Summary

  • Rosberg wins, Hamilton 2nd, Vettel 3rd, Ricciardo 4th

  • Race delayed after huge crash involving Alonso and Gutierrez

  • Massa 5th, Grosjean 6th for Haas team debut

  • Ferraris jump Mercedes at start, but Vettel has pit stop trouble

  • Alonso, Gutierrez, Kvyat, Raikkonen, Haryanto, Ericsson out

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  2. Listen to commentary of Alonso's horrific crash

    McLaren's Fernando Alonso & Haas' Esteban Gutierrez walk away from a huge crash.

  3. Jennie Gow
    BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

    "There's a lot of chat about a new halo safety system. If that crash would have happened with the halo attached it would have been very difficult to get Alonso out of the car."

  4. Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton is sixth, trying close in on Carlos Sainz, who is half a second down the road. Hamilton's latest lap is two tenths slower than Sainz, though.

    Plus there's been a drive through penalty for 14th-place Marcus Ericsson for Sauber 'working on his car in the 15 second signal' before the restart.

  5. And then there was one.

    Ferrari's hopes in this race now rest on Sebastian Vettel's shoulders. He's slowly building up an advantage over Nico Rosberg, four seconds now. 

    Kimi Raikkonen's retirement means Daniel Ricciardo is now up to third.

  7. Team radio

    Kimi Raikkonen: "Something happened. I broke something."

    Yes, Kimi. You're on fire.

  8. Fire can't thaw the Iceman

    Incredible scenes! 

    Kimi Raikkonen is trundling slowly into the pitlane, there's smoke coming out of his Ferrari.

    "There's something broken in the car," he says.

    Then suddenly, fire spurts out of the air box above Raikkonen's head as he stops the car in his box. 

    What's Raikkonen's reaction? To nonchalantly climb out as marshals rush in to extinguish the fire.

  9. This is encouraging for Mercedes.

    Nico Rosberg, on the mediums remember, completes his first lap after the restart with a lap that is just two tenths of a second slower than Sebastian Vettel's.

  10. Jenson Button, on the super soft tyres, breezes past Sergio Perez and into 13th place. Routine stuff for the former world champion.

    Up ahead, Sebastian Vettel has just clocked a new fastest lap - 1:30.374 - and he has a 1.7s advantage over Nico Rosberg.

  12. McLaren-Honda boss Ron Dennis on BBC Radio 5 live: "We haven't spoken to Fernando Alonso but as far as we know he's fine - we're checking him out now.

    "You never pre-judge anything after an accident like that, the cars can be incredibly safe. It's a testimony to the safety of F1.

    "We think we've made a very good racing car. We're still wresting a bit with engine power. Honda is a good partner and you have to be patient."

  13. Sebastian Vettel is going to want to get a big advantage built up quickly because he'll have to stop again. If he can't, Nico Rosberg could well be on target to kick off the season with a win.

    Long way to go yet though...

  14. Go! Go! Go!

    The safety car goes in and we are racing again!

  15. "How do I turn the alarm off," asks Lewis Hamilton. 

    "I'm afraid I'm not allowed to say," is the reply.

    That would be annoying, an alarm ringing for 37 laps...

  16. Mercedes are going to the end of the race as Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg head back on the medium compound, with the two Ferraris on supersofts. 

  17. Looks like Rio Haryanto's race is over. His Manor is up on the stands as the field lines up behind the safety car in preparation to restart the race.

  18. The track is declared clear so all good for that scheduled restart at 05:55. It's going to be interesting to see what strategy the teams employ now.

  19. The final few bits of debris are being picked up by the marshals. Just seeing the speed that Fernando Alonso flew into the barrier is frightening. Amazing, and brilliant, that Alonso was able to walk away from that.

    sRex Features