Nico Rosberg was left sighing with relief on Sunday after he finally ended his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton’s winning streak in this year’s Formula One drivers’ world championship by claiming victory in the Spanish Grand Prix. The 29-year-old German, who had been beaten by Hamilton in all four of this year’s ‘flyaway’ season-opening races, led from the 16th pole position of his career all the way to the chequered flag, his supremacy interrupted only by his pit-stops.It was his first win since last November’s Brazilian Grand Prix and the ninth of his career, and trimmed defending champion Hamilton’s lead from 27 points to 20
Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel of Germany, who outpaced Hamilton off the grid, came home third for Ferrari ahead of Finns Valtteri Botta of Williams and Kimi Raikkonen, in the second Ferrari.
Brazilian Felipe Massa finished sixth in the second Williams ahead of Australian Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull and Frenchman Romain Grosjean of Lotus.
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