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Qualy: Bottas pips Hamilton to pole in Russia

Valtteri Bottas put an end to Lewis Hamilton's charge to an 80th pole position, grabbing the coveted grid slot by 0.1s in qualifying for the Russian GP. Qualifying got underway with five drivers; Fernando Alonso, Pierre Gasly, Brendon Hartley, Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen; facing grid penalties. Fans were facing the prospect of all of them not even bothering to run in Q1. Thankfully they did although for Alonso and Hartley it was a quick afternoon of work as they did not make it out of Q1. They were joined on the sidelines by Sergey Sirtokin, who spun and tagged the barrier, Stoffel Vandoorne and Lance Stroll. Ricciardo, Verstappen and Gasly made it into Q2, however, none of the...
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