Russian Grand Prix live: Latest as Nico Rosberg wins ahead of Lewis Hamilton with Vettel out in first-lap crash
Re-live the latest from the Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom
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Your support makes all the difference.Nico Rosberg won a seventh consecutive grand prix to extend his championship lead over Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton with the reigning world champion finishing second, but it was a nightmare race for Sebastian Vettel after he was taken out by Daniil Kvyat on the opening lap. Re-live the action here.
- Rosberg wins his seventh straight grand prix to extend championship lead to 43 points
- Hamilton salvages second after starting from tenth
- Kimi Raikkonen comes home in third to give Ferrari their 700th podium
- Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button finish sixth and tenth respectively to give McLaren double-points finish
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Final Times after Qualifying:
1 Nico Rosberg(Ger) Mercedes GP 1min 35.417secs
2 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:36.123
3 Valtteri Bottas(Fin) Williams 1:36.536
4 Kimi Raikkonen(Fin) Ferrari 1:36.663
5 Felipe Massa(Bra) Williams 1:37.016
6 Daniel Ricciardo(Aus) Red Bull 1:37.125
7 Sergio Perez(Mex) Force India 1:37.212
8 Daniil Kvyat(Rus) Red Bull 1:37.459
9 Max Verstappen(Ned) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:37.583
10 Lewis Hamilton(Gbr) Mercedes GP No Time
11 Carlos Sainz(Spa) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:37.652
12 Jenson Button(Gbr) McLaren 1:37.701
13 Nico Hulkenberg(Ger) Force India 1:37.771
14 Fernando Alonso(Spa) McLaren 1:37.807
15 Romain Grosjean(Fra) Haas F1 1:38.055
16 Esteban Gutierrez(Mex) Haas F1 1:38.115
17 Kevin Magnussen(Den) Renault 1:38.914
18 Jolyon Palmer(Gbr) Renault 1:39.009
19 Felipe Nasr(Bra) Sauber-Ferrari 1:39.018
20 Pascal Wehrlein(Ger) Manor Racing 1:39.399
21 Rio Haryanto(Ina) Manor Racing 1:39.463
22 Marcus Ericsson(Swe) Sauber-Ferrari 1:39.519
Lap 1: Well, it was chaos as predicted. The Red Bull of Kvyat hit the back of Vettel into turn two, sending the Ferrari into Ricciardo. Behind, Hulkenberg spun out and is out of the race, while Perez has a right-rear puncture. As the field rounds turn four, Vettel has a puncture and spins off and into theoutside wall, and he's out of the race. The safety car is deployed and into the pits comes Kvyat, Ricciardo, Perez and Gutierrez. All this mean Rosberg leads from Raikkonen, who dived beneath Bottas. The Williams' of Bottas and Massa are line astern in third and fourth, and Hamilton is already up to fifth!
Lap 3: Wow. So while Vettel had damage, it appears that Kvyat hit him not only once but twice, and actually spun him into the barrier.Safety Car is in and we're back to racing!
Lap 4: It's a good restart from Rosberg but it's a cracking one for both Bottas and Hamilton. Bottas catches Raikkonen napping and outbrakes him into turn two, with Hamilton replicating the move on Massa to move into fourth. Massa now under pressure from Verstappen, who in turn has Alonso all over him.
Lap 30: Brilliant stuff. Ricciardo passes Magnussen into turn two for eighth, but the Dane fights back and snatches the position in turn five. That allows Grosjean to follow through, and the Haas is up to ninth. Ricciardo pits at the end of the lap, moving Sainz up to tenth.
Lewis Hamilton has made up eight places today Lap 34: Do we have a battle on at the front? The gap is down to eight seconds and Hamilton can nearly see the race leader, with 18 laps remaining. Verstappen has a problem and it is his engine - we saw that smoke at the start - and he pulls over at turn two. He parks it well and there won't be a safety car.
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