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Race Notes – Rosberg wins Russian GP
- Updated: May 1, 2016
F12016 Russian GP Thursday Press Conference Friday Practice 1 Results Practice 1 Report Practice 2 Results Practice 2 Report Quotes Press Conference Photos Saturday Practice 3 Results Practice 3 Report Qualifying Results Qualifying Report Quotes Press Conference Photos Sunday Race Notes Race Results Race Incidents Race Report Quotes Press Conference Photos Rosberg wins Russian GP
Nico Rosberg, Russian GP 2016
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Nico Rosberg won the Russian GP in Sochi today in his Mercedes GP, 26.022 seconds ahead of his team mate Lewis Hamilton. Kimi Raikkonen in the Ferrari finished in third place, 31.998 seconds behind Rosberg.
The win is Rosberg’s fourth straight on the season and seventh straight since the end of last season.
Before the start the temperature was higher than in practice earlier in the weekend.
Rosberg starts on pole. Vettel, who qualifying second was given a five-spot grid penalty for a gearbox change since the Chinese GP.
Bottas moves up one position to start from the outside of row one. Raikkonen and Massa take the second row, Ricciardo and Perez start on row three, Vettel and home boy Kvyat start on row four, and Verstappen and Hamilton round out the top ten starters.
The top ten starters all on super soft compound tyres.
The grid clears and the car make their way around to the starting grid. The lights go out and the race begins with Rosber taking the lead from Bottas. In turn 2 Raikkonen passes Bottas for second. Contact in turn 2 Vettel after being punted by Kvyat makes contact and spins off into the barrier and is out. Hulkenberg is also out after Gutierrez collects him. The virtual safety car is deployed. Perez limps back to the pits with a punctured tyre. Kvyat and Ricciardo both pit for medium tyres. Haryanto is out as well.
Vettel is furious on the radio.
While the field comes around in the safety car period, Rosberg leads Raikkonen, Bottas, Massa, Hamilton, Verstappen, Alonso, Grosjean, Magnussen and Palmer in tenth.
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