Driver of the day

Sergio Perez kept a cool head, whilst all around him others were losing theirs. He controlled his tires and still kept a blazing pace to emerge in third place after the Bottas / Raikkonen contretemps. Perez returns to the steady side of the paddock ledger and Force India collects some very valuable points (and year-end prize money)

Quote of the day

“What do you think of this hat?”

Wearing his Pirelli-designed fur ushanka podium hat, Lewis Hamilton decided to put the question directly to new podium buddy, Russian President Vladimir Putin. We imagine the answer was, “хорошо!”