First practice for the 2017 Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix, Round 4 of the season, took place at the Sochi Autodrom.
Kimi Räikkönen led the session with a 1:36.074. Valtteri Bottas was second, 0.045 seconds behind, and Lewis Hamilton finished third. The gaps from the leader to second and third were 0.045 and 0.607 seconds respectively.
The top five were Kimi Räikkönen in first, Valtteri Bottas in second, Lewis Hamilton in third, Max Verstappen in fourth and Sebastian Vettel in fifth. Practice sessions award no points, and teams may follow different run programmes, so the timesheet represents only the official result of this session.
Ferrari’s two cars occupied first and fifth, Mercedes held second and third, and Red Bull was fourth and sixth.
Lance Stroll completed the most laps with 30, while Sergey Sirotkin recorded the fewest with two.
Sergey Sirotkin did not set a valid lap time.
| Position | Driver | Team | Lap Time/Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:36.074 | 19 |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | +0.045s | 24 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +0.607s | 23 |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +1.100s | 19 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | +1.156s | 19 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | +1.216s | 19 |
| 7 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | +1.383s | 29 |
| 8 | Felipe Massa | Williams | +1.826s | 29 |
| 9 | Lance Stroll | Williams | +1.870s | 30 |
| 10 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | +1.991s | 28 |
| 11 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | +2.422s | 17 |
| 12 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +2.673s | 23 |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | +2.739s | 16 |
| 14 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | +2.902s | 17 |
| 15 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | +3.084s | 16 |
| 16 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | +3.459s | 17 |
| 17 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | +3.467s | 19 |
| 18 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | +3.657s | 21 |
| 19 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | +4.005s | 20 |
| 20 | Sergey Sirotkin | Renault | No time | 2 |
