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Qualifying results - Russia 2014 - Hamilton takes pole as Bottas shows true pace

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Valtteri Bottas looked like he was on to spoil the fun of Mercedes in Sochi, squeezing two fastest sectors on his final lap. However, it all went wrong in the final stretch of track and he had to settle for third place - still a great result for the Williams team, particularly compared with Felipe Massa's P18, after a power unit problem on the Brazilian's car.

Further back, Sebastian Vettel dropped out in Q2 as the Red Bulls continued to lack pace. Marcus Ericsson just missed out on getting into the second session, whilst Pastor Maldonado had reliability issues that dropped him out in the first.

PositionDriverTeamTimeLaps
1Lewis HamiltonMercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team1:38.51318
2Nico RosbergMercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team1:38.71318
3Valtteri BottasWilliams Martini Racing1:38.92023
4Jenson ButtonMcLaren Mercedes1:39.12122
5Daniil KvyatScuderia Toro Rosso1:39.27727
6Kevin MagnussenMcLaren Mercedes1:39.62921
7Daniel RicciardoInfiniti Red Bull Racing1:39.63521
8Fernando AlonsoScuderia Ferrari1:39.70925
9Kimi RäikkönenScuderia Ferrari1:39.77126
10Jean-Éric VergneScuderia Toro Rosso1:40.02027
11Sebastian VettelInfiniti Red Bull Racing1:40.05213
12Nico HülkenbergSahara Force India F1 Team1:40.05816
13Sergio PérezSahara Force India F1 Team1:40.16313
14Esteban GutiérrezSauber F1 Team1:40.53618
15Adrian SutilSauber F1 Team1:40.98418
16Romain GrosjeanLotus F1 Team1:41.39718
17Marcus EricssonCaterham F1 Team1:42.6489
18Felipe MassaWilliams Martini Racing1:43.0648
19Kamui KobayashiCaterham F1 Team1:43.1669
20Pastor MaldonadoLotus F1 Team1:43.2055
21Max ChiltonMarussia F1 Team1:43.64910

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