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Home crowd favourite Lewis Hamilton achieved pole position at the British Grand Prix. Setting a new lap record in an exiting qualifying session.

The Mercedes driver was in the zone, full of confidence thanks to the fans support. His Q2 lap was an impressive one minute, 29.243 seconds. A new record at the home of motor racing.

In Q3, the championship challenger was on provisional pole with yet another solid lap. But race control deleted his time after exceeding track limits. The Mercedes driver gained extra speed on the exit of Copse corner with wheels off the circuit…

Hamilton bounced back on his final run, going another half a tenth faster to grab pole for his home race, again just over three tenths clear of Rosberg.

Red Bull locked out the second row of the grid, with Max Verstappen outqualifying team-mate Daniel Ricciardo for the first time, by 0.305 seconds.

Ferrari was next up, Kimi Raikkonen well clear of Sebastian Vettel. The four-time champion survived a massive slide at Stowe on his best lap in Q3, but will fall back to P11 when a gearbox-change penalty is applied.

Vettel’s lap was still enough to leave him 0.067 seconds clear of the Williams of Valtteri Bottas, while Fernando Alonso put his McLaren-Honda eighth quickest before his best time was deleted for running off track at Stowe.

Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg also had his best time deleted – for running wide at Copse – so Carlos Sainz claimed eighth place for Toro Rosso. Hulkenberg was demoted to ninth, Alonso in tenth.

Sergio Perez narrowly missed the top ten cut-off after a series of late improvements in Q2.

He trailed Force India team-mate Hulkenberg by just over a tenth of a second.

Felipe Massa ended up a disappointing P12 for Williams, just ahead of the Haas pairing of Romain Grosjean and Esteban Gutierrez, and Toro Rosso of Daniil Kvyat.

Both Grosjean and Kvyat failed to improve during their second runs in Q2, with Kvyat complaining of being blocked by Kevin Magnussen’s Renault.

Magnussen put Renault into Q2 for the first time since the Spanish Grand Prix, despite having a time deleted for a track limits offence in Q1.

Magnussen’s P16 came at the expense of McLaren-Honda’s Jenson Button, who failed to escape Q1 after deciding not to do a second run.

Button’s first run was over half a second slower than team-mate Alonso, and left him only a few tenths clear of the drop zone.

Late improvements from Kvyat and Magnussen – who pipped Button by just 0.059 seconds – meant the British driver wound up only P17, in a car that should have been good enough for Q2.

Jolyon Palmer was the fastest Renault driver after the first runs in Q1 – despite both having times deleted for track limits offences – but failed to improve on his second run so ended up P18.

Rio Haryanto pipped Manor team-mate Pascal Wehrlein to be P19, while Sauber will bring up the rear of the grid.

Felipe Nasr was slowest of the runners and Marcus Ericsson failed to participate in qualifying after crashing heavily in final practice and going to hospital for precautionary checks.

So a popular pole position winner with Lewis Hamilton. Championship rival Nico Rosberg alongside. Will there be another clash between the Silver Arrows? We shall find out on race day at the British Grand Prix.

Qualifying positions, Silverstone:

1    Lewis Hamilton    Mercedes    1m29.287s
2    Nico Rosberg    Mercedes    1m29.606s
3    Max Verstappen    Red Bull-Renault    1m30.313s
4    Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull-Renault    1m30.618s
5    Kimi Raikkonen    Ferrari    1m30.881s
6    Valtteri Bottas    Williams-Mercedes    1m31.557s
7    Nico Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes    1m31.920s
8    Carlos Sainz    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m31.989s
9    Fernando Alonso    McLaren-Honda    1m32.343s
10    Sergio Perez    Force India-Mercedes    1m31.875s
11    Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari    1m31.490s
12    Felipe Massa    Williams-Mercedes    1m32.002s
13    Romain Grosjean    Haas-Ferrari    1m32.050s
14    Esteban Gutierrez    Haas-Ferrari    1m32.241s
15    Daniil Kvyat    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m32.306s
16    Kevin Magnussen    Renault    1m37.060s
17    Jenson Button    McLaren-Honda    1m32.788s
18    Jolyon Palmer    Renault    1m32.905s
19    Rio Haryanto    Manor-Mercedes    1m33.098s
20    Pascal Wehrlein    Manor-Mercedes    1m33.151s
21    Felipe Nasr    Sauber-Ferrari    1m33.544s
22    Marcus Ericsson    Sauber-Ferrari    No time

Lewis Hamilton resists a robust defence from championship rival Nico Rosberg to take victory at the Red Bull Ring.

Battling for the Austrian Grand Prix lead, Hamilton closed in on Rosberg around the outside of Turn 2 on the final lap, only to be forced off the track as they again ran into one another.

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has commented that post-race that Nico Rosberg suffered a brake-by-wire issue but this is questionable. As Rosberg seemed to block his team-mate Lewis Hamilton from taking the lead. Making no attempt to turn into the apex, rather keeping straight to stop his rival…

Rosberg sustained severe damage to his front wing, and was eventually passed by not only Hamilton but also Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari.

Rosberg was classified fourth and his championship lead has been reduced from 24 to 11 points. Race stewards are investigating for Rosberg causing a collision and failing to top with a seriously damaged car.

It was a dramatic finish to a thrilling race that started with Hamilton finally turning pole position into a lead coming out of Turn 1 after failing to do so from his four previous pole positions.

From his sixth place on the grid after serving a gearbox-change penalty following his crash in final practice, Rosberg claimed one position to run fifth at the end of lap one.

Soon after passing Jenson Button’s McLaren for fourth, Rosberg pitted to switch from ultra-softs to the soft compound after ten of the 71 laps.

While Rosberg rejoined in P15, 30 seconds from the lead, Hamilton conjured a remarkable job to eke life out of the ultra-soft tyres that had blistered so quickly in practice – helped by the cooler conditions of race day.

Although Hamilton managed to keep second-placed Kimi Raikkonen at bay, Rosberg managed to eat into his title rival’s advantage, slashing it to 21.9 seconds by the time Lewis eventually pitted after 21 laps.

A slow replacement of the left-rear did not help Hamilton’s cause, and he emerged a few seconds adrift of Rosberg.

