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. Tom Clarkson
    BBC Radio 5 live commentator

    "Ferrari engineers will be able to see the inputs and the performance of Romain Grosjean's car. This is already about next year - he wants to be in the second Ferrari alongside Sebastian Vettel."

  2. Daniil Kvyat, in eighth, has Max Verstappen lurking behind him, waiting for the chance to pounce. That chance presents itself when Kvyat locks up and Verstappen breezes past.

    What chance of Verstappen leaping into Kvyat's seat next season? Moves like that will only help his cause...

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  3. Top 10 as it stands

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  4. Carlos Sainz is the fifth driver to retire from the race. He is back in the Toro Rosso garage and climbing out of his car. 

    Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton clocks the fastest lap of the race so far - a 1:35.562 and he is 3.8s behind Kimi Raikkonen.

  5. Team radio

    Sauber's Felipe Nasr (currently 12th): "The car is terrible to drive, very difficult."

  6. Nico Rosberg responds to what's going on behind him by pitting himself. He slips into super soft boots but there's a little trouble doing up the laces. A slight delay dealing with the left rear and the stop was a bit slower than Mercedes would have liked. He's back out in first, but Kimi Raikkonen is nine seconds down the road now.

  7. Tom Clarkson
    BBC Radio 5 live commentator

    "It's fascinating to see that both Mercedes and Ferrari think it's worth putting on used super-soft tyres. Expect one more stop from both Hamilton and Raikkonen."

  8. Kimi Raikkonen pitted from second and also took on super softs. All of the top 10 apart from Nico Rosberg (1st), Daniil Kvyat (fifth) and Felipe Nasr (10th) have made a second stop.

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  10. Romain Grosjean finds himself right in the thick of a Toro Rosso-Williams battle, with Max Verstappen eyeing up a move on Valtteri Bottas.

    Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton pits and goes for super softs. A three stopper on the cards for the world champion. 

  11. Romain Grosjean managed to get 15 laps out of the super softs, right on the edge of their limit. He pits from fourth and reaches for more super softs. Back out in eighth.

  12. Mark Gallagher
    BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

    "Nico Rosberg will be absolutely delighted with the way this race has unfolded for him."

  13. Max Verstappen makes his second stop of the race, pitting from fifth and shedding his worn softs in favour of medium tyres. He is back out in 10th.

  14. Back to the battle at the front. 

    Well, I say battle, Nico Rosberg leads by 15 seconds ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. Lewis Hamilton is seven seconds back from the Finn in third.

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  15. Team radio

    Renault's Kevin Magnussen (currently 16th): "There is no way I can get past - the Manor is like a rocket on the straight."

  16. Daniel Ricciardo promptly pits to take on more softs and is back out in 11th. 

    Further down the field Kevin Magnussen is struggling to keep up with Rio Haryanto's Manor, which is currently 15th.

  17. Merc approval for Haas

  18. Go, go Romain Grosjean! He's squeezing the life out of these tyres to make that move on Daniel Ricciardo...and he goes for it, nipping past at Turn 4 and he is fourth.

    A Haas. In its second race. Fourth. Amazing. 

  19. Romain Grosjean is 11 laps to the good on super soft tyres - not much left in them before he'll have to pit for fresh rubber. Has he got time to tackle Daniel Ricciardo? He's closing in the Red Bull, which is currently fourth.

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