Carlos Sainz - 12th place - 7/10
Formula 1 has not been kind to Sainz very often so far in his short career, and Sunday in Russia appeared to be another case of bad luck. The Spaniard made a good start from 11th on the grid but picked up debris from as he followed Kvyat and Vettel through Turn 3. With the debris lodged in his sidepod, the power unit went in to protection mode and Sainz was losing ground so took his first stop early to rectify the issue. Having to try and make the soft tyre last 40 laps, a 10 second time penalty for forcing Palmer off track on the exit of Turn 2 left him with too much of a mountain to climb.
