F1 RUSSIAN GRAND PRIX: Rosberg extends 100% win record as Hamilton recovers from 10th to second in Sochi.

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Nico Rosberg eased to victory at the Russian GP to extend his championship lead to 43 points over Lewis Hamilton. The German was in supreme form in Sochi on Sunday and led from start to finish as he maintained his 100 per cent victory record in 2016.

Defending champion Hamilton recovered from 10th on the grid following more unreliability problems in qualifying to take second place and limit the damage to his title chances. The Briton also had further problems during the race as he was instructed that his car had a ‘water pressure’ problem with less than 20 laps to go after he had cut Rosberg’s lead down to seven seconds. Hamilton after the race did however say that the issue did not show itself in the car and he had to back off and avoid being on full throttle at the straight stretches.


There was more drama in the race as Red Bull’s Daniil Kvyat hit Ferrari’s Sebastien Vettel twice in two corners. The Russian Carried too much speed into Turn Two on the opening lap and hammered into the back of the Ferrari, before hitting Vettel against at Turn three and fired him into the Barriers. The German Launched a foul-mouthed tirade over the Radio before exiting his car and then went to visit Red Bull’s boss Christian Horner on the pit wall when he returned to the pits. Horner apologised for Kvyat’s mistake before he defended his driver saying he had misjudged his braking spot. 
The Results for Sunday's Grand Prix were as follows:
1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes,
2. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes,
3. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari,
4. Valtteri Bottas, Williams,
5. Felipe Massa, Williams,
6. Fernando Alonso, McLaren,
7. Kevin Magnussen, Renault,
8. Romain Grosjean, Haas,
9. Sergio Perez, Force India,
10. Jenson Button, McLaren,
11. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull,
12. Carlos Sainz, Toro Rosso,
13. Jolyon Palmer, Renault,
14. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber,
15. Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull,
16. Felipe Nasr, Sauber,
17. Esteban Gutierrez, Haas,
18. Pascal Wehrlein, Manor,

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