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2020 Russian Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2020 Russian Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Sochi Autodrom.

Session Reports

FP1: Bottas leads first practice in Sochi from Ricciardo and Verstappen

FP2: Mercedes dominant on Friday as Bottas edges Hamilton

FP3: Mercedes upholds dominance as Hamilton goes fastest

Qualifying: Hamilton survives to snatch pole at Sochi ahead of Verstappen

Race: Bottas takes second Sochi win after Hamilton penalised

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Sochi

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Sochi

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Sochi

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Sochi

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:34.923s		13
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:35.430s	+ 0.507s	22
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:35.577s	+ 0.654s	22
4	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:35.796s	+ 0.873s	23
5	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:35.965s	+ 1.042s	20
6	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1:36.061s	+ 1.138s	23
7	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	1:36.230s	+ 1.307s	21
8	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	1:36.254s	+ 1.331s	24
9	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:36.323s	+ 1.400s	22
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:36.706s	+ 1.783s	25
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:36.896s	+ 1.973s	23
12	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:36.970s	+ 2.047s	8
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:37.110s	+ 2.187s	28
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:37.201s	+ 2.278s	17
15	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:37.230s	+ 2.307s	23
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:37.430s	+ 2.507s	22
17	George Russell	Williams	1:37.595s	+ 2.672s	23
18	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:37.649s	+ 2.726s	24
19	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:37.716s	+ 2.793s	18
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:37.784s	+ 2.861s	11

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:33.519s		37
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.786s	+ 0.267s	33
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:34.577s	+ 1.058s	27
4	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:34.723s	+ 1.204s	36
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:34.847s	+ 1.328s	33
6	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:34.890s	+ 1.371s	35
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:35.048s	+ 1.529s	30
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:35.052s	+ 1.533s	35
9	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1:35.139s	+ 1.620s	28
10	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:35.183s	+ 1.664s	35
11	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:35.210s	+ 1.691s	35
12	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	1:35.242s	+ 1.723s	31
13	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	1:35.461s	+ 1.942s	37
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:35.516s	+ 1.997s	33
15	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:35.563s	+ 2.044s	31
16	George Russell	Williams	1:35.575s	+ 2.056s	30
17	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:35.627s	+ 2.108s	34
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:35.729s	+ 2.210s	32
19	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:36.053s	+ 2.534s	36
20	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:36.858s	+ 3.339s	32

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.279s		16
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:34.055s	+ 0.776s	19
3	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:34.096s	+ 0.817s	17
4	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1:34.239s	+ 0.960s	13
5	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:34.252s	+ 0.973s	14
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:34.306s	+ 1.027s	11
7	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:34.594s	+ 1.315s	14
8	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:34.732s	+ 1.453s	13
9	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	1:34.768s	+ 1.489s	14
10	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:34.787s	+ 1.508s	12
11	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:34.792s	+ 1.513s	12
12	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:34.806s	+ 1.527s	14
13	George Russell	Williams	1:34.979s	+ 1.700s	16
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:35.257s	+ 1.978s	14
15	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:35.292s	+ 2.013s	14
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:35.451s	+ 2.172s	14
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:35.590s	+ 2.311s	15
18	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:35.599s	+ 2.320s	15
19	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	1:35.603s	+ 2.324s	14
20	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:35.981s	+ 2.702s	17

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.983s	1:32.835s	1:31.304s
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.630s	1:33.157s	1:31.867s
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:32.656s	1:32.405s	1:31.956s
4	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:33.704s	1:33.038s	1:32.317s
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:33.650s	1:32.218s	1:32.364s
6	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:33.967s	1:32.757s	1:32.550s
7	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1:33.557s	1:33.196s	1:32.624s
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:33.804s	1:33.081s	1:32.847s
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:33.734s	1:33.139s	1:33.000s
10	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	1:33.919s	1:33.153s	1:33.008s
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:34.071s	1:33.239s
12	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	1:33.511s	1:33.249s
13	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:33.852s	1:33.364s
14	George Russell	Williams	1:34.020s	1:33.583s
15	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:34.134s	1:33.609s
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:34.592s
17	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:34.594s
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:34.681s
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:35.066s
20	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:35.267s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	53 laps - 1:34:00.364s	1
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 7.729s	1
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 22.729s	1
4	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	+ 30.558s	1
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	+ 52.065s	1
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 62.186s	1
7	Esteban Ocon	Renault	+ 68.006s	1
8	Daniil Kvyat	AlphaTauri	+ 68.740s	1
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 89.766s	2
10	Alexander Albon	Red Bull	+ 97.860s	2
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	1
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	1
13	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 1 lap	1
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	1
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 1 lap	2
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+ 1 lap	1
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas	+ 1 lap	2
18	George Russell	Williams	+ 1 lap	3
19	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	DNF	0
20	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	DNF	0

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