBER FERRARI51+1 lap0
1694Pascal WehrleinSAUBER FERRARI50+2 laps0
NC3Daniel RicciardoRED BULL RACING TAG HEUER5DNF0
NC30Jolyon PalmerRENAULT0DNF0
NC8Romain GrosjeanHAAS FERRARI0DNF0
NC14Fernando AlonsoMCLAREN HONDA0DNS0

2017 DRIVER STANDINGS

POS DRIVER NATIONALITY CAR PTS

1Sebastian VettelGERFERRARI86
2Lewis HamiltonGBRMERCEDES73
3Valtteri BottasFINMERCEDES63
4Kimi RäikkönenFINFERRARI49
5Max VerstappenNEDRED BULL RACING TAG HEUER35
6Daniel RicciardoAUSRED BULL RACING TAG HEUER22
7Sergio PerezMEXFORCE INDIA MERCEDES22
8Felipe MassaBRAWILLIAMS MERCEDES18
9Carlos SainzESPTORO ROSSO11
10Esteban OconFRAFORCE INDIA MERCEDES9
11Nico HulkenbergGERRENAULT6
12Romain GrosjeanFRAHAAS FERRARI4
13Kevin MagnussenDENHAAS FERRARI4
14Daniil KvyatRUSTORO ROSSO2
15Pascal WehrleinGERSAUBER FERRARI0
16Lance StrollCANWILLIAMS MERCEDES0
17Antonio GiovinazziITASAUBER FERRARI0
18Jolyon PalmerGBRRENAULT0
19Stoffel VandoorneBELMCLAREN HONDA0
20Fernando AlonsoESPMCLAREN HONDA0
21Marcus EricssonSWESAUBER FERRARI0

2017 CONSTRUCTOR STANDINGS

1MERCEDES136
2FERRARI135
3RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER57
4FORCE INDIA MERCEDES31
5WILLIAMS MERCEDES18
6TORO ROSSO13
7HAAS FERRARI8
8RENAULT6
9SAUBER FERRARI0
10MCLAREN HONDA0