Read the full exchange between Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton as they imposed team orders, plus lots more from the team radios in Sunday’s race.
2018 Russian Grand Prix articles archive
Top ten pictures from the 2018 Russian Grand Prix
F1 Pictures
Posted onTen of the best pictures which tell the story of the 2018 Russian Grand Prix weekend.
2018 Russian Grand Prix Star Performers
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onMax Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Valtteri Bottas were RaceFans’ Star Performers of the Russian Grand Prix. Here’s why.
Verstappen did 2018’s best recovery drive yet – in eight laps
2018 Russian Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onMax Verstappen finished 14 places higher than he started in Russia – the biggest gain for any driver so far this year – and he did it in just eight laps.
No backsies for Bottas: Hamilton wins on Mercedes team orders
2018 Russian Grand Prix review
Posted onIt was an unhappy podium at Sochi as Lewis Hamilton was handed victory by team mate Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel saw his title hopes fade.
Paddock Diary: Russian Grand Prix day four
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onFormula 1 must learn the value of simplicity, reflects Dieter Rencken in the final edition of his Russian Grand Prix Paddock Diary.
Vote for your 2018 Russian Grand Prix Driver of the Weekend
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onWho was the best driver during the 2018 Russian Grand Prix weekend? Compare how they did and vote for the best.
2018 Russian Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onThe 2018 edition of the Russian Grand Prix did little to alter the Sochi Autodrom’s reputation for producing processional races.
2018 Russian Grand Prix in pictures
F1 Pictures
Posted onThe 2018 Russian Grand Prix in pictures.
Bottas hands Hamilton Russian GP win and 50-point lead
2018 Russian Grand Prix summary
Posted onLewis Hamilton moved closer to clinching a fifth world championship after team mate Valtteri Bottas helped him to victory in the Russian Grand Prix.
2018 Russian Grand Prix championship points
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton leads Sebastian Vettel by 50 points after his Russian Grand Prix win.
2018 Russian Grand Prix race result
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton won the 2018 Russian Grand Prix for Mercedes ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel.
Rate the race: 2018 Russian Grand Prix
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onWhat did you think of today’s race? Share your verdict on the 2018 Russian Grand Prix.
Paddock Diary: Russian Grand Prix day three
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onOn day three of Dieter Rencken’s diary from the Formula 1 paddock in Sochi: Bernie Ecclestone returns, sponsorship worries and a farce in qualifying.
Why strategy may be less straightforward in Sochi this year
2018 Russian Grand Prix pre-race analysis
Posted onMercedes have dominated the Russian Grand Prix weekend so far but one driver reckons Sunday’s race “won’t be as straightforward as people think”.
Williams are slower than last year again in Russia
2018 Russian Grand Prix Lap Time Watch
Posted onFor the fifth time this year the Williams FW41 is slower than its predecessor was at the same circuit in the previous season.
2018 Russian Grand Prix Saturday action in pictures
F1 Pictures
Posted onPictures from qualifying and final practice for the 2018 Russian Grand Prix.
Bottas leads Mercedes front row lock-out in Russia
2018 Russian Grand Prix qualifying
Posted onValtteri Bottas denied Lewis Hamilton pole position for the Russian Grand Prix and led a Mercedes sweep of the front row of the grid.
2018 Russian Grand Prix grid
2018 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onValtteri Bottas leads the grid for the 2018 Russian Grand Prix.
Make your 2018 Russian Grand Prix predictions
RaceFans Predictions Championship
Posted onMercedes were comfortably ahead at the end of final practice but can Ferrari take the fight to them? Enter your 2018 Russian Grand Prix predictions.