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It is no exaggeration to say that the Russian GP won by Valtteri Bottas was decided before the race. Lewis Hamilton made two off-track starts in an irregular place before the race and was penalized with a loss of ten seconds before the tire change. With the time lost, the Englishman lost the lead built in the opening laps and only managed to finish third, behind Max Verstappen.
With that, Hamilton will have to wait until the next race, the Eifel GP, at the Nürburgring (Germany), to try to equal the record of 91 victories of the German Michael Schumacher in F1. The race will be played in two weeks.
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Valtteri Bottas accelerates Mercedes during the Russian GP – Photo: Disclosure
After crossing the finish line, Valtteri Bottas took off on the radio and said the victory was a response to criticism. Now, in the championship standings, Bottas has 161 points against 205 for leader Lewis Hamilton. Third in the table, Max Verstappen has 128 points.
They also finished the race in the scoring area, from fourth to tenth, Sergio Pérez (Racing Point), Daniel Ricciardo (RBR), Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), Esteban Ocon (Renault), Daniil Kvyat (AlphaTauri), Pierre Gasly ( AlphaTauri). ) and Alexander Albon (RBR).
What do you need to know?
– Valtteri Bottas’ ninth victory in Formula 1, the second in the 2020 season and the second at the Sochi track.
– Mercedes has been undefeated in Sochi since the first track race in 2014.
– Fourth place is Sergio Pérez’s best result of the season.
Start of the Russian GP in Sochi – Photo: Getty Images
Hamilton made an excellent start, while Verstappen did not jump well and was overtaken by Bottas. The Finn attacked the Englishman, he was even half a car ahead, but could not complete the overtaking. Further back, Sainz went straight on into Turn 2 and, trying to get back on track around the cones, missed and hit the protective barrier. The car bounced and stayed in the middle of the track. Later, Stroll came out the back and crashed. The security car shot up.
Hamilton keeps the edge and enters the safety car after the accidents at the start of the Russian GP
Respect between Hamilton and Bottas and Stroll and Sainz accidents in the repetitions of the start of the Russian GP
1. Albon, Russell and Norris, who came to a slow stop, put on hard tires while entering the Safety Car.
With the safety car on the track, Albon, Norris and Russel pull up together at the Russian GP
2. At the restart, Hamilton came out perfectly, followed by Bottas and Verstappen.
Hamilton still first after restarting on lap 6 of the Russian GP
3. Norris beat Albon to 18th place.
Norris beats Albon at the Russian GP
4. Hamilton is penalized for an irregular start practice before the race.
Hamilton suffers two penalties of 5 seconds each for training in a forbidden place at the Russian GP
5. English gets irritated when he learns of the ten-second punishment.
Hamilton complains about 10-second penalty radius at Russian GP
6. Russell blocked his tires and lost positions.
Russell blocks tire and loses positions to Albon and Norris at the Russian GP
7. Pérez overtook Ricciardo and went up to fifth.
Pérez overtakes Ricciardo and takes fifth place in the Russian GP
8. Hamilton paid a penalty and made a pit stop.
Hamilton makes a pit stop and pays a 10-second penalty at the Russian GP
9. Hamilton passed Vettel and was seventh.
Hamilton leaves aside, Vettel goes without work and is tenth in the Russian GP
10. Perez stopped in third place and came back in sixth, behind Hamilton.
Pérez enters the pits on lap 21 of the Russian GP
11. Hamilton complains about the strategy and argues on the radio.
Hamilton fights with the team on the radio: “I don’t want to know”
12. Ricciardo passed Ocon, out of the pits, and moved up to eighth place.
Ricciardo overtakes Ocon and places ninth in the Russian GP
13. Verstappen changed tires and came back in fourth place, ahead of Hamilton.
Verstappen makes a 1.9-second pitstop on lap 26 of the Russian GP
14. On the next lap, Bottas made the pit stop and took the lead again.
Bottas pitstop and returns in first place on lap 27 of the Russian GP
14. Verstappen passed Kvyat and moved up to third place.
Verstappen passes Kvyat and takes third place in the Russian GP
15. Ricciardo passed Vettel and took seventh position, but was punished for exceeding the track limit at Turn 2.
Ricciardo overtakes Vettel but receives a 5-second penalty at the Russian GP
Burti and Giaffone explain Ricciardo’s punishment at the Russian GP
16. Kvyat finally changed the tires and Hamilton moved up to third place.
Kvyat stops in the pits and Hamilton takes third position at the Russian GP
17. Vettel passed Grosjean, who ran over isopores in the escape area.
Vettel and Grosjean touch the fight for 14th place in the Russian GP
18. The tests went into a virtual safety car scheme for the inspectors to repair the polystyrene plates.
The Russian GP has a virtual safety car for the replacement of plates destroyed by Grosjean
19. Gasly passed Albon and entered the scoring zone, tenth.
Gasly overtakes Albon and takes tenth place in the Russian GP
20. The Frenchman also passed Norris to finish ninth.
Gasly overtakes Norris and places ninth in the Russian GP
21. Norris stuck a tire and lost position to Albon.
Norris goes straight, loses position to Albon and makes a pit stop at the Russian GP
22. Bottas easily wins the Russian GP.
