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

1 Lewis Hamilton

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