April 30, 2017 – Valtteri Bottas secured his maiden victory at a processional Russian Grand Prix this afternoon, beating the two Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen.
Bottas jumped Vettel and team-mate Kimi Raikkonen at the start from his third position on the grid and dominated the race until the closing stages, when Vettel used a late pit stop to close up and pressure the Finn.
The four-time champion closed up to within a second and a half of Bottas with 10 laps top go but the Finn responded and kept Vettel at arm’s length for the rest of the race.
Bottas’ team-mate Lewis Hamilton capped a difficult weekend with a race to forget and finished only fourth behind Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen.
| Cla | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | Mercedes | 1:28’08.743 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | Ferrari | 0.617 |
| 3 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | Ferrari | 11.000 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Mercedes | 36.320 |
| 5 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | TAG | 1’00.416 |
| 6 | Sergio Perez | Force India | Mercedes | 1’26.788 |
| 7 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | Mercedes | 1’35.004 |
| 8 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | Renault | 1’36.188 |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Williams | Mercedes | |
| 10 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso | Renault | |
| 11 | Lance Stroll | Williams | Mercedes | |
| 12 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | Renault | |
| 13 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | Ferrari | |
| 14 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | Honda | |
| 15 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | Ferrari | |
| 16 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | Ferrari | |
| Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | TAG | ||
| Jolyon Palmer | Renault | Renault | ||
| Romain Grosjean | Haas | Ferrari | ||
| Fernando Alonso | McLaren | Honda |