F1 Russian GP grid: How the 20-driver field lines up

Valtteri Bottas starts on pole ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel at the Russian GP, but there are raft of grid penalties further back in the field.

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen will line up in 18th and 19th after several engine changes, while Brendon Hartley will be at the back of the grid after taking an extra late penalty. His Toro Rosso team-mate Pierre Gasly is 17th.

Fernando Alonso, another penalised driver, is 16th for McLaren, just behind Stoffel Vandoorne,

Those demotions have lifted both Williams drivers up a few places, while Carlos Sainz and Nico Hulkenberg have free tyre strategy from just outside the top 10 after Renault opted not to set a time during Q2 in qualifying.

Russian GP provisional grid
1) Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes
2) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
3) Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari
4) Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari
5) Kevin Magnussen, Haas
6) Esteban Ocon, Force India
7) Charles Leclerc, Saiber
8) Sergio Perez, Force India
9) Romain Grosjean, Haas
10) Marcus Ericsson, Sauber
11) Carlos Sainz, Renault
12) Nico Hulkenberg, Renault
13) Sergey Sirotkin, Williams
14) Lance Stroll, Williams
15) Stoffel Vandoorne, McLaren*
16) Fernando Alonso, McLaren**
17) Pierre Gasly, Toro Rosso**
18) Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull***
19) Max Verstappen, Red Bull****
20) Brendon Hartley, Toro Rosso*****

*Five-place grid penalty for gearbox change
**Penalised for power unit change
***Penalised for power unit change, five-place grid penalty for gearbox change
****Penalised for power unit change, five-place grid penalty for gearbox change; three-place penalty for ignoring yellow flags
*****Penalised for power unit change and additional power unit elements change

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