Raikkonen pitted a lap later, but with Ferrari’s poor strategy calling this season again exposed as he emerged in sixth behind both Red Bulls.

Sebastian Vettel stayed out and assumed the lead, one that lasted for just five laps before his right-rear tyre exploded down the main straight, with Pirelli blaming track debris as the cause.

With Vettel stranded on track, the safety car was deployed and Rosberg led from Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Daniel Ricciardo and Raikkonen at the restart, with the Mercedes soon pulling away.

Both would stop again, Hamilton coming in first with 19 laps to go and taking on used softs.

Again it was not the quickest from his crew, plus a poor Turn 2 for Hamilton enabled Rosberg to stay ahead after his stop for new super-softs a lap later.

The Mercedes then had to battle past Verstappen, who was nursing his softs on a 56-lap stint to the finish, before commencing a massive scrap that ended in their last-lap contact and a crucial win for Hamilton.

Behind Verstappen, Raikkonen and the damaged Rosberg, Ricciardo claimed fifth after a late stop for ultra-softs.

Button held his own among the frontrunners at first and finished sixth for McLaren-Honda, ahead of Romain Grosjean and Carlos Sainz.

A last-lap crash for Sergio Perez after an apparent mechanical problem promoted Valtteri Bottas to ninth and Pascal Wehrlein into tenth and a point for Manor.

This was a rewarding result for Manor. After making Q2 in qualifying, to score a championship point with Wehrlein’s solid effort is a brilliant achievement.

The other Force India of Nico Hulkenberg went backwards from his first front-row start for five and a half years, making three pitstops for tyres and retiring from the midfield late on.

So, a controversial ending to the Austrian Grand Prix with the Mercedes drivers crashing into one another. The British Grand Prix follows and it’s going to be fascinating to see if Lewis Hamilton can keep up this winning feeling in front of his home fans.

Austrian Grand Prix, race results after 71 laps:

1    Lewis Hamilton    Mercedes    1h27m38.107s
2    Max Verstappen    Red Bull-Renault    5.719s
3    Kimi Raikkonen    Ferrari    6.024s
4    Nico Rosberg    Mercedes    16.710s
5    Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull-Renault    30.981s
6    Jenson Button    McLaren-Honda    37.706s
7    Romain Grosjean    Haas-Ferrari    44.668s
8    Carlos Sainz    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    47.400s
9    Valtteri Bottas    Williams-Mercedes    1 Lap
10    Pascal Wehrlein    Manor-Mercedes    1 Lap
11    Esteban Gutierrez    Haas-Ferrari    1 Lap
12    Jolyon Palmer    Renault    1 Lap
13    Felipe Nasr    Sauber-Ferrari    1 Lap
14    Kevin Magnussen    Renault    1 Lap
15    Marcus Ericsson    Sauber-Ferrari    1 Lap
16    Rio Haryanto    Manor-Mercedes    1 Lap
17    Sergio Perez    Force India-Mercedes    2 Laps
18    Fernando Alonso    McLaren-Honda    7 Laps
19    Nico Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes    7 Laps
20    Felipe Massa    Williams-Mercedes    8 Laps
–    Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari    Tyre
–    Daniil Kvyat    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    Retirement

Drivers’ standings:

1    Nico Rosberg    153
2    Lewis Hamilton    142
3    Sebastian Vettel    96
4    Kimi Raikkonen    96
5    Daniel Ricciardo    88
6    Max Verstappen    72
7    Valtteri Bottas    54
8    Sergio Perez    39
9    Felipe Massa    38
10    Romain Grosjean    28
11    Daniil Kvyat    22
12    Carlos Sainz    22
13    Nico Hulkenberg    20
14    Fernando Alonso    18
15    Jenson Button    13
16    Kevin Magnussen    6
17    Pascal Wehrlein    1
18    Stoffel Vandoorne    1
19    Esteban Gutierrez    0
20    Jolyon Palmer    0
21    Marcus Ericsson    0
22    Felipe Nasr    0
23    Rio Haryanto    0

Constructors’ standings:

1    Mercedes    295
2    Ferrari    192
3    Red Bull-Renault    168
4    Williams-Mercedes    92
5    Force India-Mercedes    59
6    Toro Rosso/Ferrari    36
7    McLaren-Honda    32
8    Haas-Ferrari    28
9    Renault    6
10    Manor-Mercedes    1
11    Sauber-Ferrari    0

Next race: British Grand Prix, Silverstone. July 8-10.

Lewis Hamilton achieved his fifty-four career pole position at the Red Bull Ring, recovering from his tyre blistering problems in final practice to top a rain-affected and dramatic qualifying session.

The drivers began Q3 on intermediate tyres after rain fell heavily in Spielberg at the end of Q2, but everyone had to switch to dry tyres for the last few minutes as the track conditions improved.

Hamilton ended the session 0.543 seconds quicker than Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, but Rosberg will drop to seventh following a crash in final practice which resulting in a gearbox change.

Nico Hulkenberg’s Force India was the first car to switch to slicks in Q3 and ended the session with the third quickest time, ahead of Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari, which also carries a five-place grid penalty.

Jenson Button was a superb fifth quickest for McLaren-Honda and will start third on the grid thanks to Rosberg’s and Vettel’s penalties.

This was Button’s first appearance in Q3 since 2014 and to qualify on row two is a rewarding effort for the Woking-based team.

Kimi Raikkonen was 0.001 seconds slower than Button and yet, just ahead of Daniel Ricciardo’s Red Bull.

Valtteri Bottas, Max Verstappen and Felipe Massa rounded out the top ten.

That rain during the final minutes of Q2 prevented Mercedes matching the Red Bull and Ferrari strategy of setting faster times on super-soft tyres, meaning they can start the race on those sets.

Mercedes tried to respond after it used ultra-softs at the beginning of Q2, before the rain came, but the track was too wet when it sent its cars out on super-softs, so Hamilton and Rosberg will start on the less suitable softest compound.

The bad weather also protected Button from possible elimination, as he made Q3 for the first time since the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix by edging ahead of Esteban Gutierrez’s Haas, which finished the session in P11.

Manor’s Pascal Wehrlein starred with the tenth best time in Q1, before going P12 in Q2 – equalling Manor’s best qualifying result in the sport.

