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Well that race was a lot of fun, in my humble opinion.

It was a shame that we were denied a more competitive fight for victory due to Hamilton's five-second penalty, but the result keeps the title race more than interesting heading to Silverstone in a fortnight, with just 10 points between the Mercedes duo.

For all the fears of Hamilton running and hiding this season, it's worth noting that Rosberg is just six points worse off that he was last year, when the title very much felt like a two-horse race. And three wins from four races more than suggests Rosberg can maintain his form.

Even though we're signing off, be sure to check back on the site after 16:35 BST for video highlights of the race and that monster crash between Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso, which remains under investigation by the race stewards.

Thanks for your company. We'll see you for the British Grand Prix.

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Fernando Alonso has been in F1 a long, long time, indeed he was the baby of the 2001 intake at just 20 years of age.

Two world titles and 32 wins have followed in 14 seasons in the sport, but only today did he rack up a fourth consecutive retirement from a grand prix.

His previous worst was three in a row, at the Austrian, Monaco and Canadian Grands Prix back in his debut 2001 season at Minardi.

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Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer

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"Exactly what happened in the scary crash between Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso, external remains unclear, but replays are starting to emerge on the internet and one of them seems to suggest pretty definitively that Raikkonen simply lost it and turned sharp left into the McLaren.

"Alonso said he felt a lack of grip from the Ferrari's tyres might be to blame: 'It was obviously quite scary. Kimi started with the prime tyre, which probably didn't help for the level of grip. He exited Turn Two with a lot of wheelspin so the car was moving. We were all overtaking him left and right and when he lost the car to the left I was on the left. We went both on the wall and I was lucky to not hit him on the head. I was braking but my wheels were in the air. Luckily we were both fine. I was in the wrong place. It was a very strange incident. He lost the car in fifth gear or something like that.'"

He may not have won the race but Lewis Hamilton achieved a little milestone today as he led his 17th consecutive grand prix.

That ties Sir Jackie Stewart's long-held record, the Scot achieving the feat while driving for Matra and Tyrrell in 1969-70.

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David Redmond: Thought that race was one of the better ones this season. Fair play to Rosberg blew Hamilton away.

Bishop Yinkus: Hate to admit it but credit to Nico despite giving Hamilton pole, he still stormed forward and won.

Nick: At least swearing on the podium makes the sport a smidge more exciting...

Lovely use of the word smidge there.

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Did I say he was coming good or what?

Pastor Maldonado - he of the completely hatstand overtaking manoeuvre at the end of that race - has now finished in the points in each of the last two races.

That's the same amount as he managed in his previous 45 races.

Williams driver Felipe Massa reacts to the 40th podium of his career: "It's great people here supporting. It was a fantastic race today. We managed to get Sebastian with his pit problem and pass him there. I understood that at the end of the race he would be behind me because they were one or two tenths quicker every lap. But I managed to keep the line and just use the experience."

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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton reacts to his second-place finish: "Nico did a fantastic job today. he was quicker during the race. I had a bad start which lost me ground. In the second stint it was just about making the distance so that's what we tried to do."

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Race winner Nico Rosberg speaking on the podium: "It's an awesome feeling to win again here. The start made the race. It was a great start and I managed to defend in the first couple of corners. I was really happy with the car and to see the gap open up to Lewis."

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All-round good guy Felipe Massa has reached a nice milestone today, his 40th career podium. Well done that man.

His first came for Ferrari at the 2006 European Grand Prix.

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It took him around 15 seconds to swear.

Then he called Nico 'Lewis'.

What a madman.

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Force India on Twitter:, external Ten points for us today to go into 5th place in the Constructors' Championship! Good day of hunting today!

Toro Rosso on Twitter:, external "The car was great, finally some points again!" says a happy Max Verstappen as he crosses the line in P8. A great effort Max!

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Jamie Squibbs: Happy for Massa. Bit lucky with Vettel's slow pit-stop but a great drive for a great podium.

Nobody'sOpinion: Would have liked to have seen a dogfight between Rosberg & Hamilton towards the end of the race especially with Rosberg having an edge on pace.

Nick Bennetts: Not a fantastic GP, but it was far more exciting than Canada.

1 Rosberg, 2 Hamilton, 3 Massa, 4 Vettel, 5 Bottas, 6 Hulkenberg, 7 Maldonado, 8 Verstappen, 9 Perez, 10 Ricciardo, 11 Nasr, 12 Kvyat, 13 Ericsson, 14 Merhi

Retired: Grosjean, Sainz, Button, Stevens, Raikkonen, Alonso

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David Coulthard
BBC F1 co-commentator

"I think Nico is so happy he can barely get out of the car. He has had the pace all weekend. Hamilton is one of the greats there's no question about it. If you look at the greats, they didn't beat their team mates all the time."

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David Coulthard
BBC F1 co-commentator

"Lewis will take it of course but second is not a reason for a party. Funnily enough, position three is because that was not expected for Williams."