Summary

  • Rosberg wins manic race, Vettel 2nd, Kvyat 3rd

  • Hamilton fights back after pitting five times

  • Hamilton loses front wing on lap one, Ricciardo suffers puncture

  • Raikkonen and Vettel collide on lap one as Ferrari boss watches

  1. Race result - top 10published at 09:06 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

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  2. Get involved #bbcf1published at 09:05 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

    Dan Uori: "Hamilton fan boys are amusing, 7th isn't great with the advantage that car has, even starting last he should have finished 4th."

    Babatunde Sakiru: "Well done Nico! You're a star. Lewis Hamilton should wake up." 

  3. Party time for Nicopublished at 09:03 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

    Nico Rosberg is asked if there will be a post-race party. Indeed there will be.

    "We are going to have a party now in the garage - everyone deserves that - and then straight back home to my family. I can't wait to see them."

    Nico Rosberg celebrates winning Chinese grand prixImage source, AFP / Getty Images
  4. Postpublished at 09:01 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

    Third-placed Daniil Kvyat in the podium interviews: "Vice-versa. I had a really good start, you see the gap and go for it. It's a risky move, I agree with Seb, but I am on the podium, he's on the podium."   

    Daniil KvyatImage source, Getty Images
  5. Postpublished at 08:59 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

    Sebastian Vettel, who finished second: "It is difficult to judge how it was from Daniil Kvyat's point of view. Kimi locked up and I went wide to overtake him, Daniil was trying to do the same thing. He was coming with a lot of speed into that gap. I was very surprised and Kimi was coming across. In the end I was lucky because I could continue and he could continue.

    "It was a very entertaining race."

    Sebastian VettelImage source, Getty Images
  6. Postpublished at 08:58 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

    Race winner Nico Rosberg in the podium interviews: "The start was not quite good enough with Daniel but then I had a really quick car today, really great, attacked straight away and was able to pull a big gap after that."  

    Nico Rosberg celebratesImage source, AFP
  7. Postpublished at 08:56 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

    German TV presenter Kai Ebel is tasked with doing the podium interviews today and he is doing them in the brightest pair of yellow trousers you will ever see. Amazing scenes.  

  8. Postpublished at 08:55 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

    Mark Gallagher
    BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

    "Nico Rosberg has done the perfect job today and he must be feeling on top of the world."

  9. Postpublished at 08:54 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

  10. get involved

    Get Involved - #bbcf1published at 08:54 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

    Kate Lewers: Chat on #bbcf1, external about the points difference between Rosberg and Hamilton...meh, Lewis Hamilton has done it once, he can do it again.

    Giles Hindle: Come on, any of the top drivers would have won this race in Rosberg's position. His car is dominant.

    Comptons Least Wanted: McLaren not in the points. 

  11. 'You were like a torpedo'published at 08:52 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

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    DING DING!

    It's almost a world championship boxing fight in the pre-podium room.

    Sebastian Vettel is clearly still massively miffed with Daniil Kvyat's move at the start of the race that led to Vettel colliding with Kimi Raikkonen.

    "You came like a torpedo," he fumes.

    "I was racing," responds Kvyat with a smile.

    "You need to expect if you attack like that, you damage the car," Vettel responds."you were lucky that time."

    Start of Chinese grand prixImage source, Reuters
  12. get involved

    Get Involved - #bbcf1published at 08:52 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

    Phil Slocombe: Brilliant that Ham is is in top 7, having lost so much time, started last and driving a damaged car. Lucky Ros.

    Liar Politicians: The 2016 Chinese Grand Prix WAS worth getting up early to watch, very good racing through the entire grid.

    Rachel T: From P22 to P7 with a damaged car. Keep going Lewis Hamilton.

    Steve Howes: Can't celebrate with Rosberg, all his complaining and tantrums last year made him a pathetic man in my eyes. Go Lewis, long way to go.

  13. Team radiopublished at 08:49 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

    Race winner Nico Rosberg: "That was the most incredible balance I have ever had in that car. Really spectacular."

  14. Postpublished at 08:48 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

    It's becoming an all too familiar feeling for Nico Rosberg, who has now won six races in a row, so much so that his celebrations over the radio were hardly exuberant. 

  15. Postpublished at 08:47 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

    Sebastian Vettel takes second, before apologising for the early tangle with Kimi Raikkonen. He's still laying the blame firmly at the feet of Daniil Kvyat, who finishes third.

    Lewis Hamilton managed to hold off Max Verstappen's late charge to take seventh. A great recovery drive after starting dead last and taking a few knocks early on.

    Sebastian VettelImage source, Reuters
  16. Postpublished at 08:45 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

    Three wins from three for Nico Rosberg. What a start to the year he is having!

  17. chequered flag

    Chequered flagpublished at 08:43 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

    NICO ROSBERG WINS THE CHINESE GRAND PRIX.

    Nico RosbergImage source, AFP/Getty Images
  18. LAST LAPpublished at Lap 56/56

    Into the final lap and this is Nico Rosberg's race. 

    His team-mate Lweis Hamilton still has a bit of work to do to hold off a closing Max Verstappen and hold on to seventh.

  19. Postpublished at Lap 55/56

    Carlos Sainz might just have time to nip into ninth. He is two tenths of a second down the road from Valtteri Bottas.

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    Get Involved - #bbcf1published at 08:41 British Summer Time 17 April 2016

    Alexandra Hallam: These Red Bulls are doing amazing!

    Quixotic Geek: I love how even though it's been rebranded as a Tag Heuer engine, everyone refers to the Renault engine in the Red Bull.

    Grant Kennett: Very telling that the Red Bull and Ferrari got straight past Massa after Lewis struggled. That Merc just cannot follow.

    Regular Jon: Has Rosberg ever had to overtake a few cars to win a race? Mercedes always seem to get Hamilton's strategies wrong as well.