Romain Grosjean ran off track during his first run in Q2 on old tyres, and the subsequent rain condemned him to P13, 0.150 seconds adrift of Wehrlein.

Fernando Alonso was a distant P14 in the McLaren-Honda, after mistakenly doing his first Q2 run on old tyres.

He finished the session ahead only of the Toro Rosso of Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez’s Force India, who both sat out Q2 due to engine and suspension failures respectively.

The climax to the first part of qualifying was heavily affected by two separate incidents for Toro Rosso.

First, Daniil Kvyat crashed after suffering suspension failure over the exit kerb at Turn 8, which caused a red flag that meant rivals had to abort runs.

Then team-mate Sainz suffered his problem exiting the pits after the restart, which caused yellow flags and rendered the final minutes largely redundant.

However, Hulkenberg improved his lap time while the yellow flags were out, so his front-row start is under threat from an investigation into how much he backed off when passing the incident.

Sainz remained P11, while Renault pairing Kevin Magnussen and Jolyon Palmer stayed P17 and P18, behind Alonso’s McLaren.

Rio Haryanto ended up P19 for Manor, improving under the yellow flags but not in the first sector and not by enough to gain any places.

Kvyat ended up P20, narrowly ahead of the Saubers of Marcus Ericsson and Felipe Nasr, the latter of which also improved under the yellows but again not by enough to improve position.

Qualifying standings, Austrian Grand Prix:

1    Lewis Hamilton    Mercedes    1m07.922s
2    Nico Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes    1m09.285s
3    Jenson Button    McLaren-Honda    1m09.900s
4    Kimi Raikkonen    Ferrari    1m09.901s
5    Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull-Renault    1m09.980s
6    Valtteri Bottas    Williams-Mercedes    1m10.440s
7    Nico Rosberg    Mercedes    1m08.465s*
8    Max Verstappen    Red Bull-Renault    1m11.153s
9    Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari    1m09.781s*
10    Felipe Massa    Williams-Mercedes    1m11.977s
11    Esteban Gutierrez    Haas-Ferrari    1m07.578s
12    Pascal Wehrlein    Manor-Mercedes    1m07.700s
13    Romain Grosjean    Haas-Ferrari    1m07.850s
14    Fernando Alonso    McLaren-Honda    1m08.154s
15    Carlos Sainz    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    No time
16    Sergio Perez    Force India-Mercedes    No time
17    Kevin Magnussen    Renault    1m07.941s
18    Jolyon Palmer    Renault    1m07.965s
19    Rio Haryanto    Manor-Mercedes    1m08.026s
20    Daniil Kvyat    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m08.409s
21    Marcus Ericsson    Sauber-Ferrari    1m08.418s
22    Felipe Nasr    Sauber-Ferrari    1m08.446s

*Five-place grid penalty for changing gearbox

After the setback of the past two races, Nico Rosberg returns to the winner circle with victory at the Baku street circuit.

The Mercedes driver’s fifth Grand Prix win this season means he has extended his world championship lead over title rival Lewis Hamilton by 24 points.

Rosberg led into the first corner from pole and set about building a lead he would never give up, while Mercedes team-mate Hamilton can only finish fifth.

Last weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix winner made good progress through the field from tenth, having crashed out in qualifying, but then encountered lower than maximum electrical deployment.

The reigning world champion repeatedly asked his team for help in solving the problem, but Mercedes was unable to tell him what to do under this season’s radio communication restrictions.

Hamilton was able to fix the problem in the closing stages of the European Grand Prix but it proved to be too late and he was unable to improve on fifth position.

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel finished second for the second successive race with Force India’s Sergio Perez scoring his second podium in three races with third place.

‘Checo’ Perez passed Kimi Raikkonen on the final lap to snatch third, but he was set to get the place anyway as Raikkonen had been given a five-second time penalty for crossing the white line on pit entry earlier in the race.

Valtteri Bottas was a lonely sixth while Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen passed Nico Hulkenberg late on to finish seventh and eighth respectively.

The Red Bulls used a two-stop strategy, fitting the softs and the the mediums, while Hulkenberg only did a single pit stop so they had fresher tyres.

Hulkenberg held on to ninth, one position ahead of Felipe Massa, who scored points for the seventh time in eight races.

Jenson Button finished just outside the points in P11 but his McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso was told to pit and retire the car with seven laps to go.

Felipe Nasr scored his best result of the season with P12, ahead of Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen, who started from the pitlane.

Pascal Wehrlein was running strongly when he suffered brake failure and retired his Manor for the first time this season.

The Toro Rossos were the only other retirements, both Daniil Kvyat and Carlos Sainz Jr suffering suspension issues.

So a great result for Nico Rosberg. Race victory has rebuild his confidence in the championship. As for the action at Baku, it lacked drama compared to the Le Mans 24 Hours, which clashed with the European Grand Prix.

European Grand Prix, race results after 51 laps:

1    Nico Rosberg    Mercedes    1h32m52.366s
2    Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari    16.696s
3    Sergio Perez    Force India-Mercedes    25.241s
4    Kimi Raikkonen    Ferrari    33.102s
5    Lewis Hamilton    Mercedes    56.335s
6    Valtteri Bottas    Williams-Mercedes    1m00.886s
7    Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull-Renault    1m09.229s
8    Max Verstappen    Red Bull-Renault    1m10.696s
9    Nico Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes    1m17.708s
10    Felipe Massa    Williams-Mercedes    1m25.375s
11    Jenson Button    McLaren-Honda    1m44.817s
12    Felipe Nasr    Sauber-Ferrari    1 Lap
13    Romain Grosjean    Haas-Ferrari    1 Lap
14    Kevin Magnussen    Renault    1 Lap
15    Jolyon Palmer    Renault    1 Lap
16    Esteban Gutierrez    Haas-Ferrari    1 Lap
17    Marcus Ericsson    Sauber-Ferrari    1 Lap
18    Rio Haryanto    Manor-Mercedes    2 Laps
–    Fernando Alonso    McLaren-Honda    Retirement
–    Pascal Wehrlein    Manor-Mercedes    Brakes
–    Carlos Sainz    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    Retirement
–    Daniil Kvyat    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    Retirement

Drivers’ standings:

