Round 16 · 2019

Russian Grand Prix

CircuitSochi AutodromLocationSochi, RussiaDates27 Sep – 29 Sep 2019Final

WinnerHAMMercedes · from P2

PoleLEC

Fastest lap1:35.761Hamilton · L51

Most laps led27Hamilton

Biggest gain+15Albon P20→P5

Retirements5of 20 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	2	+1	53	1:33:38.992 FL	1	26
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	4	+2	53	+3.829	1	18
3	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1	-2	53	+5.212	2	15
4	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	9	+5	53	+14.210	1	12
5	Alexander Albon ALB	Red Bull Racing	20	+15	53	+38.348	1	10
6	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	5	-1	53	+45.889	1	8
7	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	11	+4	53	+48.728	1	6
8	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	7	-1	53	+57.749	1	4
9	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	13	+4	53	+58.779	1	2
10	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	6	-4	53	+59.841	2	1
11	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	14	+3	53	+1:00.821	1
12	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	19	+7	53	+1:02.496	2
13	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	15	+2	53	+1:08.910	2
14	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	16	+2	53	+1:10.076	1
15	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	12	-3	53	+1:13.346	2
—	Robert Kubica KUB	Williams	18		28	DNF · L28	2
—	George Russell RUS	Williams	17		27	DNF · L27	1
—	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	3		26	DNF · L26	1
—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	10		24	DNF · L24	2
—	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	8		0	DNF · L0	—

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	—	—	—	18
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	—	—	—	19
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	—	—	—	22
4	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	—	—	—	18
5	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	—	—	—	20
6	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	15
7	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	—	—	—	20
8	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	—	—	—	19
9	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	15
10	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	18
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	—	—	—	14
12	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	—	—	—	14
13	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	—	—	—	13
14	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	—	—	—	14
15	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	—	—	—	8
16	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	13
17	George Russell RUS	Williams	—	—	—	8
18	Robert Kubica KUB	Williams	—	—	—	8
19	Alexander Albon ALB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	4
20	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:32.733		14
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:33.049	+0.316	15
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:33.129	+0.396	19
4	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:33.354	+0.621	18
5	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:34.227	+1.494	12
6	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:34.308	+1.575	17
7	Alexander Albon ALB	Red Bull Racing	1:34.371	+1.638	21
8	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:34.421	+1.688	13
9	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:34.527	+1.794	15
10	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:34.546	+1.813	15
11	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:34.564	+1.831	16
12	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	1:34.586	+1.853	14
13	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	1:34.607	+1.874	18
14	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	1:34.766	+2.033	15
15	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	1:34.860	+2.127	7
16	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	1:34.898	+2.165	16
17	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	1:35.714	+2.981	19
18	George Russell RUS	Williams	1:36.011	+3.278	18
19	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:36.081	+3.348	4
20	Robert Kubica KUB	Williams	1:36.942	+4.209	19

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:33.162		29
2	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:33.497	+0.335	33
3	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:33.808	+0.646	22
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:33.960	+0.798	32
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:34.201	+1.039	32
6	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:34.971	+1.809	26
7	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	1:34.998	+1.836	31
8	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:35.026	+1.864	33
9	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	1:35.176	+2.014	31
10	Alexander Albon ALB	Red Bull Racing	1:35.216	+2.054	18
11	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:35.223	+2.061	33
12	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:35.337	+2.175	38
13	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:35.351	+2.189	26
14	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	1:35.370	+2.208	28
15	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	1:35.374	+2.212	34
16	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:35.593	+2.431	31
17	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	1:35.635	+2.473	29
18	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	1:36.004	+2.842	29
19	George Russell RUS	Williams	1:36.785	+3.623	38
20	Robert Kubica KUB	Williams	1:37.838	+4.676	36

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:34.462		20
2	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:34.544	+0.082	25
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:35.005	+0.543	20
4	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	1:35.198	+0.736	28
5	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:35.411	+0.949	22
6	Alexander Albon ALB	Red Bull Racing	1:35.484	+1.022	22
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Renault (2016–20)	1:35.740	+1.278	21
8	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Renault (2016–20)	1:36.287	+1.825	20
9	Sergio Pérez PER	Racing Point	1:36.321	+1.859	27
10	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:36.516	+2.054	23
11	Carlos Sainz SAI	McLaren	1:36.523	+2.061	28
12	Pierre Gasly GAS	Toro Rosso	1:36.538	+2.076	25
13	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas	1:36.596	+2.134	21
14	Lance Stroll STR	Racing Point	1:36.714	+2.252	26
15	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Alfa Romeo	1:36.770	+2.308	22
16	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:36.844	+2.382	30
17	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	Alfa Romeo	1:37.328	+2.866	18
18	George Russell RUS	Williams	1:38.520	+4.058	27
19	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:38.550	+4.088	5
20	Robert Kubica KUB	Williams	1:38.670	+4.208	29

Session schedule

Practice 1Final27 Sep 2019 07:55 UTC

Practice 2Final27 Sep 2019 11:55 UTC

Practice 3Final28 Sep 2019 08:55 UTC

QualifyingFinal28 Sep 2019 11:55 UTC

Grand PrixFinal29 Sep 2019 11:05 UTC

Championship after round 16

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	322
2	Valtteri Bottas BOT	249
3	Charles Leclerc LEC	215	▲1
4	Max Verstappen VER	212	▼1
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	194
6	Pierre Gasly GAS	69
7	Carlos Sainz SAI	66
8	Alexander Albon ALB	52

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Ferrari	Charles Leclerc LEC	—	Sebastian Vettel VET
Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Valtteri Bottas BOT
McLaren	Carlos Sainz SAI	—	Lando Norris NOR
Renault (2016–20)	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC
Haas	Romain Grosjean GRO	—	Kevin Magnussen MAG
Red Bull Racing	Max Verstappen VER	—	Alexander Albon ALB
Racing Point	Sergio Pérez PER	—	Lance Stroll STR
Alfa Romeo	Antonio Giovinazzi GIO	—	Kimi Raikkonen RAI
Toro Rosso	Pierre Gasly GAS	—	Daniil Kvyat KVY
Williams	George Russell RUS	—	Robert Kubica KUB

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2018	Russian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	2
2017	Russian Grand Prix	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Mercedes	3
2016	Russian Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1
2015	Russian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	2
2014	Russian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1