The Finn was forced into a final pit stop for the supersoft following a collision, passing six cars in the final five laps to score a point.įorce India’s Paul di Resta, who started from 17th, planned a two-stop strategy. The majority of the drivers chose to go with a used set of supersofts, with Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen the highest-placed driver to re-start on the soft tyre, from fifth place. Both the Mercedes pitted consecutively for soft tyres two laps later, with Lewis Hamilton dropping from second to fourth as a result of the safety car intervention.įollowing the red flag, the teams could chose whichever tyres they wished at the re-start, 25 minutes after the accident that caused it. But the complexion of the race was altered when the safety car came out for the first time this year on lap 29 – provoking a round of pit stops. Rosberg completed the race on the supersoft tyre, following yet another safety car period with 15 laps to go.Īfter the original start Red Bull’s Mark Webber was the first of the frontrunners to make his scheduled stop, coming in on lap 25 to change from supersoft to soft.

An accident on lap 45 brought out the red flag and under the current rules the drivers were allowed to change tyres during the stoppage. Rosberg was in front from start to finish, starting on the supersoft tyres and then switching to the soft during a safety car period. Nico Rosberg has taken his first win for Mercedes this year, ahead of Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel, who extends his championship lead.

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