Russian Grand Prix 2014: Live Lap-by-Lap Updates, Highlights, Report and More

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won the inaugural Russian Grand Prix ahead of Nico Rosberg at the Sochi Autodrom on Sunday afternoon to extend his advantage over his team-mate in the drivers’ championship to 17 points with now just three races left this season.

The Briton lead from start to finish to claim his ninth victory this year, and fourth in a row—the second time already that the 29-year-old has achieved that in this campaign—although his rival needed to recover from a mistake on the opening lap to claim the runners-up berth.

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That one-two also meant Mercedes were crowned constructors’ champions for 2014, while elsewhere Valtteri Bottas in the Williams completed the podium positions with a fine drive by the Finn, and McLaren’s Jenson Button came home in fourth.

Completing those in the points were Kevin Magnussen in the second McLaren, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, the Red Bull duo of Daniel Ricciardo and world champion Sebastian Vettel ahead of Kimi Raikkonen in the Ferrari and Force India’s Sergio Perez.

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