Award – Nico. Who became the hero of “Grand Prix of Russia» – Eurosport.com RU

UPDATED: Just – Posted: 12/10/2014 at 21:13

Kirill Vorobyev been the first in the history of the Russian stage” Formula 1 “and admired tactical feat team Mercedes.

         “Sochi – the city that is worthy.” Slogan emerged from the middle of the zero memory during the debut for Russian Grand Prix. Indeed, neither Moscow nor St. Petersburg do not have such an aesthetically attractive appearance and climatic conditions.
       

         Preparing for the Olympic Games and the Games themselves directly tempered Sochi. City went to the race prepared. The level of organization rolls over: everywhere – Stewards of the inputs – and the stadium with portable readers tickets, like something on the police radar. At every step – from palatochki doroguschy accessories, food, before qualifying and the race crowd entertained bikers, extreme, jump on their bikes through the ring of fire.
       

         Race also promised to ignite the dance floor, but it turned out she is not. It seems to be presented to qualified food for thought and the hope for a sensation: Daniel Kwiat came in third sigmente fifth and Sebastian Vettel in the final qualifying disassembly is not ranked at all. Who will be the winner of the stage, or if it will work in Daniel Kvyat miracle on the home stage – like intrigue evaporated on the first lap. Lewis Hamilton looked all right from the start, but Daniel Kwiat fell asleep on the grid and missed several opponents ahead. On a wave of sorrow Russian pilot lost several positions and eventually come to finish 14th.
       

Daniel Kwiat – AFP

         Attention from the race smoothly switched to the guests who visited it. Looking into the silhouettes on the opposite podium, you could see Dmitry Medvedev, and at the end of the Grand Prix of vacant bed Vladimir Putin became jammed to capacity. People who have to circle the fortieth already done a hundred self and followed the race through multiple screens, revived, began to photograph the box and play the guessing game. How many familiar faces in the box you will find?
       

         The first in the history of the “Grand Prix of Russia” could not do without some of the magic of the event. So it became a courageous decision to send the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg on the first lap to the pit stop to change tires on a rigid and more boxes to not be approached. Nico walked around the racers one by one and ended up with a 21 th place slipped into second, finishing in the medals. On the first line did not give him up Hamilton, but Rosberg overtook him if the Germans did not have to overtake get in the way of mere mortals on slow machines. Nico gave a speed record after another, but never getting to Lewis. Third to finish Valtteri Bottas came that wonderfully made in qualifying and had a lovely race, from time to time even in the looming mirrors Hamilton.
       

Valtteri Bottas – F1i

         The first two places in the Mercedes race allowed the team to advance to win the Constructors Championship, and Lewis has crept closer to victory in the final classification.
       

         
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