2017 Russian Grand Prix again showing Red Bull's struggles to keep up with Ferrari and Mercedes. The team's problems were compounded by the retirement of Daniel Ricciardo, their third mechanical failure in four races. 2017 Russian Grand Prix The 2017 Russian Grand Prix (), officially known as the 2017 Formula 1 VTB Russian Grand Prix, was a Formula One motor race that took place on 30 April 2017 as the fourth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship. The fifty-two lap race was held at the Sochi Autodrom, marking the fourth running of the Russian Grand Prix as a round of the
United States Grand Prix calendar since 1989. Previously, however, there were additionally four other separate F1 events in the U.S. From until , the Long Beach circuit hosted a newly created United States Grand Prix West, which ran in the same seasons as the "United States Grand Prix (East)". The United States was thus the first nation since Italy in to hold two Formula One Grands Prix in the same season. During the years – when both Grands Prix ran, the "United States Grand Prix" was also referred to as the "United States Grand Prix East". The Caesars Palace Grand Prix ran as a