Own goal from Hamilton's team Hamilton was heading for his fourth victory this year, but a misjudgement by his team forced him to finish third. 14 laps were remaining, when rookie Verstappen -after a few unfair passes- was trying to pass Grosjean, but hit the French and crashed into the barriers. Hamilton's team called him into the pits for a tire change, just to be on the safe side, while the safety car was deployed. They thought there was enough time for him to return to track in front of his rivals. But there wasn't... Hamilton is still leading the championship, but he lost a great opportunity to win the most prestigious GP of the calendar and extend his lead. Surprisingly, Ricciardo was not penalized for hitting Raikkonen in order to pass him, whereas when Alonso did something similar, was given a five second penalty. Strong appearance from Sainz, who started last and finished 10th. Some improvement for McLaren, with Button finishing 8th. But it's not...

This is Rosberg Rosberg won his first race this year. Ferrari seemed unable to keep up with the pace of the 2 Mercedes, that finished once again 1st and 2nd McLaren raced with the new livery with no success whatsoever! Race Results 1 Rosberg Mercedes 2 Hamilton Mercedes 3 Vettel Ferrari 4 Bottas Williams 5 Raikkonen Ferrari 6 Massa Williams 7 Ricciardo Red Bull 8 Grosjean Lotus 9 Sainz Toro Rosso 10 Kvyat Red Bull Fastest men FP1 Rosberg FP2 Hamilton FP3 Rosberg QP Rosberg Race Hamilton Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 111 2 Rosberg 91 3 Vettel 80 4 Raikkonen 52 5 Bottas 42 6 Massa 39 7 Ricciardo 25 8 Grosjean 16 9 Nasr 14 10 Sainz 8 11 Hulkenberg 6 12 Verstappen 6 13 Ericsson 5 14 Perez 5 15 Kvyat 5 16 Alonso 0 17 Button 0 18 Maldonado 0 19 Stevens 0 20 Merhi ...