1    Nico Rosberg    141
2    Lewis Hamilton    117
3    Sebastian Vettel    96
4    Kimi Raikkonen    81
5    Daniel Ricciardo    78
6    Max Verstappen    54
7    Valtteri Bottas    52
8    Sergio Perez    39
9    Felipe Massa    38
10    Daniil Kvyat    22
11    Romain Grosjean    22
12    Nico Hulkenberg    20
13    Fernando Alonso    18
14    Carlos Sainz    18
15    Kevin Magnussen    6
16    Jenson Button    5
17    Stoffel Vandoorne    1
18    Esteban Gutierrez    0
19    Jolyon Palmer    0
20    Marcus Ericsson    0
21    Felipe Nasr    0
22    Pascal Wehrlein    0
23    Rio Haryanto    0

Constructors’ standings:

1    Mercedes    258
2    Ferrari    177
3    Red Bull-Renault    140
4    Williams-Mercedes    90
5    Force India-Mercedes    59
6    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    32
7    McLaren-Honda    24
8    Haas-Ferrari    22
9    Renault    6
10    Sauber-Ferrari    0
11    Manor-Mercedes    0

 

Championship leader Nico Rosberg takes a vital pole position for the European Grand Prix in Azerbaijan, as his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton crashed out in Q3.

Rosberg glanced the wall during his own final run at the Baku city circuit, but still did enough to claim the top grid slot by nearly eight tenths of a second.

The Canadian Grand Prix winner had earlier set the fastest time of all in the first sector but went off at Turn 15.

Hamilton regrouped and tried again, matching Rosberg’s pace in the first sector, but clipped the inside wall at Turn 12 and broke the front-right suspension on his Silver Arrows.

That caused the session to be red-flagged, and eventually left Hamilton down in tenth position, without having set a proper time in Q3.

It was a messy qualifying for the defending champion, who went off during each segment.

Sergio Perez therefore finished the session second quickest for Force India, but he will start seventh thanks to having to change the gearbox following a crash at the end of final practice.

Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel set identical lap times, over four tenths down on the Force India, but Ricciardo takes the honour on the account of being first across the timing line so inherits the front row position.

“Oh come on, you’re joking!” rued Vettel, after Ferrari broke the bad news over team radio.

Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa rounded out the top six, ahead of Daniil Kvyat, the Williams of Valtteri Bottas, and Max Verstappen’s Red Bull, who almost collided with Bottas during their first runs in Q3.

Romain Grosjean’s Haas came within a tenth of making the top ten, but ended the session P11, ahead of Nico Hulkenberg. The Force India driver spun on his first run in Q2 and was only P12 on his second attempt, complaining over team radio about a miscommunication of his run plan.

The Toro Rosso of Carlos Sainz Jr was P13, ahead of Fernando Alonso’s McLaren-Honda and Esteban Gutierrez, who went off at Turn 7 on his final flying lap.

Felipe Nasr got Sauber through to Q2 for the first time since the Chinese Grand Prix, but couldn’t go any quicker in Q2 so finished up P16.

Manor-Mercedes enjoyed a competitive qualifying session, but missed out on making the Q2 cut by less than two tenths.

Rio Haryanto was fractionally faster than Mercedes junior Pascal Wehrlein, and both were quicker than Jenson Button’s McLaren-Honda, which wound up P19 after backing out of his final flying lap in Q1.

He ended up 0.054 seconds down on Wehrlein and cursing over team radio.

Marcus Ericsson was P20 for Sauber, despite grazing a wall on his final lap, while Renault pairing Kevin Magnussen and Jolyon Palmer brought up the rear of the grid.

Qualifying standings, Baku:

1    Nico Rosberg    Mercedes    1m42.758s
2    Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull-Renault    1m43.966s
3    Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari    1m43.966s
4    Kimi Raikkonen    Ferrari    1m44.269s
5    Felipe Massa    Williams-Mercedes    1m44.483s
6    Daniil Kvyat    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m44.717s
7    Sergio Perez    Force India-Mercedes    1m43.515s*
8    Valtteri Bottas    Williams-Mercedes    1m45.246s
9    Max Verstappen    Red Bull-Renault    1m45.570s
10    Lewis Hamilton    Mercedes    2m01.954s
11    Romain Grosjean    Haas-Ferrari    1m44.755s
12    Nico Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes    1m44.824s
13    Carlos Sainz    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m45.000s
14    Fernando Alonso    McLaren-Honda    1m45.270s
15    Esteban Gutierrez    Haas-Ferrari    1m45.349s
16    Felipe Nasr    Sauber-Ferrari    1m46.048s
17    Rio Haryanto    Manor-Mercedes    1m45.665s
18    Pascal Wehrlein    Manor-Mercedes    1m45.750s
19    Jenson Button    McLaren-Honda    1m45.804s
20    Marcus Ericsson    Sauber-Ferrari    1m46.231s
21    Kevin Magnussen    Renault    1m46.348s
22    Jolyon Palmer    Renault    1m46.394s

*Grid penalty due to a gearbox change

Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix – his fifth at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve – while his championship rival Nico Rosberg lost ground and finished in fifth spot.

The Mercedes driver finished five seconds clear of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who had a shot at victory following a fantastic start, but failed to make a two-stop strategy work in comparison to the one-stop for Hamilton.

It means after seven of the 21 races this year, Hamilton is now just nine points from Rosberg, who spun near the end trying to pass Max Verstappen for fourth, with the defending champion taking 34 points out of the latter’s early advantage over the last two Grands Prix.

Valtteri Bottas also managed just a one-stop strategy to claim third in his Williams, scoring both his and the team’s first podium since Mexico last season.

Hamilton made another poor start from pole, while from third on the grid Vettel blasted by the Silver Arrows pair to take the lead.

Behind Vettel, Hamilton held the inside line into Turn 1 where he and Rosberg bumped wheels as the latter attempted to pass around the outside.

The slight collision, however, was enough to force Rosberg to go off the circuit, dropping him to ninth place and facing a battle to fight through the field in the cold conditions.

Rosberg lost another place before the end of lap one to fall to tenth, leaving Vettel and Hamilton to fight for the win and a battle of strategies between Ferrari and Mercedes.

