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Bahrain GP

2016 Formula 1 Bahrain GP

Bahrain
Mar 31, 2016 to Apr 3, 2016
Bahrain International Circuit, BH
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Formula 1 Bahrain GP

Bahrain Grand Prix - Race

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So that's it for us today on the Formula 1 front.

It's a fifth consecutive win for Rosberg, equalling Hamilton's best streak.

It's an eighth Bahrain podium for Raikkonen, albeit he is still to win here.

It's the Haas team's best result so far with a fifth place for Romain Grosjean.

And, finally, it's the first - hopefully, the first of many - point in Formula 1 for Stoffel Vandoorne.

Next up - MotoGP from Argentina, which promises to be just as - if not more so - chaotic.
And here's our report from a fairly entertaining 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Teams' championship:
1 Mercedes 83
2 Ferrari 33
3 Red Bull 30
4 Williams 20
5 Haas 18
6 Toro Rosso 11
7 Force India 6
8 McLaren 1
9 Renault 0
10 Sauber 0
11 Manor 0

Drivers' championship:
1 Rosberg 50
2 Hamilton 33
3 Ricciardo 24
4 Raikkonen 18
5 Grosjean 18
6 Vettel 15
7 Massa 14
8 Verstappen 9
9 Hulkenberg 6
10 Kvyat 6
11 Bottas 6
12 Sainz 2
13 Vandoorne 1

As David Coulthard enters the podium to interview today's key players, let us recount the championship standings.
Raikkonen looks about as happy as he usually does. As he always does, really.

It's his eighth Bahrain podium but, somehow, he is yet to win here.
The German anthem sounds off, for today's winner Nico Rosberg and his Mercedes team.
Final positions:

1. Nico Rosberg
2. Kimi Raikkonen 10.282
3. Lewis Hamilton 30.148
4. Daniel Ricciardo 62.494
5. Romain Grosjean 78.299
6. Max Verstappen 80.929
7. Daniil Kvyat 1 lap
8. Felipe Massa 1 lap
9. Valtteri Bottas 1 lap
10. Stoffel Vandoorne 1 lap
11. Kevin Magnussen 1 lap
12. Marcus Ericsson 1 lap
13. Pascal Wehrlein 1 lap
14. Felipe Nasr 1 lap
15. Nico Hulkenberg 1 lap
16. Sergio Perez 1 lap
17. Rio Haryanto 1 lap
Hamilton makes sure to go up to Rosberg to congratulate him, but doesn't take off his own helmet.

Is he smiling under it? Probably not.
A very happy Nico Rosberg stands on his car as he takes his fifth win in a row. No small feat.
Kvyat, Massa, Bottas and star debutant Stoffel Vandoorne make up the points.
It's fourth for Ricciardo, fifth (!!!) for Grosjean sixth for Verstappen.
It's second for Kimi Raikkonen, it's third for Lewis Hamilton.
Chequered Flag
Nico Rosberg wins the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix - his fifth consecutive win in Formula 1.
Kvyat moves up to P7.
As Rosberg laps Massa, Kvyat closes in. Final lap.
Kvyat just two seconds behind Massa for P7, the Williams is losing time bad on the mediums.
Almost eight seconds between Nico and Kimi as we enter the final two laps.
Wehrlein with a look round the outside of Ericsson, no dice.
Albeit Verstappen is gaining quickly on Grosjean in P5 - but will he have enough laps?
We're winding down here - the Ericsson/Wehrlein battle for P12 currently looks like the only remaining uncertainty.
And Wehrlein is closing in on Ericsson rapidly.
Magnussen has gotten the job done on Ericsson after all, but it's for P11. He now needs someone to grind to a halt up ahead.
To recap, Wehrlein is currently running ahead of a Sauber and two Force Indias.
Wehrlein passing Hulkenberg for P13, while Verstappen gets the job done on Massa for P6.
Raikkonen appears to have settled for second here, he's no longer managing to keep pace with the leader.
Five laps to go:

1. Nico Rosberg
2. Kimi Raikkonen 7.165
3. Lewis Hamilton 20.096
4. Daniel Ricciardo 65.694
5. Romain Grosjean 75.044
6. Felipe Massa 83.054
7. Max Verstappen 86.673
8. Daniil Kvyat 94.936
9. Valtteri Bottas 95.004
10. Stoffel Vandoorne 1L
11. Marcus Ericsson 1L
12. Kevin Magnussen 1L
13. Nico Hulkenberg 1L
14. Pascal Wehrlein 1L
15. Sergio Perez 1L
16. Felipe Nasr 1L
17. Rio Haryanto 1L
And those two are now holding up Rosberg as soon-to-be-lapped traffic.
Bottas tries to respond round the outside after the next straight and gets forced out wide.
Kvyat divebombs Bottas down the inside into Turn 1 and it works out. P8.
Magnussen trying to use a lapping Mercedes to overtake Ericsson, but he can't get it done.
Kvyat's on Bottas for P9. He's on fresh supersofts, Bottas is on softs.
Ericsson is quite handy when it comes to defending and, on mediums, he is currently holding up the Dane.
Ericsson and Magnussen battling for P11. Doesn't sound like much but one retirement ahead would mean it's for a point - and these two teams could sure use a point.
His engineer must live in a universe where Raikkonen actually won the race last year.
"Keep pushing, the gap to Rosberg is coming down slightly. Remember last year," Raikkonen is told.
Jos Verstappen does not look super-happy about that call.
The Dutchman rejoins a second ahead of Bottas. He has 10 laps to make ground up.
Pit Stop
The mediums are not proving great today. Verstappen has to pit to change them to supersofts for the final stint. Used tyres for the STR driver.
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