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2018 Russian Grand Prix Results

Welcome to our coverage of the 2018 Russian Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Sochi.

Session Reports

FP1: Vettel leads the way in Sochi opening free practice

FP2: Mercedes takes charge in Sochi for second practice

FP3: Hamilton and Mercedes still unassailable as Ferrari struggles

Qualifying: Bottas beats Hamilton to pole in Mercedes-dominated session

Race: Hamilton handed Sochi win after Mercedes team orders

Photos

Gallery: All the build-up on Thursday in Sochi

Gallery: All the pictures from Friday in Sochi

Gallery: All the pictures from Saturday's practice and qualifying in Sochi

Gallery: All the pictures from Sunday's race in Sochi

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:34.488s		19
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:34.538s	+ 0.050s	22
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.818s	+ 0.330s	23
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:34.999s	+ 0.511s	28
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:35.524s	+ 1.036s	11
6	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:35.663s	+ 1.175s	24
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:35.696s	+ 1.208s	19
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:36.196s	+ 1.708s	21
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:36.274s	+ 1.786s	18
10	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	1:36.712s	+ 2.224s	22
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:36.816s	+ 2.328s	23
12	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:36.944s	+ 2.456s	25
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:37.022s	+ 2.534s	25
14	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:37.054s	+ 2.566s	24
15	Artem Markelov	Renault	1:37.183s	+ 2.695s	22
16	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:37.187s	+ 2.699s	27
17	Nicholas Latifi	Force India	1:37.206s	+ 2.718s	24
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:37.225s	+ 2.737s	25
19	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:37.944s	+ 3.456s	28
20	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:39.137s	+ 4.649s	13

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.385s		35
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:33.584s	+ 0.199s	33
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.827s	+ 0.442s	32
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:33.844s	+ 0.459s	37
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.928s	+ 0.543s	33
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:34.388s	+ 1.003s	31
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:35.122s	+ 1.737s	30
8	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:35.137s	+ 1.752s	28
9	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:35.147s	+ 1.762s	33
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:35.295s	+ 1.910s	35
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:35.331s	+ 1.946s	33
12	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:35.341s	+ 1.956s	37
13	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:35.432s	+ 2.047s	32
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:35.568s	+ 2.183s	35
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:35.911s	+ 2.526s	35
16	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:36.024s	+ 2.639s	29
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:36.074s	+ 2.689s	34
18	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:36.617s	+ 3.232s	31
19	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:36.861s	+ 3.476s	39
20	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:37.001s	+ 3.616s	35

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.067s		13
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:33.321s	+ 0.254s	16
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.667s	+ 0.600s	14
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:33.688s	+ 0.621s	11
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.937s	+ 0.870s	11
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:34.394s	+ 1.327s	14
7	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:34.628s	+ 1.561s	15
8	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:34.809s	+ 1.742s	16
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:34.820s	+ 1.753s	15
10	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:34.916s	+ 1.849s	14
11	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:34.988s	+ 1.921s	13
12	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:35.125s	+ 2.058s	21
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:35.185s	+ 2.118s	18
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:35.213s	+ 2.146s	12
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:35.370s	+ 2.303s	16
16	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:36.033s	+ 2.966s	22
17	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:36.071s	+ 3.004s	16
18	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:36.274s	+ 3.207s	20
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:36.597s	+ 3.530s	14
20	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:36.992s	+ 3.925s	21

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:32.964s	1:32.744s	1:31.387s
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.410s	1:32.595s	1:31.532s
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.476s	1:33.045s	1:31.943s
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:33.341s	1:33.065s	1:32.237s
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:34.078s	1:33.747s	1:33.181s
6	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:34.290s	1:33.596s	1:33.413s
7	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:33.924s	1:33.488s	1:33.419s
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:34.084s	1:33.923s	1:33.563s
9	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:34.022s	1:33.517s	1:33.704s
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:34.170s	1:33.995s	1:35.196s
11	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.048s
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:33.247s
13	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:34.383s
14	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:34.626s
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:34.655s
16	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:35.037s
17	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:35.504s
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:35.612s
19	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:35.977s
20	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:36.437s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53 laps - 1:27:25.181s	1
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 2.545s	1
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 7.487s	1
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	+ 16.543s	1
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 31.016s	1
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	+ 80.451s	1
7	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	+ 98.390s	1
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	1
9	Esteban Ocon	Force India	+ 1 lap	1
10	Sergio Pérez	Force India	+ 1 lap	1
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas	+ 1 lap	1
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	+ 1 lap	1
13	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	+ 1 lap	2
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	+ 1 lap	1
15	Lance Stroll	Williams	+ 1 lap	1
16	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	+ 2 laps	1
17	Carlos Sainz	Renault	+ 2 laps	1
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	+ 2 laps	1
19	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	DNF	1
20	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	DNF	2

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