Ferrari caused a surprise when Vettel pitted at the end of lap 11 and under a virtual safety car period caused by Jenson Button’s engine blowing on his McLaren, the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix winner pulling his car onto a grass verge.

In switching from the ultra-soft tyre to the super-soft, it was apparent Vettel would have to pit again with the soft compound being the mandatory set for the race designated by Pirelli.

At that stage Vettel dropped to fourth behind the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo, although come the end of lap 18 he had cleared both to move up to second behind Hamilton.

Six laps later Hamilton made his only pit stop, taking on the soft tyres, leaving him with 46 to the end, with the prediction from Pirelli being it could run for fifty laps.

It was another 13 before Ferrari pitted Vettel again to take on the soft tyres, retaining his second place and emerging 7.8 seconds behind Hamilton.

Vettel closed the gap to 4.3 seconds behind Hamilton after 55 laps, but he locked up into the final chicane on lap 56 and again on lap 61 to drop him to 6.7 seconds adrift, effectively ending his bid for victory.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen managed to fend off Rosberg to finish fourth, whose attempt at a pass into the final chicane on lap 69 ended with him spinning off track, although he kept his engine running.

Rosberg had had a shot at third earlier in the race, but he suffered a slow puncture to his right-rear tyre with 19 laps remaining that dropped him to seventh at the time.

Kimi Raikkonen was sixth ahead of Daniel Ricciardo, the only two other drivers to finish on the same lap as Hamilton.

Completing the points-scoring positions were Force India duo Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez in eighth and tenth, with  Carlos Sainz in between. The Toro Rosso racer started P20 after taking a gearbox penalty before the start.

Also on the list of retirees alongside Button were Renault’s Jolyon Palmer on lap 18 with a water leak and Felipe Massa’s Williams after 37 laps with engine issues.

So a brilliant result for Lewis Hamilton. Fifth victory at the Canadian Grand Prix and now nine points behind his championship rival.

Ferrari’s strategy did not work out for Sebastian Vettel who gave it all in the race.

A new event comes up next at Baku. It’s going to be a fascinating Grand Prix especially in terms of the championship.

Canadian Grand Prix, race results:

1    Lewis Hamilton    Mercedes    70    1h31m05.296s
2    Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari    70    5.011s
3    Valtteri Bottas    Williams-Mercedes    70    46.422s
4    Max Verstappen    Red Bull-Renault    70    53.020s
5    Nico Rosberg    Mercedes    70    1m02.093s
6    Kimi Raikkonen    Ferrari    70    1m03.017s
7    Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull-Renault    70    1m03.634s
8    Nico Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes    69    1 Lap
9    Carlos Sainz    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    69    1 Lap
10    Sergio Perez    Force India-Mercedes    69    1 Lap
11    Fernando Alonso    McLaren-Honda    69    1 Lap
12    Daniil Kvyat    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    69    1 Lap
13    Esteban Gutierrez    Haas-Ferrari    68    2 Laps
14    Romain Grosjean    Haas-Ferrari    68    2 Laps
15    Marcus Ericsson    Sauber-Ferrari    68    2 Laps
16    Kevin Magnussen    Renault    68    2 Laps
17    Pascal Wehrlein    Manor-Mercedes    68    2 Laps
18    Felipe Nasr    Sauber-Ferrari    68    2 Laps
19    Rio Haryanto    Manor-Mercedes    68    2 Laps
–    Felipe Massa    Williams-Mercedes    35    Retirement
–    Jolyon Palmer    Renault    16    Retirement
–    Jenson Button    McLaren-Honda    9    Engine

Drivers’ standings:

1    Nico Rosberg    116
2    Lewis Hamilton    107
3    Sebastian Vettel    78
4    Daniel Ricciardo    72
5    Kimi Raikkonen    69
6    Max Verstappen    50
7    Valtteri Bottas    44
8    Felipe Massa    37
9    Sergio Perez    24
10    Daniil Kvyat    22
11    Romain Grosjean    22
12    Fernando Alonso    18
13    Nico Hulkenberg    18
14    Carlos Sainz    18
15    Kevin Magnussen    6
16    Jenson Button    5
17    Stoffel Vandoorne    1
18    Esteban Gutierrez    0
19    Jolyon Palmer    0
20    Marcus Ericsson    0
21    Pascal Wehrlein    0
22    Felipe Nasr    0
23    Rio Haryanto    0

Constructors’ standings:

1    Mercedes    223
2    Ferrari    147
3    Red Bull-Renault    130
4    Williams-Mercedes    81
5    Force India-Mercedes    42
6    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    32
7    McLaren-Honda    24
8    Haas-Ferrari    22
9    Renault    6
10    Sauber-Ferrari    0
11    Manor-Mercedes    0

Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton achieved his fifth Canadian Grand Prix pole position at the Circuit Gilles Villeueve.

The Mercedes driver edged out his championship rival Nico Rosberg by a tiny margin of 0.062 seconds to earn his fifty-third career pole in Formula 1.

Hamilton held on to top spot despite failing to improve on his second run in Q3 at the Montreal circuit.

Rosberg messed up his second run at the first corner so also failed to improve, while Sebastian Vettel cursed losing some traction at the hairpin on his final flying lap.

Vettel put on a brave fight for Ferrari but was unable to match the sheer speed from the Silver Arrows. Third on the grid is the end result. Just 0.116 seconds adrift.

The Red Bulls of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen qualified fourth and fifth respectively. A solid effort from the charging bulls, ahead of Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen.

Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa were seventh and eighth for Williams, with the former less than a tenth away from beating The Iceman.

Nico Hulkenberg’s Force India was almost two tenths further back from Massa in ninth, while Fernando Alonso’s McLaren-Honda rounded out the top ten.

Alonso made Q3 for the third race in succession by bumping Sergio Perez out of the top ten in the closing moments of Q2, so the Force India driver ended up in P11.

Jenson Button was fractionally quicker than his McLaren team-mate Alonso in the first two sectors of his final lap in Q2, but he dropped time in the final sector and wound up P12 – blaming a lack of a tow on the run from the hairpin.

Daniil Kvyat’s Toro Rosso was just 0.020 secondss slower in P13, ahead of Haas pairing Esteban Gutierrez and Romain Grosjean, who were separated by 0.232 seconds.

