Summary

  • Bottas wins, Verstappen 2nd, Hamilton 3rd

  • Hamilton penalised for practice start in wrong position

  • Sainz and Stroll out in separate first-lap crashes

  • Get involved: #bbcf1

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

  1. Advantage tyre wear

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  2. First-lap drama

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  3. Team radio

    Lance Stroll: I just got hit.

  4. Looking at a replay, Carlos Sainz has gone off wide at the start after someone locked up in front of him, the McLaren man goes through the bollards and then can't correct it in time and wipes out the front left of his car into the wall.

  5. Jack Nicholls
    BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

    Bottas went to the outside of Hamilton and oh so nearly pulled off a really nice move.

  6. Get Involved #bbcf1

    Safety car out on first lap

    Reece Young: What has happened to McLaren?

    Kayleigh: Great job VB, one guy out of the way, let’s go and catch that Ham please.

    Chris Clee: Bottas is just ridiculous. Hamilton wins because he doesn't have a capable team mate. He can't even make a slipstream work for him! It's that simple.

  7. Lando Norris has dropped from eight to 18th, Kevin Magnussen, whose Haas failed to start at the first attempt moment ago in the formation lap, has catapulted himself from 18 to nine.

  8. We've had two sensational races in the past two. What a start here in Russia. A number of drivers had to retreat in some run-off areas, Sainz then is the first to crash, then Lance Stroll in a different area is gone straight away too.

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  10. Safety car

    Two out in the first few turns. Crazy stuff.

  11. Sainz smashes

  12. Stroll in the wall

  13. Great start from Ricciardo. Bottas goes around the outside of Hamilton, but Hamilton then gets it straight back. Wow.

  14. Go! Go! Go!

  15. Who wins at Sochi? Mercedes. Six races here, six wins for Mercedes.

    Lewis HamiltonReuters

  16. Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

    Magnussen got away very slowly and needed assistance from his team but he should be able to catch back up to the field.

  17. Formation lap time. Kevin Magnussen is left standing. But the Haas man finally gets it going but a moment of panic for the Dane.

  18. Hamilton under investigation

    Andrew Benson
    BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer

    Lewis Hamilton asked his engineer if he could do his practice start further down because of rubber in the normal area. He was told he could.

    Race director's event notes: Practice starts may only be carried out on the right-hand side after pit exit lights and, for the avoidance of doubt, this includes any time pit exit is open for the race. Drivers must leave adequate room on their left for another driver to pass.

    "For reasons of safety and sporting equity, cars may not stop in the fast lane at any time the pit exit is open without a justifiable reason (a practice start is not considered a justifiable reason)."

  19. Big trouble?

    Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live

    If Lewis gets a five second time penalty, he's in big trouble in terms of winning this race.

  20. Listen live

    BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

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