Documenting the 2017 Russian Formula One GP in a series of tweets

Published 04/30/2017, 11:01 AM EDT

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Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas held off a late charge by pole-sitter Sebastian Vettel to claim his maiden Formula One victory at the Russian GP in Sochi. While the race was fairly processional in the middle, things started to spice up towards the end. Essentially Sports brings you a round up in the form of a series of tweets

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During the formation lap, Fernando Alonso’s nightmare season continued as the car died out on him. The rest of the pack was sent on another formation lap.

Is it a bird? is it a plane? No it’s a flying Haas. Romain Grosjean and Jolyon Palmer tangled with each other and took themselves out.

A wild Vladimir Putin appears.

Daniel Ricciardo’s Red Bull RB13 apparently thought that summer came early and had itself a barbecue.

Fans were in for another classic Kimi moment as he seemed to have forgotten that Bottas was leading.

The cars were so spaced apart that it seemed like everyone was having their own private race.

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The cameras were so focused of Bottas and Vettel and the ever shrinking gap that it took rare lock ups by other drivers to garner some attention.

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But the day belonged to Valtteri Bottas who staved off a charging Vettel to win his maiden Grand Prix

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Dhruv George

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Dhruv George is a senior Formula One and NASCAR analyst for EssentiallySports, having authored nearly 12000 articles spanning different sports like F1, NASCAR, Tennis, NFL, and eSports. He graduated with a PG Diploma in Journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications. Dhruv has also conducted interviews with F1 driver Pierre Gasly and Moto2 rider Tony Arbolino.
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