RACE REPORT
And after 51 laps , Rosberg did just that , taking his fifth of the season and his first career ‘ grand chelem ’ for pole position , victory , fastest lap and for leading every lap of the race .
“ It ’ s been an amazing day really , an amazing weekend ,” he said afterwards . “ It ’ s been spectacular ; great track , really exciting racing . Of course , for me the weekend went perfectly : qualifying , race , everything to plan , so it was really awesome .”
The potential stumbling block in Rosberg ’ s path came from a technical glitch that affected both he and teammate Lewis Hamilton . The Briton was badly affected by issue , which his race engineer explained was a problem with mode he was in . Rosberg , though , was able to solve the problem .
“ I think I had the same [ as Hamilton ] but I ’ m not sure ,” Rosberg said . “ It was just a matter of getting out of it with the right combination of switches .”
Hamilton began the race in 10th position after a Q3 accident but recovered well to rise to fifth before the technical problems began to affect him . He was unable to close on Perez and Raikkonen ahead and had to settle for salvaging 10 points from a troubled weekend and frustrating race .
Ahead , Perez had used his Force India ’ s Mercedes power unit and a onestop strategy to great effect and in the closing laps he found himself chasing down Raikkonen .