The Toro Rosso of Carlos Sainz Jr ended up slowest in Q2 after he bashed against the Wall of Champions at the end of his first proper flying lap, causing the session to be red flagged while the track marshals remove his broken car.

Jolyon Palmer had earlier come within 0.015 secondss of stealing the final Q2 spot from Grosjean, but had to settle for P17 in his Renault.

He was 0.140 seconds ahead of the impressive Pascal Wehrlein, whose Manor was P15 after his first run in Q1, but slipped back when others improved.

Wehrlein’s hopes of improving himself were scuppered by team-mate Rio Haryanto clouting the wall at the exit of the first chicane, which effectively ended the closing minutes of Q1.

Wehrlein at least remained ahead of both Saubers, with Marcus Ericsson over a second clear of team-mate Felipe Nasr, who had to rely on a slow first run in Q1 thanks to the timing of Haryanto’s crash.

The second Renault of Kevin Magnussen failed to participate in qualifying following his heavy crash in final practice, so he will start last on the grid with the stewards’ permission.

Canadian Grand Prix, qualifying result:

1    Lewis Hamilton    Mercedes    1m12.812s
2    Nico Rosberg    Mercedes    1m12.874s
3    Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari    1m12.990s
4    Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull-Renault    1m13.166s
5    Max Verstappen    Red Bull-Renault    1m13.414s
6    Kimi Raikkonen    Ferrari    1m13.579s
7    Valtteri Bottas    Williams-Mercedes    1m13.670s
8    Felipe Massa    Williams-Mercedes    1m13.769s
9    Nico Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes    1m13.952s
10    Fernando Alonso    McLaren-Honda    1m14.338s
11    Sergio Perez    Force India-Mercedes    1m14.317s
12    Jenson Button    McLaren-Honda    1m14.437s
13    Esteban Gutierrez    Haas-Ferrari    1m14.571s
14    Romain Grosjean    Haas-Ferrari    1m14.803s
15    Carlos Sainz    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m21.956s
16    Daniil Kvyat    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m14.457s
17    Jolyon Palmer    Renault    1m15.459s
18    Pascal Wehrlein    Manor-Mercedes    1m15.599s
19    Felipe Nasr    Sauber-Ferrari    1m16.663s
20    Rio Haryanto    Manor-Mercedes    1m17.052s
21    Marcus Ericsson    Sauber-Ferrari    1m15.635s
22    Kevin Magnussen    Renault    No time

Lewis Hamilton has finally won a race this season in a thrilling Monaco Grand Prix, while a pit stop heartbreak for Daniel Ricciardo cost him the top result.

The defending champion finished the 78-lap rain-hit race seven seconds clear from Red Bull’s Ricciardo with Sergio Perez taking the final podium spot for Force India.

Overnight rain continued throughout the morning in Monaco with conditions sufficiently treacherous that the race was started under the safety car for the first time in its history.

After seven laps, the safety car was called in and Ricciardo pulled away in the lead, ahead of Nico Rosberg and Hamilton.

It became clear Hamilton was the faster of the two Mercedes, with Rosberg struggling with brake temperatures, so the team instructed the German to let Hamilton past.

Hamilton set off in chase of Ricciardo and although the track was drying out, he chose to stay out on full wets when Ricciardo pitted for intermediates and therefore the lead.

Ricciardo caught Hamilton quickly and retook the lead when the Mercedes pitted for the ultra-soft at the end of lap 31 of 78.

The honey badger pitted next time around, but a miscommunication meant the tyres were not ready when he reached the pitbox.

Eventually, the team fitted super-softs and got him out, but as he exited the pits Hamilton swept around the outside to retake the lead.

That slow pit stop ultimately cost Red Bull Racing and Daniel Ricciardo the Monaco Grand Prix victory. As overtaking around the tight, twisty circuit is nearly impossible.

Ricciardo closed on Hamilton as they went through the tunnel with the Mercedes cutting the chicane and then blocking his rival as he came under attack on the outside on the run to Tabac.

Ricciardo waved his hand in frustration but the race stewards decided to take no further action after investigating the incident.

Hamilton then absorbed the huge pressure from Ricciardo to keep the lead and secure his 44th career victory and first since he clinched his third world title in last year’s United States Grand Prix.

Perez jumped to third with well-timed tyre changes and then resisted heavy pressure from Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari to give Force India its first podium of the season.

Vettel’s team-mate Kimi Raikkonen retired early on when he crashed at the Loews hairpin, blocking Romain Grosjean as he tried to rejoin and then pulling off at the exit of the tunnel with his front wing lodged underneath the car.

Fernando Alonso finished a brilliant fifth place with Nico Hulkenberg stealing sixth off a low-key Rosberg on the final lap.

That means Hamilton has cut the gap to title rival Rosberg in the championship to 24 points.

Carlos Sainz Jr, Jenson Button and Felipe Massa completed the top ten.

Sauber asked Felipe Nasr to let his team-mate Marcus Ericsson by but Nasy questioned the decision.

Ericsson then tried a move at Rascasse and the two cars collided, resulting in both retiring soon afterwards.

As for Max Verstappen. This was a hero to zero moment for the Red Bull driver.

He fought his way up into the points after starting from the pit lane but crashed at Massenet – his third crash of the weekend.

It was a tough race for Renault with Jolyon Palmer crashing when he lost grip on the pits straight kink as the race began and Kevin Magnussen hitting the barrier at Mirabeau.

Magnussen had previously collided with Daniil Kvyat at Rascasse, with Kvyat later retiring, having been a lap down after suffering a problem with his steering wheel at the start.

So a great result for Lewis Hamilton. His 44th career victory in such a thrilling race. Red Bull let Daniel Ricciardo down with a slow pit-stop but kudos to Sergio Perez in scoring a podium for Force India.

