Championship leader Nico Rosberg continued his impressive start to the 2016 season by topping the opening practice session for the Russian Grand Prix. Rosberg clocked a time of 1:38.127 to finish 0.722s clear of Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton at the Sochi Autodrom. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel moved up to third during the closing stages of the session, having earlier spun twice in the final sector in quick succession. Kimi Räikkönen was fourth for Ferrari after negotiating some early DRS issues, while Felipe Massa was fifth despite […]

If the opening two rounds of the season fell into Nico Rosberg’s lap, then everything went his way once more in China, as he swept to win number three of 2016, his sixth on the bounce. Rosberg crushed the opposition at the Shanghai International Circuit as he demonstrated the capabilities of the Mercedes W07 Hybrid, leaving the rest of the field to fight it out amongst themselves. Sebastian Vettel recovered from an incident at Turn 1 to finish as runner-up, while Daniil Kvyat took only […]

Nico Rosberg hailed the balance of his Mercedes W07 Hybrid after he swept to his third win of the year in China to rack up his sixth successive Formula 1 victory. Rosberg lost out to Daniel Ricciardo off the line, ostensibly due to starting on the harder tyres, but recovered his position within a handful of laps. From there, Rosberg managed his pace and crossed the line over half a minute clear of Sebastian Vettel. "Racing wise, it was an almost perfect weekend," he said. […]

Nico Rosberg remained clear of the chaos behind him as he dominated proceedings to claim his sixth successive Formula 1 victory at the Chinese Grand Prix. Rosberg lost the lead off the line to Daniel Ricciardo but soon fought back and stormed clear, as his primary rivals once again encountered early troubles. Sebastian Vettel was a distant second after recovering from a first lap collision while Daniil Kvyat took third, as Lewis Hamilton recovered from last to finish seventh. Rosberg now leads Hamilton in the […]

Nico Rosberg downplayed his advantage over the chasing pack during qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix, pointing to mistakes made by Ferrari pair Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel. Rosberg trailed Raikkonen after the first runs in Q3 but improved on his second lap to finish over half a second clear of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo. Raikkonen did not improve on his last lap while Vettel made a couple of errors en-route to fourth, and Rosberg reckons his advantage over the Ferrari drivers is not representative […]

Nico Rosberg repelled an initial threat from Ferrari to take pole position in a dramatic qualifying session in China, while Daniel Ricciardo snatched a space on the front row of the grid. Rosberg trailed Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen after the first runs in Q3 but improved to take top spot by half a second with a time of 1:35.402 Ricciardo set a rapid final lap in Q3 to take second for Red Bull while Lewis Hamilton will start from the back after a technical problem in […]

World Champion Lewis Hamilton says he was boosted by set-up changes to his Mercedes W07 Hybrid during the second session for the Chinese Grand Prix after admitting he was initially not comfortable with the car. Hamilton spun twice in the first session en-route to finishing second to team-mate Nico Rosberg, before placing fourth in the afternoon session. "It's not been a bad day," said Hamilton, a four-time victor of the Chinese Grand Prix. "I didn't feel too comfortable with the car this morning but the […]

Nico Rosberg set the quickest time for Mercedes during a disrupted first practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix on Friday morning. Rosberg clocked a time of 1:38.037, 0.146s clear of team-mate Lewis Hamilton, though neither Mercedes driver had a clean session. Rosberg pitted during the closing stages with a suspected power unit issue while Hamilton spun twice at Turn 11. However, the session was disrupted by left rear tyre incidents for Felipe Massa and Kevin Magnussen. Massa suffered a left rear problem approaching Turn […]

Nico Rosberg swept to his fifth successive victory though it proved to be a relatively serene stroll for the Mercedes driver as his primary rivals were all compromised within the first few minutes of proceedings beneath the bright lights at Sakhir. Rosberg had been on form throughout the weekend in Bahrain but a stupendous lap from Lewis Hamilton denied the German pole position. It was the fastest ever lap of the circuit and while such a statistic was aided by Super Soft tyres and cooler […]

Nico Rosberg insists he is not thinking about the championship despite opening his 2016 account with back to back Grand Prix victories in Australia and Bahrain. Rosberg surged clear of Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton at the start and was able to open up a substantial lead in the first stint, as Hamilton was hit by Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen slipped back. Rosberg managed the remainder of the race from the front and has collected 50 points from the opening two rounds, to sit 17 […]

Nico Rosberg made it five wins in a row as he cruised to victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix to open up a 17 point lead in the championship. Rosberg took advantage of a perfect start, and contact for team-mate Lewis Hamilton, to ease into the lead and manage a three stop strategy to emerge on top at Sakhir. Kimi Räikkönen was second in the sole Ferrari while Hamilton recovered to finish a distant third. The drama began before the start when Sebastian Vettel informed […]

Lewis Hamilton expressed his delight after he claimed his 51st pole position with a rapid final effort in Q3 for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Hamilton was down in fourth place after his first run in the final shootout session but set the quickest ever lap of the Sakhir circuit to move clear, turning the tables on Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, after the German's superiority across practice. "I'm really happy with that lap," said Hamilton. "Throughout practice and qualifying I went around and did a lap, […]