Summary

  • Hamilton wins third world title

  • Rosberg makes mistake in latter stages and Briton breezes past to win

  • Furious Rosberg throws hat at Hamilton after race

  • Rosberg 2nd, Vettel 3rd, Verstappen 4th

  • Kvyat, Hulkenberg, Raikkonen, Ericsson, Grosjean, Massa, Bottas, Stevens out

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. Damage for Ricciardo

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    Shohidur Rahman: What a waste from Hulkenberg. Force India got the strategy perfect.

    Martin Wingate: Hulkenberg. Just no. He is so so so overrated.

  3. Nico Rosberg pits, but Lewis Hamilton stays out. Both Red Bulls also head in, with Daniel Ricciardo coming back out on the soft tyres, Daniil Kvyat on mediums.

  4. Virtual safety car

    Lap 38/56

    A second appearance of the virtual safety car, this one for Nico Hulkenberg's car which has come to a stop after that collision with Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull. 

  5. Collision

  6. Meanwhile, Max Verstappen is on the hunt and he is up to fourth now, with Daniil Kvyat having slipped back to seventh. 

    Daniel Ricciardo is holding on to fifth but he is struck by Nico Hulkenberg as the Force India attempts a move at Turn 12.

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    Bob Bhowmik: Note to Bernie. If you want to make F1 more interesting next season, introduce a random sprinkler system over race weekend.

    Alex: And to think, people used to say Vettel couldn't race.

    James Matthews: The way this is going, Verstappen could win this.

  8. Sebastian Vettel is not giving up on that podium place and he has another go at the exit of Turn One, breezing through on the outside of Ricciardo to take third.

  9. 'Brilliant'

    David Coulthard
    BBC F1 co-commentator

    "This is a brilliant Grand Prix. Whenever we have changeable conditions it always throws it wide open."

  10. Now Sebastian Vettel fancies a go at Daniel Ricciardo, he gets round him at the exit of Turn 12 but Ricciardo fights back immediately to reclaim third. 

    What a race this has been, some superb, attacking driving. Everyone seems to be having a go!

  11. Go! Go! Go!

    Foot down and off goes Nico Rosberg. Good restart. The biggest mover is Sebastian Vettel, as he gets the jump on Daniil Kvyat and he is into fourth.

    It is Rosberg from Hamilton, Ricciardo, Vettel and Kvyat.

  12. Lap 32/56

    MarshallsAFP

    Bollard (and a cap it would seem) removed. The safety car is coming in on this lap.

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    Craig Harle: We need another downpour just to mix it up even more.

    Kyle Mclaren: What an epic race don't think you could call this one.

    Alex Withington: Ferrari have a great set-up, power down the straight and are making great strategy calls... don't normally say that! 

  14. RosbergReuters

    Lapped cars are allowed to overtake and join at the back of the pack. The safety car should be heading in soon.

    Over half race distance, who will get it right at the restart? Nico Rosberg was just building up a nice advantage over Lewis Hamilton, but he's got it all to do again...

  15. What's the latest, Mercedes?

    Mercedes on Twitter: Ok, here's the situation: Nico P1, Lewis P2, RIC P3, KVY P4, (1 Stop, Softs), VET P5 (2 Stops, Mediums) 

  17. 'Rosberg driving like a champion'

    David Coulthard
    BBC F1 co-commentator

    "It has been a painful weekend, but there has been some great racing today.

    "It's fascinating to see the different fortunes the drivers are having on the tyres. Rosberg is driving like a world champion."

  18. A recovery truck trundles over to Marcus Ericsson's stricken Sauber to lift it off the circuit.

    Wait. Is that a bollard on the track as well? Someone appears to have knocked over the pit lane entry bollard. It is all going on.

    SauberFormula 1

  20. Sebastian Vettel pits from fifth and switches to medium tyres. Several others behind him do likewise. The front four stay out on the soft tyres.