2014 Russian Grand Prix (Oct 10 - 12)

Still reeling from the devastating Japanese Grand Prix just a few days ago, Formula 1 is back in action at what is considered the most heavily guarded Grand Prix of all time. Out of respect to Jules Bianchi, Marussia has entered just a single car in the team's home Grand Prix.

[QUOTE=Practice 1]Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:42.311 29
2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:42.376 0.065 25
3 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:42.507 0.196 28
4 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:42.720 0.409 27
5 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:43.026 0.715 28
6 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:43.129 0.818 26
7 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:43.164 0.853 29
8 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:43.212 0.901 23
9 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 1:43.327 1.016 24
10 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:43.542 1.231 9
11 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:43.741 1.430 22
12 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:43.821 1.510 25
13 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:43.976 1.665 21
14 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:44.506 2.195 30
15 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:44.625 2.314 26
16 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1:44.876 2.565 26
17 37 Sergey Sirotkin Sauber-Ferrari 1:45.032 2.721 22
18 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:45.190 2.879 25
19 45 Roberto Merhi Caterham-Renault 1:46.782 4.471 18
20 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1:46.922 4.611 18
21 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:47.284 4.973 26[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Practice 2]Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:39.630 27
2 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.494 0.864 32
3 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:40.504 0.874 32
4 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:40.542 0.912 30
5 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:40.573 0.943 33
6 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.718 1.088 32
7 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:40.731 1.101 30
8 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:41.108 1.478 32
9 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:41.396 1.766 30
10 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 1:41.531 1.901 33
11 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:41.630 2.000 24
12 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:41.677 2.047 27
13 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:42.061 2.431 25
14 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:42.090 2.460 29
15 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:42.233 2.603 31
16 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:42.892 3.262 30
17 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1:42.905 3.275 33
18 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:43.055 3.425 33
19 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1:44.135 4.505 22
20 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:44.530 4.900 29
21 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1:44.952 5.322 27[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Practice 3]Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:38.726 15
2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:39.016 0.290 25
3 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:39.097 0.371 20
4 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:39.755 1.029 16
5 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:39.954 1.228 22
6 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:40.009 1.283 27
7 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:40.011 1.285 20
8 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:40.151 1.425 15
9 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 1:40.205 1.479 26
10 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:40.338 1.612 21
11 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.355 1.629 19
12 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:40.669 1.943 23
13 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:40.699 1.973 26
14 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.146 2.420 21
15 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.520 2.794 20
16 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:41.915 3.189 22
17 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:42.436 3.710 4
18 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1:43.109 4.383 11
19 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1:43.975 5.249 12
20 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:44.737 6.011 9
21 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault No time 2[/QUOTE]

Hamilton continued his dominance during qualifying although Bottas had a brave stab at pole in the dying seconds:

[quote=Qualifying]Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:38.759 1:38.338 1:38.513 18
2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:39.076 1:38.606 1:38.713 18
3 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:39.125 1:38.971 1:38.920 23
4 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.560 1:39.381 1:39.121 22
5 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:40.074 1:39.296 1:39.277 27
6 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:39.735 1:39.022 1:39.629 21
7 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:40.519 1:39.666 1:39.635 21
8 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:40.255 1:39.786 1:39.709 25
9 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:40.098 1:39.838 1:39.771 26
10 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 1:40.354 1:39.929 1:40.020 27
11 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:40.382 1:40.052 13
12 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:40.273 1:40.058 16
13 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:40.723 1:40.163 13
14 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.159 1:40.536 18
15 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:40.766 1:40.984 18
16 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:42.526 1:41.397 18
17 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1:42.648 9
18 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:43.064 8
19 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1:43.166 9
20 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1:43.205 5
21 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:43.649 10[/quote]

Sikkk drift by Bottas though.

He was on a pole lap until he decided that being Finish, he wanted to become a rally driver.