Valtteri Bottas leads the grid for the 2018 Russian Grand Prix.
| Row 1 | 1. Valtteri Bottas 1’31.387 Mercedes | |
| 2. Lewis Hamilton 1’31.532 Mercedes | ||
| Row 2 | 3. Sebastian Vettel 1’31.943 Ferrari | |
| 4. Kimi Raikkonen 1’32.237 Ferrari | ||
| Row 3 | 5. Kevin Magnussen 1’33.181 Haas | |
| 6. Esteban Ocon 1’33.413 Force India | ||
| Row 4 | 7. Charles Leclerc 1’33.419 Sauber | |
| 8. Sergio Perez 1’33.563 Force India | ||
| Row 5 | 9. Romain Grosjean 1’33.704 Haas | |
| 10. Marcus Ericsson No time Sauber | ||
| Row 6 | 11. Carlos Sainz Jnr No time Renault | |
| 12. Nico Hulkenberg No time Renault | ||
| Row 7 | 13. Sergey Sirotkin 1’35.612 Williams | |
| 14. Lance Stroll 1’36.437 Williams | ||
| Row 8 | 15. Stoffel Vandoorne* 1’35.977 McLaren | |
| 16. Fernando Alonso** 1’35.504 McLaren | ||
| Row 9 | 17. Pierre Gasly** No time Toro Rosso | |
| 18. Daniel Ricciardo*** No time Red Bull | ||
| Row 10 | 19. Max Verstappen**** No time Red Bull | |
| 20. Brendon Hartley***** 1’35.037 Toro Rosso |
*Five-place grid penalty for gearbox change
**Sent to back of grid for power unit change
***Sent to back of grid for power unit change; five-place grid penalty for gearbox change
****Sent to back of grid for power unit change; five-place grid penalty for gearbox change; three-place penalty for yellow flag infringement
*****Sent to back of grid for power unit change and additional power unit elements change
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Jere (@jerejj)
29th September 2018, 14:07
The Renault-drivers will be in a good position for the race in P11 and P12 on the grid with a free choice of the race starting tyre set.
Ben Rowe (@thegianthogweed)
29th September 2018, 14:12
why didn’t Ericsson even do a single q3 run?
Joao (@johnmilk)
29th September 2018, 14:18
Why bother? He would have finish P10 either way.
Aaditya (@neutronstar)
29th September 2018, 14:39
@thegianthogweed The info here is wrong. He did a lap right at the end, but it was pretty slow. You can check the classification on the official website.
Ben Rowe (@thegianthogweed)
29th September 2018, 14:49
Fair enough. Not sure why it says no time though. but I heard his interview and he did say he messed up. So he did have an attempt. But I’m still unsure why he left it until the end of the session.
krxx
29th September 2018, 16:28
@thegianthogweed
Bc of tyre preservation, he probably (as in highly probable) would’ve been P10 anyway, and finally the track is at its fastest at the end of the session.
TribalTalker (@tribaltalker)
29th September 2018, 14:15
Bottas shows what a bit of confidence can do! There’s nothing like coming to a track as a winner.
He still hasn’t ever been out-qualified by a team-mate in Sochi.
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
29th September 2018, 14:32
So – Dany Ric and Mad Max to cause carnage lap one or what?
Esteban has nothing much to lose but a bit to prove.
And I’m looking forwards to Lance legally defending his position from the five behind him.
Should be a fun start tomorrow in my opin ;)
Paul F (@)
29th September 2018, 14:37
RB charging through the field should bring some action to an otherwise dull circuit.
StefMeister (@stefmeister)
29th September 2018, 14:45
@zapski As long as the tyres allow them to charge through the field.
gotit
30th September 2018, 11:11
This is just silly. As I’ve said the teams had the prob. Not the drivers so why should they be made to start at the back. Somethins wrong some where. Why not just draw names out a hat if you want racein.