Formula 1. Grand Prix in Sochi: all the winners

By the Olympic Games in 2014, which took place in Sochi, it was decided to build a race track in the city. Autodrome is located in the city's Olympic Park. Before the Olympic Games, several events were held in the city with the aim of increasing interest in car haulage on the territory of the Russian Federation. In winter 2013 the city of Sochi visited Bernie Ecclestone to observe the progress of construction work on the track.

The first grand prix of Formula 1 in Russia: Sochi 2014

The first race on the track was in mid-September 2014 a week before the official opening of the track. After one month, the circuit took one of the stages of the Formula-1 series. According to the results of the Grand Prix in Sochi in 2014, Lewis Hamilton managed to win a tough fight . The silver winner of the competition was a partner of Hamilton for Mercedes Mercedes German pilot Nico Rosberg. On the third place was Finn Vulttury Bottas. It was he who showed the fastest time on one of the circles of the first grand prix of Formula 1 in Sochi, having passed the last 5848 m for 1,40,896 min.

The day before the race, these pilots in the same order completed the qualification. Briton Jenson Button and Russian Daniil Kvyat in Saturday's qualification took 4 th and 5 th places respectively. In Sunday's race, Button repeated the result of qualification, and Kvat was at 14 positions.

Grand Prix 2015

The second Grand Prix of Formula 1 in Sochi was held in 2015. As a result of qualification, Nico Rosberg took the first place. The second pilot, who got the opportunity to start from the first field, was another Mercedes pilot, Lewis Hamilton, and the third was Valtteri Bottas. Thus, the second season in a row, the first three places in Saturday's qualification were taken by the same racers, but Mercedes pilots changed positions.

On Sunday, the winner of the grand prix of Formula 1 in Sochi was the second consecutive year Briton Hamilton. The second was the German Sebastian Vettel, representing the "Scuderia", and the third place was taken by Mexican Perez. The German showed the fastest lap time - 1.40.071 min.

Nico Rosberg, who won the pole position on Saturday, was forced to finish the race ahead of schedule due to the failure of the gas pedal. Valtteri Bottas, who started from the third position, got into an accident and did not finish, but he was counted 12th place, as the Finn drove 90% of the distance.

Formula-1 in Sochi in 2016

The most popular overtaking in the world took place on the Sochi highway for the third time in a row in 2016. The first two places in the qualifying Saturday race were occupied by the Germans Rosberg and Vettel. The third and fourth were the Finns Bottas and Raikkonen respectively, and the 5th place left for the Brazilian Felipe Massa.

On Sunday in the race, the victory was won by the pilot of the Mercedes Nico Rosberg. The second was Lewis Hamilton, who rose to the second line with the tenth. The fifth was Felipe Massa, and the Finns exchanged places - Raikkonen became the bronze medalist of the race, and Valtteri Bottas remained outside the podium. The winner of the race Nico Rosberg became the author of the fastest lap, after traveling 52 laps behind 1,39,094 min.

Grand Prix of 2017

In April 2017, the fourth for the last 4 years, the grand prix of Formula 1 in Sochi. As a result of the pole position, Vettel won with Ferrari. Kimi Raikkonen took second place. From the second line, started Veltteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton, who took 3rd and 4th places respectively.

The Formula 1 Grand Prix in Sochi in 2017 was won by Finn Bottas, who moved to Mercedes after Nico Rosberg announced his retirement. Partner Valtteri on the command of the British pilot Lewis Hamilton took the race in fourth place. Between the two pilots of the "Mercedes" are two cars "Scuderia" - Sebastian Vettel became the second, and Kimi Raikkonen took third place. The best time of the circle was established on the 49th circle by Kimi Raikkonen - 1,37,844 min.

Thus, for 4 years of the grand prix of the Formula-1 in Sochi, each time the victory was celebrated by the driver of the team "Mercedes" - twice Hamilton, and once - Rosberg and Bottas.