prix the british driver took first place thanks to a little help from his mis sadie's teammate of altieri bought us its take a look at the action from sochi. with mercedes taking pole and second during saturday's qualifying this was their race to lose red bulls max pushed up and was intent on stealing the headlines however a stunning drive saw him climb twelve places to eventually seal a fifth place finish. terry potter set a record breaking lecturing qualification and was on course for victory in the main event but the slavish chief toto wolff ordered him to allow hamilton's a pass that extended the british championship lead over sebastian vettel a president of the fins hopes of glory post-race a visibly disappointed but us was comforted by a triumphant hamilton who admitted his eight victory of the season owed everything to his team mates sacrifice. yeah i mean but you did a fantastic job all weekend and it was a real gentleman too to let me buy a seat he's now not fighting for the championship is where we are usually just elated but you know i can understand how difficult it was about