Summary

  • Rosberg wins, Raikkonen 2nd, Hamilton 3rd after first-corner collision

  • Ricciardo 4th, Grosjean 5th, Verstappen 6th

  • Bottas penalised for hitting Hamilton

  • Vettel's engine fails on way to the grid

  • Vettel, Palmer, Button, Gutierrez, Sainz out

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. Get Involved - #bbcf1

    Javel Bleach: Can't deny Rosberg is the best driver out there since last season.

    Benedict Salido: HAM fans still in denial about the last 3 consecutive wins by ROS at end of last season, saying he backed down. Wake up, 2-0.

    Kayleigh Gray: Amazing race for Rosberg and Vandoorne! Points for McLaren! 

  2. Tom Clarkson
    BBC Radio 5 live commentator

    "Great to see the two Mercedes drivers congratulating each other at the end of that race - not something we saw from the middle to end of last season."

  3. Lewis Hamilton pops over to congratulate his team-mate on the win. Good to see. 

    Then to the pre-podium room. Not much talking being done there, everyone exhausted after such a chaotic start perhaps.

  4. Bahrain GP result

    1) Rosberg 2) Raikkonen 3) Hamilton 4) Ricciardo 5) Grosjean 6) Verstappen 7) Kvyat 8) Mssa 9) Bottas 10) Vandoorne

  5. Team radio - race winner Nico Rosberg

    "Yeah! Awesome guys! Yeah!"

  6. Nico Rosberg double fist punches the air before climbing out of his Mercedes. He pulls off his helmet to reveal a beaming grin. He's loving this win, his second in succession so far this season. What a start to 2016. 

    Nico RosbergGetty Images

  7. Nico RosbergGetty Images

    A place on the podium once again for Kimi Raikkonen as he finishes second, while Lewis Hamilton completes a great recovery drive to take third.

  8. chequered flag

    Chequered flag

    NICO ROSBERG WINS THE BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX.

    Nico RosbergGetty Images

  9. And Daniil Kvyat makes the manoeuvre to nick seventh from the Williams. Great drive from the Red Bull after a poor qualifying.

  10. ONE LAP TO GO

    Into the closing stages and the closest battle in the top 10 is between Daniil Kvyat (8th) and Felipe Massa (7th). Just two tenths of a second between them.

  11. Yep, a place on the podium is all but a certainty for Lewis Hamilton. He is third and 40s ahead of Daniel Ricciardo.

    Behind the Red Bull, though, is another great Haas story developing. Romain Grosjean is on target for fifth. Brilliant stuff.

  12. Tom Clarkson
    BBC Radio 5 live commentator

    "This is a great save by Lewis Hamilton after what happened at the start. He'll relish the fact that they've got Ferrari there. Let's look forward and be happy."

  15. Tom Clarkson
    BBC Radio 5 live commentator

    "I still think it's not over in terms of wheel to wheel racing at the front."

  16. Stoffel Vandoorne is firmly on course for a point-scoring debut. The man in the McLaren is currently 10th but Kevin Magnussen is but a speck in his rear mirrors. 

    Way up ahead, Nico Rosberg leads by 6.8s seconds. Kimi Raikkonen is looking set to miss out on victory in Bahrain once again. So near, yet so far.

    Kimi RaikkonenGetty Images

  17. Mark Gallagher
    BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

    Daniil Kvyat is under pressure and Max Verstappen is breathing down his neck. Kvyat's rather disappointing form is something we have commented on and no doubt Dr Helmut Marko is watching closely."

  18. FIVE LAPS TO GO

    A right old scuffle developing between Daniil Kvyat and Valtteri Bottas. The Williams is trying to hold onto eighth but Kvyat has the tyres. He is on super softs and the two are racing side by side. A little smile from Frank Williams watching on, and there's barely enough space for air to flow between them but Kvyat holds his nerve and takes eighth.

  19. Nico Rosberg is 6.6s ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. He's looking very good for his second win of the year. Could this be his year?

    Lewis Hamilton is still trying to claw at some of Raikkonen's advantage, which currently stands at 13s, but the world champion is running out of laps.