Lewis Hamilton wins in Russia F1 Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes won in Russia for the second year running while his teammate Nico Rosberg retired.It was an exciting race at Sochi with accident and deployment of safety car in the first lap. Nico Hulkenberg of Force India and Marcus Ericsson of Sauber collided in turn 2 in the first lap. Romain Grosjean of Lotus and Max Verstappen of Toro Rosso were also in the pits. The safety car period was over in lap 4 and racing restarted with Nico Rosberg in the lead. However his lead lasted till lap 7 when his teammate Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes overtook him. Nico Rosberg had problems with his car and crawled back to pits to retire from the race. Mercedes confirmed that the throttle damper of Nico Rosberg’s car had failed.
Lewis Hamilton made no mistake and won the race for his 42nd victory. Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari finished in second position. Sergio Perez of Force India was third.
It was a very brave as well as fortunate drive by Sergio Perez to stick to one stop strategy. In the last lap Valtteri Bottas tried to overtake Sergio Perez and Kimi Raikkonen who was battling Bottas, also tried to sneak in. As a result there was contact and Bottas stopped. Sergio Perez regained his third position. Kimi Raikkonen limps home to fifth as Felipe Massa of Williams overtook Raikkonen to take the 4th spot. The collision between Kimi Raikkonen and Valtteri Bottas is being investigated and if replays prove to be conclusive the Kimi may be penalised.
After the first lap Safety car, it was again deployed in lap 12 when Romain Grosjean hit the walls hard causing another safety car period.
Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull who was running in 4th position retired in lap 48. Carlos Sainz retired in Lap 49.
Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari had the fastest lap of the race. Though that doesn't get you any more points, however, drivers try to get that statistic.
Results of Russian F1 Grand Prix 2015
EDIT: Raikkonen penalised
Kimi Raikkonen was penalised for the incident with Valtteri Bottas. Raikkonen was handed down a 30 seconds penalty and hence he dropped down from 5th to 8th. So Kvyat became 5th, Felipe Nasr became 6th and Pastor Maldonado 7th.
Fernando Alonso was also handed a penalty for not respecting the track limits and hence he dropped down to 11th. Max Verstappen of Toro Rosso is now classified as 10th.
Reclassified Russian F1 Grand Prix Results
Sl. Driver Team
1. Lewis
Hamilton Mercedes
2. Sebastian
Vettel Ferrari
3. Sergio
Perez Force India
4. Felipe
Massa Williams
5. Daniil
Kvyat Red Bull
6. Felipe
Nasr Sauber
7. Pastor
Maldonado Lotus
8. Kimi
Raikkonen Ferrari
9. Jenson
Button McLaren
10. Max
Verstappen Toro Rosso
11. Fernando
Alonso McLaren
12. Valtteri
Bottas Williams
13. Roberto
Merhi Marussia
14. Will
Stevens Marussia
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