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We've maybe not witnessed a classic Chinese Grand Prix but there's plenty to rake over as the always fractious Hamilton-Rosberg relationship takes yet another twist.

Keep an eye on the website throughout the day for more news and analysis of the Mercedes fallout. And don't forget the highlights show is on BBC One from 14:00 BST.

We're back in just a few days' time with the fourth round of the season in Bahrain.

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Malcolm Shields: It's so pathetic this 'handbags saga' between Lewis and Rosberg. Put your toys back boys, shut up and race. Enough.

Sam McAllister: Disappointed that Nico Rosberg has become so sour, finding excuses. It's sport. If you don't win, dust off and try harder.

Reece Young: Shoe on the other foot Hamilton would have attacked and passed Rosberg - difference between a World Champion and a good driver.

Jenson Button has been penalised five seconds, dropping him to 14th place, following his collision with Lotus driver Pastor Maldonado.

The McLaren driver ran into the back of the Venezuelan as the pair scrapped for 13th place.

Button also receives penalty points on his superlicence.

You can watch footage of the incident here.

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Here's a picture of the marshals doing a Laurel & Hardy as they tried time and time again to push Verstappen's car through the pitwall, to ironic cheers from the Chinese crowd in the main start-finish stand.

When the owner of hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com/, external says so, it seems...

We've been keeping a keen eye out for the website to update from NO to YES, only to be found wanting.

But now Alex Gillon, external has got in touch with a new definition.

He says: "I define a 'crash' as contact that instantly ends a car's session. The Chinese Grand Prix was right on the limit, but since they were both able to drive away, I decided it was more of an 'assisted spin'."

That clears that up... thanks Alex.

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Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer

"It is the latest in a series of flash points that have tested the relationship between the two drivers, especially since the team became the sport's pace-setters at the start of last year."

Read more here.

You can see what Lewis Hamilton has been saying in the war of words with Nico Rosberg by clicking here.

Sauber on Twitter: F1 needs MoreCowbell - in fact, F1 needs more Blue Cowbell :-)

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McLaren driver Jenson Button: "I can't say too much until I watch it on the footage. A lot of times it is very different in the car than on the screen. I have to watch it first.

"It is better than what we expected our race pace to be around here but we are still right at the back."

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Lewis Hamilton's performance this weekend marks the seventh time in his career he has completed the hat-trick of pole, fastest lap and race win, putting him level alongside Alberto Ascari and his hero Ayrton Senna.

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Tracie Louise: Really tho... Is he that daft that he can't see that if he'd pushed harder he could challenge Lewis? Its always someone else's fault.

Andrea Skyring: At the end of the day Lewis Hamilton drove to win the race. Saving tyres or fuel. As far as I can see, no compromise took place.

Paul Alexander Grant: Nico has become a poor loser, many times last season we heard the team to Lewis to hold 2 second gap. Lewis ignored it & beat him.

This subject has really got you guys going. Keep your comments coming in via #bbcf1. Anyone going to come down on Rosberg's side in this? Anyone?

Fernando Alonso on Twitter: Good race finishing with both cars!! Nice and helpful information for us! Another step! Soon...

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Here's some more from Nico Rosberg: "It was always very close with Sebastian Vettel coming out of the pits and that was completely unnecessary risk to put me in because we had a pace advantage over him.

"But we were taking it so easy in that stage of the race that he (Vettel) was right behind me, putting me under pressure and went to try to get me in the pit stops.

"It didn't compromise the team result but put unnecessary risk to the one-two and we went through that scenario before the race, which is frustrating.

"We'll have a discussion and see how it goes. I'll let you know."

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The 'Has Pastor Maldonado crashed?' website has still not updated.

Disappointing.

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Geoffrey Groom: Incredible drivers out there, it's not unreasonable to get frustrations emerging, that's the name of the perfection game!

Nick Mallard: Oh Nico stop whining! You might actually get something done if you concentrated on racing for a change!

Leigh Pavey: So funny, even Lewis Hamilton was laughing at him. This smacks of someone who doesn't know how to beat his team-mate.

We've heard Lewis Hamilton's side of the argument, here's what Nico Rosberg's had to say: "He (Hamilton) compromised my race massively at the time because the best possible race for Lewis was to back me off into Vettel so that Vettel would try to undercut me with an early pit stop.

"Then I would have to cover him and then I would have such a long stint at the end of the race that I would be without a chance.

"That was very frustrating that Lewis was taking at easy as that on the tyres at the beginning of the stint. Interestingly, he said he was just thinking about himself and that says it all.

"What upsets me is that my race was massively compromised and we went through that scenario before the race."

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Well the race is over but is the big story just beginning?

There's some serious needle between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg after that race, with claim and counter-claim being kicked about between the two Mercedes drivers.

Rosberg's claims of being backed up by Hamilton into the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel during the middle stint of the race have been flatly rejected by the double world champion.

Certainly the gap between the top four did come down dramatically in that middle stint, with Hamilton's advantage to fourth-placed Kimi Raikkonen down to 3.5secs at one stage, with Rosberg and Vettel pinched in between.

We'll have all the reaction to this story on this page, while you can also read Andrew Benson's race report here.

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Ed Yarnold: If Rosberg is unhappy about being held up, maybe he should try and overtake Hamilton during the race rather than moan afterwards

James Weir: It sounds like Nico Rosberg has realised that last year was probably his only chance at becoming World Champion

The Pob: Situation with Merc drivers is down to the team having equal driver status. I would always have No1 & 2. No issues then.

Lewis Hamilton responds to claims by Nico Rosberg that he was 'backing up' his team-mate during the race: "It is absolutely not the case. I wasn't really looking in my mirrors and I wasn't trying to back Nico up to Sebastian.

"If he wanted to get close and overtake he could have done. He was always about four or five seconds behind.

"He never got close so I don't know what his problem is. I did what they asked me to do. There shouldn't be too much aggro."

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James Allen
BBC Radio 5 live commentator

Some tense words between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in FIA press conference about the "backing up" incident in second stint.