Russian Grand Prix

Russian Grand Prix

Sochi Autodrome
Route data
Main sponsor:	VTB (since 2017)
in the racing calendar:	since 2014
Route length:	5.848 km
Race length:	309.944 km in 53 laps
Records
Lap record:	1: 35,761 ( 2019 , Lewis Hamilton , Mercedes )
Lap record qualification:	1: 31,387 ( 2018 , Valtteri Bottas , Mercedes )
Most wins:	Lewis Hamilton (4)
Most Poles:	Nico Rosberg (2)
website

The Russian Grand Prix ( Russian Гран-При России) is a Formula 1 race that has been held at the Sochi Autodrom in Russia since 2014 .

history

The 1913 winner Georgy Suvorin in a Benz 29/60 hp .

In the Grand Prix seasons of 1913 and 1914 , two Russian Grand Prix were held in Saint Petersburg . After the outbreak of the First World War and the Russian Revolution , there were no motorsport Grand Prix held in Russia for 100 years . In 1983 a Grand Prix of the Soviet Union was planned, which made it into the provisional racing calendar but was not held in the end.

After all, a Russian Grand Prix has been held as part of the Formula 1 World Championship since the 2014 season. The site of the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi was chosen as the venue . The racetrack was completed in August 2014.

The first winner was Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes . He was able to repeat this success in 2015 and 2018. The other two events in 2016 and 2017 also won Mercedes drivers with Nico Rosberg and Valtteri Bottas .

Results

Edition	year	route	class	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest lap
1	1913	St. Petersburg	GP	Georgy Suvorin ( Benz )	I. Ivanov ( Russo-Balt )	René Nothombe ( Métallurgique )	unknown	unknown
2	1914	St. Petersburg	GP	Willy Scholl ( Benz )	S. Ovsyannikov ( Vauxhall )	Eugenio Beria d'Argentine ( Aquila Italiana )	unknown	unknown
	1915 to 2013	not a Grand Prix of Russia
03	2014	Sochi	F1	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Valtteri Bottas ( Williams - Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Valtteri Bottas ( Williams - Mercedes )
04th	2015	Sochi	F1	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Sergio Pérez ( Force India - Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )
05	2016	Sochi	F1	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Ferrari )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )
06th	2017	Sochi	F1	Valtteri Bottas ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Ferrari )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Ferrari )
07th	2018	Sochi	F1	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Valtteri Bottas ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Valtteri Bottas ( Mercedes )	Valtteri Bottas ( Mercedes )
08th	2019	Sochi	F1	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Valtteri Bottas ( Mercedes )	Charles Leclerc ( Ferrari )	Charles Leclerc ( Ferrari )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )

Legend
abbreviation	class	comment
F1	formula 1	Formula 1 World Championship from 1950
F2	Formula 2
FL	Formula libre	Vehicle class usually advertised by the organizer
SW	Sports car
TW	Touring car
GP	Grand Prix vehicles
	↓ Solid gray lines indicate when a new course was used in history. ↓
	Entries with a light red background were not runs for the automobile or Formula 1 world championship.
	Entries with a yellow background were runs for the European Championship .

Web links

Commons : Russian Grand Prix  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Russian Grand Prix gets 2017 title sponsor , sportspromedia.com from February 23, 2017; Accessed May 20, 2019 (English)
2. ^ Sven Haidinger: 1983: (Not) a Soviet Grand Prix for eternity. In: Motorsport-total.com. April 26, 2016, accessed April 27, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Official FIA Circuit Inspection declares Sochi Autodrom ready to host a Formula 1 Grand Prix , notification from August 19, 2014, accessed on September 2, 2014.