How Russian GP practice unfolded
Summary
- Sebastian Vettel fastest in second practice
- Verstappen loses power near pitlane entry
- Raikkonen quickest in P1, Vettel spins, Bottas 2nd
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Russian GP - Vettel takes pole
Well. I got Bottas right, other than that, my predictions up to this point are rubbish.....
Summary
- Vettel on pole in first Ferrari lock-out for nine years
- Bottas 3rd, Hamilton 4th
- Palmer crashes out in Q1
Vettel won the last nine races he started on pole.
Make no mistake, Mercedes have a battle on their hands.
FFS!Russian GP - Vettel takes pole
Well. I got Bottas right, other than that, my predictions up to this point are rubbish.....
Summary
Pole position is the 47th of Sebastian Vettel's career and his first since Singapore 2015.
- Vettel on pole in first Ferrari lock-out for nine years
- Bottas 3rd, Hamilton 4th
- Palmer crashes out in Q1
Vettel won the last nine races he started on pole.
Make no mistake, Mercedes have a battle on their hands.
it's not gone well 
Qualifying top 10
1) Vettel 2) Raikkonen 3) Bottas 4) Hamilton 5) Ricciardo 6) Massa 7) Verstappen 8) Hulkenberg 9) Perez 10) Ocon
Qualifying - the rest
11) Sainz 12) Stroll 13) Kvyat 14) Magnussen 15) Alonso 16) Palmer 17) Vandoorne 18) Wehrlein 19) Ericsson 20) Grosjean
FFS, one of my drivers... 20th.....
1) Vettel 2) Raikkonen 3) Bottas 4) Hamilton 5) Ricciardo 6) Massa 7) Verstappen 8) Hulkenberg 9) Perez 10) Ocon
Qualifying - the rest
11) Sainz 12) Stroll 13) Kvyat 14) Magnussen 15) Alonso 16) Palmer 17) Vandoorne 18) Wehrlein 19) Ericsson 20) Grosjean
FFS, one of my drivers... 20th.....
ShameQualifying top 10
1) Vettel 2) Raikkonen 3) Bottas 4) Hamilton 5) Ricciardo 6) Massa 7) Verstappen 8) Hulkenberg 9) Perez 10) Ocon
Qualifying - the rest
11) Sainz 12) Stroll 13) Kvyat 14) Magnussen 15) Alonso 16) Palmer 17) Vandoorne 18) Wehrlein 19) Ericsson 20) Grosjean
FFS, one of my drivers... 20th.....
Vettel on poleThat's the first points of the weekend in the bag for me
Mercedes-AMG F1
Congratulations @ScuderiaFerrari for a first front row lockout since '08. You guys were rapid.
Ready for a proper scrap tomorrow #RussianGP
Not one to miss and a tough one to predict. Who will finish on the podium tomorrow?
Sean Kelly
virtualstatman
It's not like Mercedes are suddenly no good - Ricciardo's Red Bull was over 1.6s slower than Bottas. Ferrari have stepped it up #RussianGP
Mercedes' run of successive pole positions ends at 18 - a run that goes back to Monaco last year.
It is also the first time in 31 races they have not got a car on the front row.
Unfamiliar territory.
The Ferrari looks so different to the other cars
Sorry F1 fans, a bit late with this update, blame it on the people coming round and drinking all my beer.....
Summary
How the Russian GP unfolded
- Bottas wins Vettel after overtaking him at start
- Vettel 2nd, Raikkonen 3rd, Hamilton 4th
- Alonso breaks down on parade lap
- Alonso, Palmer, Grosjean, Ricciardo out
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Championship Standings
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1 BMBabe Racing Stacey Jefferies 498
2 HT HighTek Hard Top 478
3 Kraken Racing Tim Sharpe 477
4 ZorgChampions2016 Gail Flint 477
5 thesaints 34 Chris Sharpe 450
6 Mint Racing Mint 446
7 Team Smiffy Smiffy 444
8 Team Westfield Andy McDonnell 439
9 le chef torchey PRO 407
10 Pudding club Paul Rice 384
I am amazed that I am in 2nd place !!!
