Nico Rosberg showed the best result in the qualifying races at the Grand Prix of Russia.
The first segment of qualifying in Sochi passed without surprises – the outsiders still finished the fight. “The manor”, “Zauber” and “Renault” remained without their representatives in the second stage of Saturday’s program of the Grand Prix of Russia.
In the second segment, the list of losers was completed by riders from the “McLaren” and “Haas”. At full strength in the top-10 qualified “Mercedes”, “Ferrari”, “Williams”, “Red bull” and one pilot from Force India and Toro Rosso”.
A serious blow to the intrigue was dealt another technical problem Hamilton – the defending champion due to problems with the motor could not go to the fastest lap. It is not excluded that to actually start the race, Hamilton will be much lower than tenth position, but the Brit can get a fine for replacing some parts of the car.
In the absence of a Hamilton pole easily take the leader of the season Nico Rosberg – the German almost a second brought Vettel, and in the struggle two of the Finns were faster than less experienced Bottas.
The Grand Prix of Russia. Qualifying results:
1. Nico Rosberg (“Mercedes”) — 1:35.417
2. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) +0.706
3. Valtteri Bottas (“Williams”) +1.119
4. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) +1.246
5. Felipe Massa (“Williams”) +1.599
6. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) +1.708
7. Sergio Perez (“Force India”) +1.795
8. Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull) +2.042
9. Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) +2.166
10. Lewis Hamilton (“Mercedes”) — without time
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11. Carlos Sainz Jr (Toro Rosso)
12. Jenson Button (“McLaren”)
13. Nico Hulkenberg (“Force India”)
14. Fernando Alonso (McLaren)
15. Romain Grosjean (“Haas”)
16. Esteban Gutierrez (“Haas”)
17. Kevin Magnussen (Renault)
18. Jolyon Palmer (Renault)
19. Felipe Nasr (“Zauber”)
20. Pascal Wehrlein (“Manor”)
21. Rio Haryanto (“Manor”)
22. Marcus Ericsson (“Zauber”)
