Russian Grand Prix 2018-09-30

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Event
Russian Grand Prix

Date
Sun 30th September 2018 (UTC)

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00:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2018

Round
16

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Location
Sochi Autodrom

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The Russian Grand Prix is an annual auto race held at Sochi Autodrom – a street circuit built around Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia, as part of the Formula One World Championship.
The race was first held briefly in the 1910s in Saint Petersburg of the Russian Empire. Plans were made to host a Formula One event in Moscow for the 1983 season as the Grand Prix of the Soviet Union, these plans fell through. In 2010, it was officially announced that the Russian city of Sochi, which was also preparing to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, would host a new event on the Formula One calendar, beginning in 2014 under a seven-year deal.
The inaugural event was held on 12 October 2014, and was won by British driver Lewis Hamilton, followed by German driver Nico Rosberg, both from the Mercedes-Benz team, and Valtteri Bottas, of Williams.

The 2018 Russian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 2018 VTB Russian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 30 September 2018 at the Sochi Autodrom in Sochi, Russia. The race was the sixteenth round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the seventh running of the Russian Grand Prix and the fifth time the race was held in Sochi.
The race was moved from its April date to September to fill the vacancy of the Malaysian Grand Prix, which was discontinued at the end of the 2017 season.

At the start, Sebastian Vettel had a better start than Lewis Hamilton, but there was no room to overtake heading into turn one. On lap 4, both Scuderia Toro Rosso drivers Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley suffered brake failures which forced both to retire. They were the only retirements of the race.
Later on lap 14, Hamilton made his one and only pitstop of the race, putting him behind Vettel. Two laps later, Hamilton made a move on Sebastian Vettel at turn 3 and passed him into fourth place into turn 4.
The most notable moment of the race came on lap 26, when Mercedes asked Valtteri Bottas to let Lewis Hamilton through into second at turn 13. Max Verstappen, who led the race since lap 19, came in for his pitstop on lap 42.
Hamilton won the race for the third time in his career, with Valtteri Bottas second and Sebastian Vettel completing the podium in third place. As a consequence, Hamilton extended his lead over Vettel in the championship to 50 points.

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Result List

Result Description

Pos/ Driver/Car/Laps/Time/Retired /Pts

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

Driver Standings
Pos /Driver /Car /Pts

1/ L. Hamilton/ Mercedes/ 306
2/ S. Vettel/ Ferrari/ 256
3/ V. Bottas/ Mercedes/ 189
4/ K. Räikkönen/ Ferrari/ 186
5/ M. Verstappen/ Red Bull/ 158
6/ D. Ricciardo/ Red Bull/ 134
7/ K. Magnussen/ Haas/ 53
8/ N. Hülkenberg/ Renault/ 53
9/ F. Alonso/ McLaren/ 50
10/ S. Pérez/ Racing Point/ 47

Constructor Standings
1/Mercedes/ 495
2/Ferrari/ 442
3/Red Bull / 292
4/Renault/ 91
5/Haas/ 80
6/McLaren/ 58
7/Racing Point/ 35
8/Toro Rosso/ 30
9/Sauber/ 27
10/Williams/ 7

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