The familiar Mercedes 1-2 winning formula comes to rule again!

Following a 20-minute break to clear the debris from Alonso and Gutierrez's crash, the race restarted with Ferrari still on an aggressive two-stop strategy of using supersoft tyres.  Palmer's very convincing debut for Renault saw him finish 11^th. He managed to finish ahead of team mate Kevin Magnussen who lost time with a puncture on the opening lap but made it up when the race was red flagged and restarted.

Sergio Perez was 13th for Force India, followed by Jenson Button in 14th for McLaren. Felipe Nasr finished 15th for Sauber as team mate Marcus Ericsson retired with transmission problems, while rookie Pascal Wehrlein was the last of the classified runners in 16th.

Besides Alonso and Gutierrez, others who retired included Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat who in fact retired even before getting to the grid. Manor's Rio Haryanto went out with driveline problems and Raikkonen retired soon after the restart with apparent turbo failure.

1              NICO ROSBERG                 MERCEDES         

2              LEWIS HAMILTON            MERCEDES         

3              SEBASTIAN VETTEL          FERRARI              

4              DANIEL RICCIARDO         RED BULL RACING           

5              FELIPE MASSA                   WILLIAMS          

6              ROMAIN GROSJEAN       HAAS    

7              NICO HULKENBERG         FORCE INDIA     

8              VALTTERI BOTTAS            WILLIAMS          

9              CARLOS SAINZ                  TORO ROSSO    

10           MAX VERSTAPPEN          TORO ROSSO    

11           JOLYON PALMER              RENAULT            

12           KEVIN MAGNUSSEN       RENAULT            

13           SERGIO PEREZ                   FORCE INDIA     

14           JENSON BUTTON             MCLAREN           

15           FELIPE NASR                       SAUBER               

16           PASCAL WEHRLEIN          MANOR              

NC          MARCUS ERICSSON        SAUBER                               DNF      

NC          KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN             FERRARI                               DNF       

NC          RIO HARYANTO INA        MANOR                               DNF       

NC          ESTEBAN GUTIERREZ      HAAS                                     DNF       

NC          FERNANDO ALONSO      MCLAREN                            DNF       

NC          DANIIL KVYAT                    RED BULL RACING            DNS