Good morning, all, and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Russian Grand Prix. OK, so it's yet another Mercedes lock-out of the front row, but Valtteri Bottas's pace during qualifying suggests that this race might not be the straightforward canter to the finish that the Silver Arrows want.

Formula 1 | Russian Grand Prix

Sochi Autodrom | 12.10.2014

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ByThe Editorial Team

Updated 12/10/2014 at 12:41 GMT

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Well, not the best race of the season; in fact, the dullest for some time, I'd say. But it's significant because Mercedes have wrapped up their win - and Lewis Hamilton extends his lead at the top of the drivers' standings. Thank you for your company this afternoon.

Niki Lauda is asked if Lewis Hamilton is now looking unstoppable for the drivers' championship. "Yes. Kind of."

The McLarens of Button and Magnussen are fourth and fifth, with Alonso's Ferrari in sixth. The Red Bulls of Ricciardo and Vettel are seventh and eighth.

Rosberg is second, apologising to his team for his mistake on the first lap but thanking them for the car, with Valtteri Bottas taking the third spot on the podium.

"Awesome drive!" the team tell Hamilton. "Congratulations to the team!" he responds.

Mercedes take the constructors' title as Hamilton moves ahead further in the drivers' championship.

So Hamilton wins the Russian Grand Prix - after Rosberg's awful error at the start, that was never in doubt.

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And we're into the final lap. Rosberg is the fastest man on the track even on those tyres - now 52 laps into their race, remember - but Hamilton has never been under pressure.

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Hamilton is so far ahead of Rosberg he can'tt even see him in his mirrors at any point.

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There's little happening out there now. This is a procession.

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Bottas records the fastest lap of the race! Has he left it a little too late to make a bid for second?

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Ricciardo is still nudging at Alonso, but can't get past him.

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In what's been a rather dull race, Rosberg has done amazingly to make it through this far - can he hang on for the last five laps?

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Rosberg is nearly 19 seconds behind Hamilton, though.

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Bottas is five seconds behind Rosberg. Can he force another error from the Mercedes driver?

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Sergio Perez is told that the fuel situation now is "desperate". Ouch.

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Let's see what Bottas can muster, then.

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So it looks like Rosberg really is going to take this to the end now - that's the assumption that the other teams are working to.

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The closest we have to an overtaking battle at the moment is in sixth place, where Daniel Ricciardo is less than half a second behind Fernando Alonso. We've already seen plenty of times this season how cute Ricciardo can be with his overtaking moves.

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Ah, now Hamilton is putting his foot down and gently easing himself away from Rosberg.

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