Rosberg still unbeaten after victory in Sochi

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Lewis Hamilton made a recovery from 10th to second place, clearly benefitting from a very crashy start in Sochi. The Brit had to cool down his attempt to overtake his team-mate as he had mid-race water-pressure scare which forced him slow down the pace. Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen took the final spot on the podium.

 

It was very problematic start with several clashes between drivers. Vettel made a good start and made an immediate move on Daniel Ricciardo on the inside of Turn 2. Then Kvyat hit his rear and the German hit the Aussie, who in turn hit Perez and punctured his right-rear tyre. But it wasn't over as the Russian would hit Vettel once again on Turn 3, this time sending the Ferrari driver into the wall. The German was raged as for the second race in-a-row he was put out by the Red BullRed BullAustria, 2004 > present12 models
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Kvyat and Ricciardo would both pit for a new front wing, but the Russian would also receive a 10 second stop and go for the two crashes with Vettel.

 

The safety car had to be called into action as there were a lot of debris on the track, as beside Vettel's collisions there were also another incident between Nico Hulkenberg and Esteban Gutierrez, with the Sauber driver hiting the German's Force IndiaForce IndiaIndia, 2007 > present8 models
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At the restart Hamilton started immediatly on attack mode and got the best of Felipe Massa and into Turn 4 he had already overtaken Kimi Raikkonen who had a poor exit out of the corner as he was chasing Valteri Bottas. The Finn from WilliamsWilliamsUnited Kingdom, 1977 > present37 models
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was still able to stay ahead of the world champion after both drivers pit, but he wouldn't be able to hold on to second place for long, as just two laps later Hamilton would go through and start the chase on his team-mate, a chase that had to be calmed down because of a warning of water pressure problem. Hamilton would finish the race 25 seconds behind his team-mate.

 

Valtteri Bottas lost his podium finish on the final laps to Kimi Raikkonen who had a one-stop strategy. Felipe Massa had a lonely race and finished in fifth position. Behind him Fernando Alonso took his first points since last July's Hungarian Grand Prix. The Spaniard benefitted from Toro RossoToro RossoItaly, 2006 > present10 models
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's Max Verstappen withdrawal with engine problems.

 

Kevin Magnussen made a strong effort to conquer for him and for RenaultRenaultFrance, 1898 > present189 models
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the first points of the season. The Danish driver finished in seventh ahead of Romain Grosjean who made a comeback to the points for HaasHaasUnited States of America, 2014 > present2 models
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. Sergio Perez finished ninth while Jenson Button overtook Carlos Sainz for the final scoring position.

 

Check the Driver's and Consctructor's World Championship standings here.

 

Pos	Driver	Team	Time
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1h32m41.997s
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	25.022s
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	31.998s
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	50.217s
5	Felipe Massa	Williams	1m14.427s
6	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1 Lap
7	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1 Lap
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1 Lap
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	1 Lap
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	1 Lap
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1 Lap
12	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	1 Lap
13	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1 Lap
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1 Lap
15	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull	1 Lap
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1 Lap
17	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas	1 Lap
18	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	2 Laps
-	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso	Power Unit
-	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Collision
-	Rio Haryanto	Manor	Collision
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	Collision