F1 driver standings: Mercedes team orders pay off for Hamilton

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F1 driver standings: Mercedes team orders pay off for Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton was the beneficiary of Mercedes team orders as he was given victory in the Russian Grand Prix ahead of Valtteri Bottas, helping the Brit open up a 50-point lead in the drivers' standings ahead of Sebastian Vettel, who finished third.
Hamilton had to fight Vettel on-track in order to maintain postition behind Bottas, picking up tyre blisters in the process.
It prompted Mercedes to order Bottas to move aside, frustrating th Finn, but bolstering Hamilton's hopes of a fifth title.
DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP
MERCEDES
306
2 Sebastian Vettel
FERRARI
256
3 Valtteri Bottas
MERCEDES
189
4 Kimi Raikkonen
FERRARI
186
5 Max Verstappen
RED BULL RACING
158
6 Daniel Ricciardo
RED BULL RACING
134
7 Nico Hulkenberg
RENAULT
53
8 Kevin Magnussen
HAAS
53
9 Fernando Alonso
MCLAREN
50
10 Sergio Perez
FORCE INDIA
48
11 Esteban Ocon
FORCE INDIA
46
12 Carlos Sainz
RENAULT
38
13 Pierre Gasly
TORO ROSSO
28
14 Romain Grosjean
HAAS
27
15 Charles Leclerc
SAUBER
21
16 Stoffel Vandoorne
MCLAREN
8
17 Lance Stroll
WILLIAMS
6
18 Marcus Ericsson
SAUBER
6
19 Brendon Hartley
TORO ROSSO
2
20 Sergey Sirotkin
WILLIAMS
CONSTRUCTOR'S CHAMPIONSHIP
1 MERCEDES
495
2 FERRARI
442
3 RED BULL RACING
296
4 RENAULT
91
5 HAAS
82
6 MCLAREN
58
7 FORCE INDIA
35
8 TORO ROSSO
30
9 SAUBER
27
10 WILLIAMS
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