Lewis Hamilton says his Mercedes team deserve the credit for the decision to switch to intermediate tyres at the end of the Russian Grand Prix, which secured his victory in the race.
Lando Norris defended his decision not to pit for intermediate tyres as rain fell in the final laps of the Russian Grand Prix.
After climbing from 20th to second, Max Verstappen said the timing of his pit stop for intermediate tyres was “crucial” to his result.
Lewis Hamilton praised Lando Norris after the McLaren driver came within three laps of winning the Russian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton has scored the 100th victory of his Formula 1 career in memorable fashion when a downpour hit the Sochi Autodrom in the dying laps of the Russian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton’s victory in the Russian Grand Prix has made him the first driver in the history of Formula 1 to score 100 victories.
Lewis Hamilton leads the drivers championship by two points from Max Verstappen after this weekend’s race.
Lewis Hamilton won the 2021 Russian Grand Prix for Mercedes ahead of Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz Jnr.
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The 2021 Russian Grand Prix in pictures.
Mercedes’ decision to fit a fresh power unit to Valtteri Bottas’ car for the second race in a row will inevitably prompt speculation the change has been made to help his team mate Lewis Hamilton.
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Oscar Piastri has taken the Formula 2 feature race win at Sochi, reinforcing his grip on the title with two rounds to go.
Mercedes has changed the power unit in Valtteri Bottas’ car for the second race weekend in a row, meaning he will take a penalty and start towards the rear of the field.
Jack Doohan won the final Formula 3 race of the season and helped his Trident team to clinch the championship – after ignoring their pleas to hand the lead to his team mate.
Sochi will hold its penultimate Russian Grand Prix today before the race moves to a new track neat St Petersburg.
Fernando Alonso predicts it will be challenging to finish as high as he has qualified for today’s Russian Grand Prix.
Pictures from qualifying and final practice for the 2021 Russian Grand Prix.
In the round-up: Hamilton not against Mercedes switching from black to silver livery • Ricciardo reprimanded for Stroll incident • F3 race cancellation has championship implications
For the second consecutive race, the battle between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton could become secondary to McLaren chasing an unlikely victory.
