In his 200th F1 race, Rosberg, who led comfortably at one stage, was made to sweat in the final stages, with the three drivers behind him making a late switch to a three-stop strategy. Rosberg, however, managed to squeeze out just about enough from his worn tyres to win the race by less than half-a-second. Once the Safety Car had cleared the main straight, Rosberg took control of the race, opening up a 2.1 second lead over Ricciardo by the fourth lap. After the first round of pit-stops, Rosberg led from Ricciardo, followed by Hamilton and Raikkonen. Ricciardo too made his third stop, forcing Mercedes to consider pulling Rosberg in.

Source: The Hindu September 18, 2016 22:07 UTC