I only got points for Vettel, Hamilton, Verstappen, Mercedes and one safety car.......
Russian GP top 10
1) Bottas 2) Vettel 3) Raikkonen 4) Hamilton 5) Verstappen 6) Perez 7) Ocon 8) Hulkenberg 9) Massa 10) Sainz
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Championship Standings
Pos Team Manager Pts
1 BMBabe Racing Stacey Jefferies 498
2 HT HighTek Hard Top 478
3 Kraken Racing Tim Sharpe 477
4 ZorgChampions2016 Gail Flint 477
5 thesaints 34 Chris Sharpe 450
6 Mint Racing Mint 446
7 Team Smiffy Smiffy 444
8 Team Westfield Andy McDonnell 439
9 le chef torchey PRO 407
10 Pudding club Paul Rice 384
I am amazed that I am in 2nd place !!!
I only got points for Vettel, Hamilton, Verstappen, Mercedes and one safety car.......
Russian GP top 10
1) Bottas 2) Vettel 3) Raikkonen 4) Hamilton 5) Verstappen 6) Perez 7) Ocon 8) Hulkenberg 9) Massa 10) Sainz
Less than 100 points for me
Less than 100 points for me
And me.....still there's always the football to cheer you up......or maybe not
'Twas a bad dayAnd me.....still there's always the football to cheer you up......or maybe not
Lewis Hamilton fastest in Spain as Fernando Alonso breaks down.
Lewis Hamilton set the pace as Mercedes impressed in first practice at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Hamilton was 0.029 seconds quicker than team-mate Valtteri Bottas, and a second clear of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel in third and fourth.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen was fifth, just 0.250secs behind Raikkonen.
McLaren-Honda's dismal season of unreliability continued, with Fernando Alonso sent into a spin by a major engine failure on his first lap.
Alonso spun to a halt in a cloud of smoke with oil pouring from underneath the engine after it failed coming out of Turn Two on his first lap. The Spaniard then left the track to go back to his hotel. Honda blamed the failure on "an oil leak" and said Alonso would be back out with a new power-unit in second practice.
Lewis Hamilton set the pace as Mercedes impressed in first practice at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Hamilton was 0.029 seconds quicker than team-mate Valtteri Bottas, and a second clear of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel in third and fourth.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen was fifth, just 0.250secs behind Raikkonen.
McLaren-Honda's dismal season of unreliability continued, with Fernando Alonso sent into a spin by a major engine failure on his first lap.
Alonso spun to a halt in a cloud of smoke with oil pouring from underneath the engine after it failed coming out of Turn Two on his first lap. The Spaniard then left the track to go back to his hotel. Honda blamed the failure on "an oil leak" and said Alonso would be back out with a new power-unit in second practice.
Spanish GP practice.
Summary
FP3 - top 10
Posted at12:03
1) Raikkonen 2) Vettel 3) Hamilton 4) Bottas 5) Verstappen 6) Ricciardo 7) Hulkenberg 8) Massa 9) Sainz 10) Alonso
FP3 - the rest
Posted at12:06
11) Grosjean 12) Magnussen 13) Perez 14) Ocon 15) Kvyat 16) Ericsson 17) Stroll 18) Palmer 19) Vandoorne 20) Wehlrein
Summary
- Vettel breaks down, Bottas has engine problem.
FP3 - top 10
Posted at12:03
1) Raikkonen 2) Vettel 3) Hamilton 4) Bottas 5) Verstappen 6) Ricciardo 7) Hulkenberg 8) Massa 9) Sainz 10) Alonso
FP3 - the rest
Posted at12:06
11) Grosjean 12) Magnussen 13) Perez 14) Ocon 15) Kvyat 16) Ericsson 17) Stroll 18) Palmer 19) Vandoorne 20) Wehlrein