Documenting the Russian GP in Memes

Sunday’s Russian GP in Sochi had a new winner this season, Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas became the 5th Finn to win a Grand Prix race after Keke Rosberg, Mika Hakkinen, Kimi Raikkonen and Heiki Kovalainen. The two Ferrari drivers Vettel and Raikkonen were 2nd and 3rd and Bottas’ teammate Lewis Hamilton was a distant 4th. Apart from the first lap, there were hardly any overtakes during the race. So without further ado, here are some memes summing up the procession… oops! race.

Qualifying

After a very, very long time, Ferrari finally broke the Qualifying monopoly by Mercedes and had themselves a front row lockout. Mercedes could only manage the second row.

Problems for McLaren Honda (again)

Poor old Fernando Alonso did not even make the start of the race as the MCL32 died out on him during the formation lap. Fortunately for the Woking squad, Stoffel Vandoorne was still running and saw the chequered flag for the second time, albeit in 14th place.

Not so Joly, are we?

Jolyon Palmer has been struggling to keep up with his more experienced teammate Nico Hulkenberg so far this season. He has been trying to catch up to the German, but maybe just a little too much. Palmer has had two retirements this season and two finishes out of the points. Hulkenberg in the meantime has already notched up 6 points with back-to-back finishes in China and Russia. In qualifying, the Briton cut the kerb and was pitched into the barriers. During the race, it was a case of misfortune for him as he was an innocent victim of a wild lunge by Romain Grosjean.

New Flying Finn Alert!

After the aborted start, attempt number 2 saw Bottas mug both Ferraris off the start line and rocket away. Although Vettel started to pose a threat in the latter stages of the race following the pitstops, The Finn held on to take his maiden victory.