Winner: Hamilton (one stop: started on supersoft, changed to soft on lap 32). Best-placed alternative strategy: Perez, third (also a one-stopper, but took advantage of a safety car to change from supersoft to soft on lap 12, then ran 41 laps to the finish). Practically all the drivers stopped only once, with just two stopping twice. Paul Hembery: 'We're back to Russia just six months after coming to the race previously, which means that we can probably expect conditions in spring to be different from how they were last autumn. This is one of the lowest degradation tracks we visit all season, so we can expect to see some quite long stints even on the supersoft, as Lewis Hamilton showed last...
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