| P | Driver | Team | Gap | Grid |
| 1 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:28:08.743 | 3 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Scuderia Ferrari | +0.6s | 1 |
| 3 | Kimi Räikkönen | Scuderia Ferrari | +11.0s | 2 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +36.3s | 4 |
| 5 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | +60.4s | 7 |
| 6 | Sergio Perez | Force India | +86.7s | 9 |
| 7 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | +95.0s | 10 |
| 8 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | +96.1s | 8 |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Williams | +1 Lap | 6 |
| 10 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | +1 Lap | 14 |
| 11 | Lance Stroll | Williams | +1 Lap | 11 |
| 12 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | +1 Lap | 12 |
| 13 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +1 Lap | 13 |
| 14 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | +1 Lap | 20 |
| 15 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | +1 Lap | 18 |
| 16 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber | +2 Laps | 17 |
| Ret | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing | 5 | |
| Ret | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 16 | |
| Ret | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 19 |
Note: McLaren-Honda driver Fernando Alonso did not start the race in Sochi, stopped his car at the end of the formation lap