Rosberg takes comfortable win in Bahrain

Once again Lewis Hamilton, who was starting from pole position failed to use his advantage and fell down the order to ninth after he was T-boned by Valtteri Bottas on Turn 1. Although he suffered some damage on his front wing, the Brit was still able to continue the race and crawled back up to third place, leaving the world reigning champion 17 points behind his team-mate. Nico Rosberg took advantage of this and had a comfortable race finishing 10.2 seconds ahead of Raikkonen who also had a poor start but never had enough pace to challenge the German's Mercedes. His team-mate Seabastian Vettel didn't even start the race as his Ferrari had an engine failure on the formation lap.

 

Team HaasHaasUnited States of America, 2014 > present2 models
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continues its brilliant debut season thanks to another sensational run by Romain Grosjean, who took his car to fifth with three stints on the super-soft tyres. The French was right behind Red BullRed BullAustria, 2004 > present12 models
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's Daniel Ricciardo.

 

With a late change to super-soft tyres, Toro RossoToro RossoItaly, 2006 > present10 models
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's Max Verstappen managed to steal sixth place from WilliamsWilliamsUnited Kingdom, 1977 > present37 models
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' Felipe Massa, who would drop one place further down when Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat passed him on the penultimate lap to take seventh.

 

After causing a collision with Hamilton, Valteri Bottas had a drive-through penalty which took him down to the back of the field. He still managed to finish ninth. Making his debut for McLarenMcLarenUnited Kingdom, 1963 > present92 models
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, substituting the injured Fernando Alonso, Stoffel Vandoorne a point in Bahrain as he finished 10th.

Results Bahrain Grand Prix

Pos	Driver	Car	Gap
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1h33m34.696s
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	10.282s
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	30.148s
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/TAG Heuer	1m02.494s
5	Romain Grosjean	Haas/Ferrari	1m18.299s
6	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Ferrari	1m20.929s
7	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/TAG Heuer	1 Lap
8	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	1 Lap
9	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	1 Lap
10	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren/Honda	1 Lap
11	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1 Lap
12	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	1 Lap
13	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor/Mercedes	1 Lap
14	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	1 Lap
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	1 Lap
16	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1 Lap
17	Rio Haryanto	Manor/Mercedes	1 Lap
-	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Ferrari	Collision
-	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas/Ferrari	Brakes
-	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	Power Unit
-	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Not started
-	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	Not started