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Russian GP: Rosberg unstoppable again, disaster for Vettel

Nico Rosberg won his fourth race of 2016 in Russia, his seventh on the trot, to lead another Mercedes 1-2 at Sochi – but it was another race to forget for Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton took his time to work his way up to second place from 10th on the grid following MGU-H problems in qualifying, but once he got ahead of Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and the Williams of Valtteri Bottas, Rosberg was already over 10s up the road. He closed the gap to 7.7s, before Rosberg got the hammer down again as Hamilton suffered a water-pressure issue in the second half of the event and drifted well away from the leader, finishing 25s in arrears. The race featured a controversial opening lap, as...
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