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30 Apr 2017

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30 Apr 2017

Congratulations, Valtteri Bottas!
Congratulations, Valtteri Bottas!
What a race! Bottas wins nail-biting 2017 Russian GP

30 Apr 2017

Who's your driver of the day - Bottas or Vettel?

30 Apr 2017

Congratulations, Bottas! Taking his first win in F1!

30 Apr 2017

Bottas wins the Russian GP from Vettel, Raikkonen and Hamilton.

30 Apr 2017

Bottas takes his first win in F1!

30 Apr 2017

And that's that: Felipe Massa obscures Vettel's racing line and gifts the win to Bottas.

30 Apr 2017

Final lap!

30 Apr 2017

This is exciting stuff!!

30 Apr 2017

Two laps remaining!

30 Apr 2017

Vettel is in DRS detection!

30 Apr 2017

Three laps remaining, and Vettel is chasing after Vettel!

30 Apr 2017

Vettel seems to be stronger in sectors 1 and 2, but it's in the 3rd sector that Bottas makes up the time.

30 Apr 2017

Hamilton driving in a very lonely 4th place.

30 Apr 2017

7 laps remaining. Has Bottas done enough?

30 Apr 2017

Bottas telling his team not to talk to him. He's focusing on keeping Vettel in 2nd place.

30 Apr 2017

Bottas doing enough for the moment to keep Vettel at bay.

30 Apr 2017

It's on! Gap between Bottas and Vettel: 1.3sec!

30 Apr 2017

10 laps remaining. If Vettel can't get close enough Bottas will surely take the win.

30 Apr 2017

Bottas and Vettel coming up to Lance Stroll in a Williams. They're about to lap him.

30 Apr 2017

Gap between Bottas and Vettel: 1.9sec.

30 Apr 2017

Ferrari telling their lead driver that Bottas is struggling with his tyres.

30 Apr 2017

The gap between Bottas and Vettel now only 3sec.

30 Apr 2017

Vettel eats into Bottas' lead. It now sits at 3.2sec.

30 Apr 2017

Bottas maintaining his gap to Vettel. It remains at 4.5sec.

30 Apr 2017

Nico Hulkenberg locking up, but he's back on again.

30 Apr 2017

Vettel's tyres are 7 laps fresher than Bottas'. He can chase him down and give fans a real fight.

30 Apr 2017

Vettel clears the backmarkers and sets off chasing after Bottas.

30 Apr 2017

Vettel rejoins the race 4.6sec behind Bottas. And on much fresher tyres. We're in for a humdinger of a finisher!

30 Apr 2017

Vettel pits. 

30 Apr 2017

Vettel is increasing the pace. What is happening at Ferrari?

30 Apr 2017

Did Ferrari throw the win away by keeping Vettel out for too long?

30 Apr 2017

Hamilton pits. Bottas moves into second place.

30 Apr 2017

Ferrari pits Raikkonen first. Interesting...

30 Apr 2017

Bottas rejoins in fourth place behind his team mate Hamilton.

30 Apr 2017

Bottas enters the pits. How will Ferrari react?

30 Apr 2017

Ferrari and Vettel are coming into the race again. Is the final battle going to be between Bottas and Vettel?

30 Apr 2017

Vettel cutting into Bottas' lead. It's now 2.5sec.

30 Apr 2017

How will Ferrari react to Mercedes' pace? Can Vettel do something to push Bottas into a mistake?

30 Apr 2017

Verstappen tells his team that a blister on one of his tyres are opening up. That will surely unsettle his car a bit.

30 Apr 2017

Where did Bottas' sudden pace come from? He is really putting himself in the title picture with this drive.

30 Apr 2017

Vettel complaining about blisters on his left front tyre.

30 Apr 2017

And Bottas' gap over Vettel is 5sec. Uhm, jaaa... Provided nothing bad happens, Bottas will win this race.
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