Russian Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 26th September 2021 3:00pm Local
Sun 26th September 2021 12:00pm UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2021

Round
Round 15

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Sochi Autodrom

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The Russian Grand Prix is an annual motor racing event held at Sochi Autodrom – a street circuit built around the Olympic Park in Sochi – as part of the Formula One World Championship.
The race was first held briefly in the 1910s in Saint Petersburg of the Russian Empire. Plans were made to host a Formula One event in Moscow for the 1983 season as the Grand Prix of the Soviet Union, but these plans fell through. In 2010, it was officially announced that the Russian city of Sochi, which was also preparing to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, would host a new event on the Formula One calendar, beginning in 2014 under a seven-year deal. It's scheduled to be held in Igora Drive, St. Petersburg from 2023.

Lewis Hamilton took his 100th Grand Prix victory in a Russian Grand Prix that started in dry conditions and ended under rain, the Mercedes driver making a late switch to intermediate tyres to take the lead when pole-sitter Lando Norris agonisingly slid out of the lead with just two laps left. Max Verstappen made it from P20 to P2, and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz took third having started second.

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Result List

01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	1:30:41.001
02	Max Verstappen	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+53.271
03	Carlos Sainz Jr	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+62.475s
04	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+65.607s
05	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	+67.533s
06	Fernando Alonso	BWT Alpine Formula One Team	+81.321s
07	Lando Norris	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+87.224s
08	Kimi Raikkonen	Audi Revolut F1 Team	+88.955s
09	Sergio Perez	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+90.076s
10	George Russell	Williams Racing	+100.551s
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team	+1:46.198
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team	+1 Lap
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine Endurance Team	+1 Lap
15	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1 Lap
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo S.p.A.	+1 Lap
17	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull KTM Ajo Moto2	+1 Lap
18	Nikita Mazepin	Haas Factory Team	+2 Laps
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams Racing	DNF
20	Mick Schumacher	Haas Factory Team	DNF