Categories: F1 News, Reports and Race ResultsRace weekend

LIVE: Russian Grand Prix

40

Follow live coverage of the Russian Grand Prix from Sochi Autodrom with F1i.

Nico Rosberg starts from pole position knowing he needs to outscore Lewis Hamilton, who is closing in on a second consecutive world title. Hamilton is alongside his team-mate on the front row, with Mercedes needing to score just three more points than Ferrari to secure the constructors' championship.

Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel make up row two as Williams takes the fight to Ferrari this weekend, but Felipe Massa starts down in 15th place after a difficult qualifying session.

Force India will look to score heavily from sixth and seventh on the grid with Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez respectively, while Max Verstappen starts directly ahead of both Red Bull drivers in ninth place.

Verstappen's Toro Rosso team-mate Carlos Sainz has been cleared to race following his heavy accident during FP3 on Saturday which saw him airlifted to hospital, with the Spaniard starting from the back of the grid. In fact, grid penalties have resulted in all three Spanish drivers filling the back three grid positions, with Roberto Merhi 18th and Fernando Alonso 19th after power unit penalties.

You can follow all the live coverage on F1i's live page, which can be bookmarked as it will provide commentary on every session of the 2015 F1 season.

LIVE: Russian Grand Prix

Rosberg beats Hamilton to Sochi pole

Click here for the F1 drivers' girlfriends gallery

Keep up to date with all the F1 news via Facebook and Twitter

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.