2016 Russian Grand Prix Review

Review of the fourth round of the 2016 F1 season at Sochi Autodrom, in Sochi for the Russian Grand Prix.

Overall, I thought it was a dominating race weekend for Mercedes, dominating in practice, dominating in qualifying, and most importantly dominating in the race, with a grand slam for Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg. Fast in all practice sessions, on pole, lead all of the laps, and fastest lap to conclude with a win in this seasons Russian Grand Prix for his fourth race win of the season and his seventh race win in a row since last seasons Mexican Grand Prix.



While, Rosberg's team-mate and current F1 Champion Lewis Hamilton finished in second place in the other Mercedes to give the team its second one-two finish of the season, Hamilton was twenty-five seconds behind Rosberg at the end.

Meanwhile, Kimi Räikkönen finished in third place in the Ferrari to complete the podium, Räikkönen was thirty-two seconds behind Rosberg at the end of the fifty-three lap race.

Rate the Teams and Drivers

Mercedes - 9
Lewis Hamilton - 8 (finished second)
Nico Rosberg - 10 (pole, fastest lap and race win)

Ferrari - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 7 (DNF, Collision with Daniil Kvyat)
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (finished third)

Williams - 7
Valtteri Bottas - 8 (finished fourth)
Felipe Massa - 7 (finished fifth)

Red Bull Racing - 5
Daniel Ricciardo - 6 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Daniil Kvyat - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)

Force India - 6
Nico Hülkenberg - 5 (DNF, Collision with Esteban Gutiérrez
Sergio Pérez - 7 (finished ninth, lap down)

Renault - 7
Kevin Magnussen - 9 (finished seventh, lap down)
Jolyon Palmer - 6 (finished thirteenth, lap down)

Toro Rosso - 6
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 5 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Max Verstappen - 7 (DNF, Power unit)

Sauber - 5
Marcus Ericsson - 5 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Felipe Nasr - 5 (finished sixteenth, lap down)

McLaren - 8
Fernando Alonso - 9 (finished sixth, lap down)
Jenson Button - 8 (finished tenth, lap down)

Manor - 5
Rio Haryanto - 5 (DNF, Collision with Nico Hülkenberg)
Pascal Wehrlein - 6 (finished eighteenth, two laps down)

Haas - 6
Romain Grosjean - 8 (finished eighth, lap down)
Esteban Gutiérrez - 4 (finished seventeenth, lap down)

Next stop Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona in two weeks time for the Spanish Grand Prix.