Russian GP: Bottas wins first race - reaction

Summary

Bottas wins Vettel after overtaking him at start
Vettel 2nd, Raikkonen 3rd, Hamilton 4th
Alonso breaks down on parade lap
Alonso, Palmer, Grosjean, Ricciardo out

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

Postpublished at 14:46 British Summer Time 30 April 2017
Russia president Vladimir Putin meets the top three drivers, talking - through a translator - about how F1 is becoming more and more popular in Russia and all the hotels are booked out for it.
"So you need more hotels," jokes Valtteri Bottas.
Postpublished at 14:44 British Summer Time 30 April 2017
Valtteri Bottas is the fifth driver from Finland to win a Formula 1 race and also the first Finnish winner since 2013.
'We made the right choice'published at 14:43 British Summer Time 30 April 2017
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff tells BBC Sport: "An amazing first win for Valtteri and a fantastic race. The bittersweet part is we did not have the pace on Lewis' car. We hoped strategy-wise there would be a safety car for him, but there wasn't one."
On Bottas, he added: "It shows to me that the choice we made at the start of the season was the right one."
Image source, Reuters
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"Is that your first?" Sebastian Vettel asks Valtteri Bottas. "Yeah," replies the Finn. "Took quite a while."
Kimi Raikkonen is keeping out of the chat for now, standing with his hands on hips.
Postpublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 30 April 2017
Lewis Hamilton is straight over to hug Valtteri Bottas before the Finn disappears into the pre-podium room.
Postpublished at 14:40 British Summer Time 30 April 2017
"That was worth the wait," says Valtteri Bottas.
He climbs out his car, stands on the nose and laps up the applause before leaping off.
Sebastian Vettel is straight over to congratulate him, Felipe Massa too. This is a popular win in the paddock.
Russian GP top 10published at 14:38 British Summer Time 30 April 2017
1) Bottas 2) Vettel 3) Raikkonen 4) Hamilton 5) Verstappen 6) Perez 7) Ocon 8) Hulkenberg 9) Massa 10) Sainz
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He's done it!
Wow. Valtteri Bottas keeps his cool to secure a maiden victory on his 81st start Formula 1.
He won that by just 0.6 seconds from Sebastian Vettel.
Kimi Raikkonen comes home third.
Chequered flagpublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 30 April 2017
VALTTERI BOTTAS WINS THE RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX.
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Postpublished at Lap 52/52
Sebastian Vettel loses time as he squeezes past Felipe Massa. Ferrari tweet that there was contact. That's cost Vettel!
Postpublished at Lap 52/52
Valtteri Bottas laps Felipe Massa. Now Sebastian Vettel has to navigate his way past the Williams...
FINAL LAPpublished at Lap 52/52
Lap lap.
Gap down to 0.7 seconds.
Sebastian Vettel is right behind Valtteri Bottas.
What a finish to this race!
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Postpublished at Lap 51/52
Lewis Hamilton is chugging along in fourth. A podium is gone for the Briton. This race is all about his Mercedes team-mate now.
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Postpublished at Lap 50/52
Oh my. The gap between Sebastian Vettel and race leader Valtteri Bottas is down to ONE second now.
Two laps to go. This is going to be very, very close.
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Sebastian Vettel is fastest of anyone and wrestles the gap down to 1.3 seconds again. He is on fresher tyres and closing in on DRS range...
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Postpublished at Lap 48/52
Valtteri Bottas finds a tenth of a second more than Sebastian Vettel and the gap is up to 1.4 seconds.
Nip. And. Tuck.