The Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen collided on the primary lap and Rosberg’s Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton misplaced his entrance wing after getting caught up within the incident.
Vettel recovered to complete second with Daniil Kvyat finishing the rostrum for Purple Bull, however there was a pointed change between the pair on the finish of the race in Shanghai.
4-time champion Vettel blamed Russia’s Kvyat for the crash which noticed the Ferraris come collectively.
“You got here like a torpedo,” he stated. “I used to be racing,” responded Kyvat with a sheepish grin.
“You have been fortunate this time,” retorted Vettel earlier than each headed off to the rostrum shows.
Hamilton, who began from the again of the grid, made 5 pit stops through the course of the fifty six laps, however battled to complete seventh in a automotive compromised by the sooner injury.
Rosberg was profitable his sixth race in a row having dominated the again finish of final season after Hamilton wrapped up his third world title.
With most factors from three races, he leads this yr’s 21-spherical championship by 39 factors from Hamilton.
Rosberg was briefly headed by Purple Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo from the beginning, however the Australian was one other driver to endure merciless luck, as his left rear tire punctured with particles flying on to the monitor.
After the security automotive was deployed, Ricciardo and others have been capable of recuperate misplaced time and he ultimately completed a advantageous fourth, overtaking Hamilton on the best way in his cost by means of the sector.
Raikkonen took a battling fifth and Felipe Massa was sixth within the Williams.
Ricciardo is third within the title race, three factors behind Hamilton, with Vettel fourth, an extra three factors again, however all of them face an actual struggle to catch Rosberg, who’s within the type of his life.
“The beginning was not fairly ok with Daniel however then I had a very fast automotive at present, actually nice, attacked right away and was capable of pull an enormous hole after that,” he stated on the shows.
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