Lotus on Twitter:, external Pretty intense dance music playing across the main straight right now. Might even feature a touch of old-school techno... Anyone dancing?

"It was a tremendous lap, he seems to extract the maximum out of the car at the moment," says Mercedes co-team boss Toto Wolff of Lewis Hamilton, who finished 0.29 seconds clear of the field.

The other Mercedes of Nico Rosberg took longer to get up to speed. "It's bizarre, we have just discussed it," adds Wolff. "Somehow, Lewis seem to nail it on first lap, Nico seems to struggle a bit more, but this is just practice.

"Bottas seems to be going really fast, but [there is an] engine mode question mark. Let's see what happens in qualifying."

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Massively disappointing from McLaren today, with Jenson Button showing such good pace on Friday but he's down in 13th today, 1.6 seconds off the quickest time. The team continue to struggle on one-lap pace.

1) Lewis Hamilton 2) Nico Rosberg 3) Valtteri Bottas 4) Daniel Ricciardo 5) Felipe Massa 6) Daniil Kvyat 7) Kimi Raikkonen 8) Fernando Alonso 9) Jean-Eric Vergne 10) Sebastian Vettel 11) Jenson Button

12) Nico Hulkenberg 13) Sergio Perez 14) Adrian Sutil 15) Esteban Gutierrez 16) Romain Grosjean 17) Kevin Magnussen 18) Marcus Ericsson 19) Kamui Kobayashi 20) Max Chilton 21) Pastor Maldonado

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Lewis Hamilton finishes quickest in final practice for the Russian Grand Prix.

The chequered flag is out, but there are a few drivers on quick laps out there who will be allowed to complete them.

Nico Rosberg finally gets a decent lap in, on his seventh lap on that set of soft tyres, to go second with 1:39.016, 0.290 seconds off his team-mate Lewis Hamilton's pace.

Valtteri Bottas has done seven laps on that set of soft tyres and is going quicker and quicker. The Finn closes to 0.371 seconds off pace-setter Lewis Hamilton and is a contender for a front row grid slow.

Lewis Hamilton is back in the pits. That's probably his session over with only a few minutes remaining, but he'll still be pretty pleased with his efforts this morning.

Huge moment for Lewis Hamilton. Crikey. The Briton is loving it out there, he seems so hooked up around this new track.

He goes quickest in the first sector, but makes a mistake under braking for the penultimate corner. The tyres are destroyed, but there's plenty of run-off and the Briton's well clear of the wall.

Paul Marsh, external: Daniel Ricciardo looks very uncomfortable with that Red Bull this morning and not a threat to the Mercs or Williams.

Aaron Skitterall, external: Not gonna lie, I really want Williams to do well today, think Bottas can still do it.

Valtteri Bottas goes second quickest, but he's still 0.924 seconds off the pace set by Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton's team-mate Nico Rosberg can't respond and goes third, 0.960 seconds adrift of his title rival.

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Daniel Ricciardo goes fifth quickest with a 1:40.392 but he's 1.6 seconds off the pace. Red Bull are going to struggle to compete for a podium this weekend based on their form so far.

Lewis Hamilton absolutely smashes it, despite a lock-up at Turn 13, to go quickest with a 1:38.726 on the soft tyres. That will be depressing for the rest.

Kimi Raikkonen improves to sixth fastest on the soft tyres, but he's bumped down a place when Jenson Button clocks a 1:40.707 to move into fourth. However, they will continue on those tyres as based on yesterday's sessions, the best lap doesn't come on the opening effort.

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen heads out on the soft tyres, closely followed by Jenson Button's McLaren. Qualifying-simulations on their way. Expect the times to tumble shortly.

With 17 minutes to go, here's the top 10: 1) Ros 2) Bot 3) Mas 4) Ham 5) Kvy 6) Alo 7) Vet 8) Hul 9) Per 10) Ver

Tony Foster, external: Err, where exactly are those bumps on Turn 2? They don't seem to be stopping the drivers exceeding track limits!

Lawrence Burden, external: The whole of the Sochi track looks the same. At classic tracks every corner's unique and special, there isn't a soul at new tracks.

Eleanor Sowden, external: Loving the new circuit, hating McLaren's bad luck. Loving #FP so we can see the other drivers, not just the front runners!

Big lock up for Russian Daniil Kvyat at Turn 13. He keeps his Toro Rosso out of the barriers, but those tyres look shot.

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Ferrari on Twitter:, external For safety reasons some bumps have been placed on turn 2. New pit lane speed limit: 60 km/h.