Monaco Grand Prix, race results after 78 laps:

1    Lewis Hamilton    Mercedes    1h59m29.133s
2    Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull-Renault    7.252s
3    Sergio Perez    Force India-Mercedes    13.825s
4    Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari    15.846s
5    Fernando Alonso    McLaren-Honda    1m25.076s
6    Nico Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes    1m32.999s
7    Nico Rosberg    Mercedes    1m33.290s
8    Carlos Sainz    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1 Lap
9    Jenson Button    McLaren-Honda    1 Lap
10    Felipe Massa    Williams-Mercedes    1 Lap
11    Valtteri Bottas    Williams-Mercedes    1 Lap
12    Esteban Gutierrez    Haas-Ferrari    1 Lap
13    Romain Grosjean    Haas-Ferrari    2 Laps
14    Pascal Wehrlein    Manor-Mercedes    2 Laps
15    Rio Haryanto    Manor-Mercedes    2 Laps
–    Marcus Ericsson    Sauber-Ferrari    Retirement
–    Felipe Nasr    Sauber-Ferrari    Retirement
–    Max Verstappen    Red Bull-Renault    Retirement
–    Kevin Magnussen    Renault    Retirement
–    Daniil Kvyat    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    Retirement
–    Kimi Raikkonen    Ferrari    Retirement
–    Jolyon Palmer    Renault    Retirement

Drivers’ standings:

1    Nico Rosberg    106
2    Lewis Hamilton    82
3    Daniel Ricciardo    66
4    Kimi Raikkonen    61
5    Sebastian Vettel    60
6    Max Verstappen    38
7    Felipe Massa    37
8    Valtteri Bottas    29
9    Sergio Perez    23
10    Daniil Kvyat    22
11    Romain Grosjean    22
12    Fernando Alonso    18
13    Carlos Sainz    16
14    Nico Hulkenberg    14
15    Kevin Magnussen    6
16    Jenson Button    5
17    Stoffel Vandoorne    1
18    Esteban Gutierrez    0
19    Jolyon Palmer    0
20    Marcus Ericsson    0
21    Pascal Wehrlein    0
22    Felipe Nasr    0
23    Rio Haryanto    0

Constructors’ standings:

1    Mercedes    188
2    Ferrari    121
3    Red Bull-Renault    112
4    Williams-Mercedes    66
5    Force India-Mercedes    37
6    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    30
7    McLaren-Honda    24
8    Haas-Ferrari    22
9    Renault    6
10    Sauber-Ferrari    0
11    Manor-Mercedes    0

Next race: Canadian Grand Prix, Montreal. June 10-12.

Daniel Ricciardo recorded his maiden pole position in Formula 1 with an impressive lap around the tight, twisty street circuit in Monaco.

The Honey Badger’s lap of one minute, 13. 622 seconds was just spectacular and highlight the speed plus grip of the RB12 chassis.

This was Red Bull Racing’s first pole since the last V8-engined season of Formula 1 in 2013.

Championship leader Nico Rosberg will start second on the grid, just 0.169 seconds slower than Ricciardo. While Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton suffered a fuel pressure issue that hampered his Q3.

The reigning title winner recovered from this delay to come through into third. Ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel – who was quickest in Q1 – Nico Hulkenberg’s Force India and Kimi Raikkonen.

The Iceman qualified in sixth place but will drop a further five places on the grid following a gearbox change in the Ferrari.

Toro Rosso’s Carlos Sainz recorded the seventh fastest time, a solid effort and only 0.017 seconds slower than Raikkonen.

Sergio Perez, Daniil Kvyat and Fernando Alonso in the McLaren-Honda completes the top ten at Monaco.

Valtteri Bottas missed out on a place in Q3 by 0.166 seconds as Williams elected to send its drivers out for a single run each in Q2.

Team-mate Felipe Massa was only 0.112 seconds slower but that was enough to leave him P14, behind Esteban Gutierrez and Jenson Button.

Gutierrez’s Haas team-mate Romain Grosjean was a strong eighth fastest in Q1, but failed to find any time in Q2, ending up over a tenth slower than his earlier best and down in P15.

Kevin Magnussen’s Renault completed the top 16, nearly half a second further back, but he is under investigation for jumping a red light at the end of the pitlane in Q1, so may get a penalty.

Marcus Ericsson missed out on a place in Q2 by just 0.046 seconds after losing a late battle with Magnussen’s Renault in Q1.

Team Banana’s Jolyon Palmer, which suffered rear wing damage from an off in final practice, was nearly three tenths further back in P18.

Rio Haryanto got the better of Manor team-mate Pascal Wehrlein by 0.147 seconds to qualify P19.

Wehrlein failed to improve by 0.030 seconds on his second Q1 run so wound up P20.

As for the Spanish Grand Prix winner Max Verstappen. This was a hero to zero moment. The Red Bull driver will start from the penultimate row after breaking his right-front suspension by clipping the inside barrier at the Swimming Pool chicane, then crashing heavily into the barriers.

He at least set a time before doing so. Felipe Nasr’s Sauber failed to even complete a flying lap after its Ferrari engine blew up on his out-lap.

Monaco Grand Prix, qualifying standings:

1    Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull-Renault    1m13.622s
2    Nico Rosberg    Mercedes    1m13.791s
3    Lewis Hamilton    Mercedes    1m13.942s
4    Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari    1m14.552s
5    Nico Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes    1m14.726s
6    Carlos Sainz    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m14.749s
7    Sergio Perez    Force India-Mercedes    1m14.902s
8    Daniil Kvyat    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m15.273s
9    Fernando Alonso    McLaren-Honda    1m15.363s
10    Valtteri Bottas    Williams-Mercedes    1m15.273s
11    Kimi Raikkonen    Ferrari    1m14.732s*
12    Esteban Gutierrez    Haas-Ferrari    1m15.293s
13    Jenson Button    McLaren-Honda    1m15.352s
14    Felipe Massa    Williams-Mercedes    1m15.385s
15    Romain Grosjean    Haas-Ferrari    1m15.571s
16    Kevin Magnussen    Renault    1m16.058s
17    Marcus Ericsson    Sauber-Ferrari    1m16.299s
18    Jolyon Palmer    Renault    1m16.586s
19    Rio Haryanto    Manor-Mercedes    1m17.295s
20    Pascal Wehrlein    Manor-Mercedes    1m17.452s
21    Max Verstappen    Red Bull-Renault    1m22.467s
22    Felipe Nasr    Sauber-Ferrari    No time

*Five-place grid penalty for changing gearbox

Max Verstappen made Formula 1 history by taking victory at the Circuit de Catalunya on his first appearance as a Red Bull Racing driver.

