Caterham Achieve Third 1-2 Finish in 2018

Qualifying:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	2	Lewis Hamilton		1:07.562
2	63	Jules Bianchi		1:07.775
3	1	Sebastian Vettel		1:07.894
4	27	Nathan McKane		1:08.106
5	62	Dave Cassidy		1:08.395
6	29	Pastor Maldonado		1:08.505
7	98	Salvatore Miccoli		1:08.784
8	99	Kevin Magnussen		1:08.839
9	55	Artem Markelov		1:08.861
10	32	Daniel Melrose		1:08.915
11	90	Daniel Ricciardo		1:09.071
12	31	Rhys Davies		1:09.091
13	30	André Lotterer		1:09.236
14	21	Stoffel Vandoorne		1:09.290
15	43	Sébastien Bourdais		1:09.396
16	5	Valtteri Bottas		1:09.399
17	91	Einar Ármannsson		1:09.508
18	12	Scott Dixon		1:09.511
19	28	Marcel Agyemang-Badu		1:09.862
20	67	Pierre Gasly		1:09.999
21	42	Davide Valsecchi		1:10.046
22	6	Ma Qinghua		1:10.246
23	66	Josef Newgarden		1:10.250
24	22	Johnny Cecotto Jr.		1:10.264
25	56	Bradley Dagnall		1:10.365
26	11	Jérôme d'Ambrosio		1:10.411

* demoted five places for changing engine/gearbox

Report:

What a difference a day makes: the rain that plagued yesterday’s event went away and the sun shined on the Siberian asphalt. Who would be able to prevail, now that the weather would not be able to hurt or help the chances of the 26 drivers?

Lewis Hamilton continued his domination of the weekend by taking the sole lead in the pole position trophy. However, at the start, a mighty challenger appeared as Jules Bianchi was able to keep up with the Brit until a pitstop mistake by the Precision team put an end to that.

Speaking of mistakes by Precision-Mercedes, Dave Cassidy was awful. He ran into Salvatore Miccoli and fell down the order as a result, where he had an accident with André Lotterer that ended with him getting a five-second race time penalty.

Other drivers did better, Nathan McKane ran well, getting eight points for Ferrari. Both DGN drivers got a couple of points for their team, putting Pastor Maldonado in their sandwich. The passionate Russian crowd was way more pleased by Artem Markelov’s ninth place.

Race:

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Points
1	2	Lewis Hamilton		44:01.305	17
2	1	Sebastian Vettel		+7.545	12
3	63	Jules Bianchi		+17.494	10
4	27	Nathan McKane		+30.035	8
5	98	Salvatore Miccoli		+41.934	6
6	29	Pastor Maldonado		+43.253	5
7	62	Dave Cassidy		+43.742	4
8	99	Kevin Magnussen		+44.962	3
9	55	Artem Markelov		+54.952	2
10	5	Valtteri Bottas		+56.459	1
11	90	Daniel Ricciardo		+58.273	0
12	21	Stoffel Vandoorne		+63.543	0
13	91	Einar Ármannsson		+66.465	0
14	43	Sébastien Bourdais		+67.684	0
15	31	Rhys Davies		+39.746	5
16	28	Marcel Agyemang-Badu		+78.242	0
17	56	Bradley Dagnall		+79.582	0
18	66	Josef Newgarden		+1 Lap	0
19	11	Jérôme d'Ambrosio		+1 Lap	0
20	12	Scott Dixon		+1 Lap	0
21	22	Johnny Cecotto Jr.		+1 Lap	0
22	30	André Lotterer		+1 Lap	0
23	67	Pierre Gasly		+2 Laps	0
DNF	42	Davide Valsecchi		Oil Leak	0
DNF	32	Daniel Melrose		Accident	0
DNF	6	Ma Qinghua		Accident	0

Fastest Lap:

Dave Cassidy – 1:08.861

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Artem Markelov – the pride of the Russian Federation managed to score again.

Reject Of The Race:

Dave Cassidy – drove like this is NASCAR, got his punishment.