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SOCHI, Russia - Team by team analysis of Sunday's Russian Formula 1 Grand Prix (listed in championship order):
Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton 1, Nico Rosberg retired)
Mercedes secured its second successive Constructors' title. Hamilton took his ninth win of the season, 42nd of his career and second in a row in Russia. He remains the only driver to have won in Sochi and is now on the verge of wrapping up the 2015 world championships with four races still to run.
Read: As it happened: 2015 Russian GP
Hamilton now has a 66-point lead in the standings and can clinch the title at the next race in Austin, Texas. Rosberg started on pole but retired on lap seven with a throttle problem and dropped to third in the standings.
A great drive from @LewisHamilton to get 25 points, enough to secure the Constructors’ Championship! #WonMoreTime pic.twitter.com/CFcxSA5glL
— MERCEDES AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) October 11, 2015Ferrari (Sebastian Vettel 2, Kimi Raikkonen 8)
Vettel moved up to second overall. Raikkonen was fifth at the flag but collected a 30-second time penalty for a collision with Bottas while fighting his fellow-Finn for third. The demotion to eighth clinched Mercedes' title.
#Seb5: 'The car was going better and faster through all the race' #RussianGP #redseason pic.twitter.com/UhMajh9IvQ
— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) October 11, 2015Williams (Felipe Massa 4, Valtteri Bottas 12)
Bottas was third until the last lap when Raikkonen made his move but was shunted into the barrier and was classified 12th. Massa started in 15th place. Williams lost ground to Ferrari but pulled two points further ahead of Red Bull.
Great job by @MassaFelipe19 to finish P4 but how unlucky @ValtteriBottas who was on for P3 before being hit by RAI pic.twitter.com/uuoI8jvSmB
— WILLIAMS RACING (@WilliamsRacing) October 11, 2015Red Bull (Daniil Kvyat 5, Daniel Ricciardo 15)
Kvyat started 11th and gave the home fans something to cheer. Ricciardo went for an early stop and switched to the harder tyre, which paid off until a suspension issue forced his retirement.
P5 for Dany! 30 second time penalty for Kimi promotes #RussianGP home favourite to fifth. #F1 pic.twitter.com/j6VeCAWd2D
— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) October 11, 2015Force India (Sergio Perez 3, Nico Hulkenberg retired)
Perez gave the team its third ever podium finish, and his second for them, just when it seemed he had lost out to Bottas and Raikkonen. Hulkenberg locked the rear wheels and spun at Turn 2 on the opening lap and was hit by Ericsson's Sauber, leading to a safety car period.
A podium made of grit, passion, fight and Never Giving Up! #RussianGP #FeelTheForce
— Sahara Force India (@ForceIndiaF1) October 11, 2015Lotus (Pastor Maldonado 7, Romain Grosjean retired)
Grosjean brought out the second safety car when he crashed into the wall on Lap 12, having already stopped for a new front wing and soft tyres at the end of the first lap. Maldonado had started 14th.
Points for @Pastormaldo P8 - smiles for @RGrosjean after his smash. Thank you Sochi. Next stop Austin. pic.twitter.com/6pfYvs9gbU
— Lotus F1 Team (@Lotus_F1Team) October 11, 2015Torro Rosso (Max Verstappen 10, Carlos Sainz retired)
Sainz started despite being in hospital the previous day after a heavy crash in practice. He had looked like a solid points finish, running as high as sixth, before retiring with brake problems eight laps from the end.
Verstappen was last after the first lap when he was caught up in Hulkenberg's spin.
#RussianGP - Following a 5-second penalty to Alonso, @Max33Verstappen moves up to P10. pic.twitter.com/8kV0eiufor
— Toro Rosso (@ToroRossoSpy) October 11, 2015Sauber (Felipe Nasr 6, Marcus Ericsson retired)
Nasr moved up to sixth, his second best result of the season, after Raikkonen's penalty. Ericsson went out at the start after hitting Hulkenberg's Force India.
And big congrats to #SpeedyGonzales aka. @SChecoPerez and @ForceIndiaF1 Brilliant drive! #F1 #RussianGP pic.twitter.com/IgucqD6171
— Sauber F1 Team (@SauberF1Team) October 11, 2015McLaren (Jenson Button 9, Fernando Alonso 11)
McLaren finished with both cars in the points, helped by the late retirements of others, but Alonso was demoted from 10th for cutting a corner.
The team takes home some hard-earned points after an eventful #RussianGP. Full reaction here: http://t.co/zjPvE1WBXR pic.twitter.com/ebfweh3ADp
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) October 11, 2015Manor Marrusia (Roberto Merhi 13, Will Stevens 14)
The team achieved its 11th two car finish of the season. Merhi was back due to American Alexander Rossi's GP2 commitments.
????Back to Business was a really good weekend and a good race thanks to @manorf1team #TeamMerhi pic.twitter.com/9m1mmAR1wi
— Roberto Merhi (@robertomerhi) October 11, 2015