On his debut drive for Milton Keynes-based team after recently swapping seats with Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso graduate Verstappen became the youngest driver to win a race at the age of 18 years and 227 days, beating Sebastian Vettel’s record by more than two years.

Verstappen led for the final 32 of the 66 laps as he completed a two-stop strategy to perfection, finishing just 0.6 seconds ahead of Kimi Raikkonen in his Ferrari, with Vettel third, a further 4.9 seconds down.

While such an achievement was unforgettable, the Spanish Grand Prix will be go down in motor sport history as to what unfolded between Hamilton and Rosberg.

From second on the grid Rosberg enjoyed a slightly better start than Hamilton on pole and passed his team-mate around the outside at Turn 1.

Out of Turn 3 Hamilton managed to gain a superb launch, moving into Rosberg’s slipstream and across to the right as he aimed for an overtake.

Rosberg aggressively covered off what was an ambitious move by Hamilton, who had managed to get his front wing aligned with his team-mate’s right-rear tyre.

Trying to avoid a collision Hamilton took to the grass, but immediately went into a slide and careered into Rosberg, sending both into the gravel at Turn 4.

Hamilton immediately covered his visor with both hands, and after a period of reflection sat in his car, later flung his steering wheel out in a fit of anger.

The incident immediately brought out the safety car, with Daniel Ricciardo leading new team-mate Verstappen, followed by the Toro Rosso of Carlos Sainz Jr, who had started eighth, and the Ferraris of Vettel and Raikkonen.

After Vettel and Raikkonen eventually passed Sainz, a tense Red Bull versus Ferrari battle began.

They matched tactics at their first pit-stops for mediums, before both teams then split strategies.

Leader Ricciardo returned to soft rubber after his second stop – immediately indicating a three-stop plan – and was covered off by third-placed Vettel a lap later.

Verstappen, who had closed to within seven tenths of Ricciardo, and Raikkonen remained out, not pitting until laps 34 and 35 respectively and taking on medium tyres to commit to a two-stop strategy with a long stint to the finish.

After just eight laps on the softs, Ferrari made a tactical move by bringing in Vettel again for his third pit-stop, and moving back to the mediums.

Leader Ricciardo, following a poor few laps, took on his set of mediums after 43 laps, emerging some distance behind third-placed Vettel, with Verstappen holding on to a one-second cushion to Raikkonen at the front.

Despite constant pressure from Raikkonen, Verstappen stayed ahead to the chequered flag for a remarkable win.

As the lead quartet bunched up, Ricciardo attempted a pass on Vettel for third into Turn 1 with seven laps left, only to slightly overcook it and allow the four-time champion back through.

Vettel was forced to take evasive action to avoid hitting Ricciardo, and yet again an expletive-laden radio rant from the Ferrari driver.

Ricciardo kept pushing, but on the penultimate lap his right-rear tyre gave way, forcing him into the pits for a late change, and with such a significant gap to fifth-placed Valtteri Bottas in his Williams, he still claimed fourth.

Behind Bottas came Sainz, followed by the Force India of Sergio Perez, Felipe Massa’s Williams – charging from P18 on the grid – Jenson Button for McLaren, with Kvyat taking the final point with tenth.

Nico Hulkenberg was forced to retire after 21 laps following a small fire and with smoke coming from the back of his Force India, with McLaren’s Fernando Alonso following suit 25 laps later, bemoaning “no power”.

So a dramatic Spanish Grand Prix. The Mercedes self-destruct will be the major talking point as both Rosberg and Hamilton not given an inch. Yet, the feel good story from Barcelona is Verstappen winning his first race.

The youngest winner in the sport. On his debut with Red Bull Racing. Fantastic achievement. Here’s to many more for the Mad Max in Formula 1.

Spanish Grand Prix, race results after 66 laps:

1    Max Verstappen    Red Bull-Renault    1h41m40.017s
2    Kimi Raikkonen    Ferrari    0.616s
3    Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari    5.581s
4    Daniel Ricciardo    Red Bull-Renault    43.950s
5    Valtteri Bottas    Williams-Mercedes    45.271s
6    Carlos Sainz    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m01.395s
7    Sergio Perez    Force India-Mercedes    1m19.538s
8    Felipe Massa    Williams-Mercedes    1m20.707s
9    Jenson Button    McLaren-Honda    1 Lap
10    Daniil Kvyat    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1 Lap
11    Esteban Gutierrez    Haas-Ferrari    1 Lap
12    Marcus Ericsson    Sauber-Ferrari    1 Lap
13    Jolyon Palmer    Renault    1 Lap
14    Kevin Magnussen    Renault    1 Lap
15    Felipe Nasr    Sauber-Ferrari    1 Lap
16    Pascal Wehrlein    Manor-Mercedes    1 Lap
17    Rio Haryanto    Manor-Mercedes    1 Lap
–    Romain Grosjean    Haas-Ferrari    Retirement
–    Fernando Alonso    McLaren-Honda    Retirement
–    Nico Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes    Retirement
–    Lewis Hamilton    Mercedes    Collision
–    Nico Rosberg    Mercedes    Collision

Drivers’ standings:

1    Nico Rosberg    100
2    Kimi Raikkonen    61
3    Lewis Hamilton    57
4    Sebastian Vettel    48
5    Daniel Ricciardo    48
6    Max Verstappen    38
7    Felipe Massa    36
8    Valtteri Bottas    29
9    Daniil Kvyat    22
10    Romain Grosjean    22
11    Carlos Sainz    12
12    Fernando Alonso    8
13    Sergio Perez    8
14    Kevin Magnussen    6
15    Nico Hulkenberg    6
16    Jenson Button    3
17    Stoffel Vandoorne    1
18    Jolyon Palmer    0
19    Esteban Gutierrez    0
20    Marcus Ericsson    0
21    Pascal Wehrlein    0
22    Felipe Nasr    0
23    Rio Haryanto    0

Constructors’ standings:

1    Mercedes    157
2    Ferrari    109
3    Red Bull-Renault    94
4    Williams-Mercedes    65
5    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    26
6    Haas-Ferrari    22
7    Force India-Mercedes    14
8    McLaren-Honda    12
9    Renault    6
10    Sauber-Ferrari    0
11    Manor-Mercedes    0

Next race: Monaco Grand Prix, May 26-29. Monte Carlo.