SOCHI, Russia - Valtteri Bottas held off a late charge from Sebastian Vettel to claim his maiden Formula One win at the Russian Grand Prix, crossing the line just 0.6 ahead of the Ferrari driver.
After beating the Ferraris in the long run down to Turn 2, Bottas led the race and appeared to be in control before a huge lock-up at Turn 11 on lap 38 left him with a big flat-spot and brought Vettel back into proceedings. Vettel could not get close enough and had to settle for second, ahead of Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen, while Lewis Hamilton finished a disappointing fourth -- a massive 36 seconds behind his Mercedes teammate.