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01 May 2016

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01 May 2016

Rosberg leads the drivers' championship by 43 points.

01 May 2016

Here's how the top 10 finished: 1) ROS 2) HAM 3) RAI 4) BOT 5) MAS 6) ALO 7) MAG 8) GRO 9) PER 10) BUT

01 May 2016

Well done to Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso, points for both McLarens today.

01 May 2016

Nico Rosberg wins the 2016 Russian GP making it seven wins on the fly [4 /4 for 2016] and moves 42 points clear of Lewis Hamilton.

01 May 2016

With just two laps to go, Rosberg has a massive 16 second lead over Hamilton. A dominant display by the championship leader.

01 May 2016

Four laps to go and Rosberg is on the verge of his first F1 career grand slam: pole, fastest lap, win, lead every lap.

01 May 2016

Five laps to go.

01 May 2016

Massa heads into the pits. He changes onto the supersofts and rejoins in P4.

01 May 2016

46/53: ROS HAM RAI BOT MAS ALO MAG GRO PER SAI P11 BUT PAL RIC ERI KVY NAS GUT WEH

01 May 2016

7 laps to go in Sochi.

01 May 2016

Hamilton is 13 seconds behind Rosberg with 11 laps to go.

01 May 2016

Raikkonen is the quickest car on track, he posts a 1:40.721.

01 May 2016

Lewis' engineer: "Lewis the (water pressure) situation has stabilised"

01 May 2016

Robserg has the gap to Hamilton back up to 11.638 seconds.

01 May 2016

40/53: ROS HAM RAI BOT MAS ALO MAG GRO PER SAI P11 BUT PAL RIC ERI KVY NAS WEH GUT

01 May 2016

New lap record for Rosberg.

01 May 2016

Hamilton's water pressure issue means he could end up overheating by the end of the race.

01 May 2016

38/53: ROS, HAM, RAI, BOT, MAS, Fernando, MAG, GRO, PER, SAI,

01 May 2016

Lewis' engineer on the radio: "It looks like we have a water pressure issue."

01 May 2016

Hamilton is taking sizeable chunks out of Rosberg's lap times. The gap now 7.734 seconds.

01 May 2016

Rosberg was two seconds slower than Hamilton on lap 32.

01 May 2016

Alonso is having a solid race. He's currently in P7, on target for his first points of 2016.

01 May 2016

Ricciardo in the pits for medium tyres to take softs and rejoins in P18.

01 May 2016

Rosberg 12.2 seconds ahead of second-placed Hamilton.

01 May 2016

29/53: Nasr is hit with a 5 second time penalty for cutting Turn 2.

01 May 2016

Fastest lap for Hamilton on lap 29, three-tenths quicker than Rosberg. But can he get close enough to the German?

01 May 2016

27/53: ROS HAM RAI BOT MAS PER VES ALO ERI RIC MAG GRO SAI PAL BUT NAS WEH KVY GUT - Out: VET HUL HAR

01 May 2016

Sainz has been handed a 10-second time penalty for forcing Palmer off track.

01 May 2016

Alonso moves up to P8 for passing Ericsson.

01 May 2016

Hamilton sets the fastest lap of the race so far a 1:40.922.

01 May 2016

24/53: ROS HAM RAI BOTMAS PER VES ERI ALO RIC MAG GRO SAI PAL BUT NAS WEH KVY GUT

01 May 2016

Rosberg with a 12.6 second advantage over Hamilton after that a slick pitstop by Mercedes.

01 May 2016

Verstappen pits from P3.

01 May 2016

Vettel goes over to former Red Bull team boss Christain Horner to have a few words on the pit wall.

01 May 2016

Raikkonen pits.

01 May 2016

Hamilton now cruises past Alonso very easily to take fourth. It seems like it's Hammer time!

01 May 2016

Grosjean and Massa both pit. Verstappen currently running in P3 Toro Rosso, Alonso P4 for McLaren.

01 May 2016

Hamilton passes Bottas to take P5.

01 May 2016

Hamilton can't rejoin ahead of Bottas, these two will now duel.

01 May 2016

Bottas rejoins in P6.

01 May 2016

Hamilton pits.
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