Formula 1: Sochi results, standings – Valtteri Bottas wins
By Asher Fair
Valtteri Bottas took advantage of Lewis Hamilton’s penalties to secure his second win of the 2020 Formula 1 season at Sochi Autodrom in the Russian Grand Prix.
On a day that began with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton having a good chance to tie Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of 91 Formula 1 victories, it was the other Mercedes driver, Valtteri Bottas, who saw the checkered flag first in the Russian Grand Prix at Sochi Autodrom, the 10th of 17 races on the 2020 schedule.
Bottas secured his second win of the 2020 season after taking advantage of two five-second time penalties that were issued to Hamilton as a result of the fact that he executed practice starts where he should not have prior to the race.
Bottas started the 53-lap race around the 18-turn, 3.634-mile (5.848-kilometer) road course in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia in third place.
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He made quick work of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for second and then inherited the lead after Hamilton made his pit stop and served what was effectively a 10-second time penalty.
Bottas did not relinquish the lead after that en route to a 7.729-second victory over Verstappen in second place, and he recorded the race’s fastest lap in doing so. Mercedes have now won all seven of the races that have been contested at the track. Hamilton, who started from the pole position but dropped outside of the top 10 after serving his penalties, rallied for a third place finish. Bottas, Verstappen and Hamilton have now finished on the podium together in six races so far this year.
Racing Point’s Sergio Perez led the rest of the field in fourth place ahead of Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo, who overcame a five-second time penalty to finish in fifth, and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in sixth.
Renault’s Esteban Ocon finished in seventh place ahead of AlphaTauri teammates Daniil Kvyat and Pierre Gasly in eighth and ninth, respectively. Red Bull’s Alexander Albon finished in 10th.
Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen, who tied Rubens Barrichello’s all-time Formula 1 starts record with his 322nd career start, finished in 14th place.
Here are the full race results of the 2020 Russian Grand Prix at Sochi Autodrom.
Race Results
1st – Valtteri Bottas
2nd – Max Verstappen
3rd – Lewis Hamilton
4th – Sergio Perez
5th – Daniel Ricciardo
6th – Charles Leclerc
7th – Esteban Ocon
8th – Daniil Kvyat
9th – Pierre Gasly
10th – Alexander Albon
11th – Antonio Giovinazzi
12th – Kevin Magnussen
13th – Sebastian Vettel
14th – Kimi Raikkonen
15th – Lando Norris
16th – Nicholas Latifi
17th – Romain Grosjean
18th – George Russell
19th – Lance Stroll
20th – Carlos Sainz Jr.
Here are the updated driver standings and constructor standings following Bottas’s win.
Driver standings
Rank – Driver: Points (Behind)
1st – Lewis Hamilton: 205 (0)
2nd – Valtteri Bottas: 161 (-44)
3rd – Max Verstappen: 128 (-77)
4th – Lando Norris: 65 (-140)
5th – Alexander Albon: 64 (-141)
6th – Daniel Ricciardo: 63 (-142)
7th – Lance Stroll: 57 (-148)
7th – Charles Leclerc: 57 (-148)
9th – Sergio Perez: 56 (-149)
10th – Pierre Gasly: 45 (-160)
11th – Carlos Sainz Jr.: 41 (-164)
12th – Esteban Ocon: 36 (-169)
13th – Sebastian Vettel: 17 (-188)
14th – Daniil Kvyat: 14 (-191)
15th – Nico Hulkenberg: 6 (-199)
16th – Antonio Giovinazzi: 2 (-203)
16th – Kimi Raikkonen: 2 (-203)
18th – Kevin Magnussen: 1 (-204)
19th – Romain Grosjean: 0 (-205)
19th – Nicholas Latifi: 0 (-205)
19th – George Russell: 0 (-205)
Constructor standings
Rank – Constructor: Points (Behind)
1st – Mercedes: 366 (-)
2nd – Red Bull Racing-Honda: 192 (-174)
3rd – McLaren-Renault: 106 (-260)
4th – Racing Point-Mercedes: 104 (-262)
5th – Renault: 99 (-267)
6th – Ferrari: 74 (-292)
7th – AlphaTauri-Honda: 59 (-307)
8th – Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari: 4 (-362)
9th – Haas-Ferrari: 1 (-365)
10th – Williams-Mercedes: 0 (-366)
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The next race on the 2020 Formula 1 schedule is the Eifel Grand Prix, which is set to be broadcast live on ESPN from the Nurburgring beginning at 8:10 a.m. ET on Sunday, October 11.