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A terrific win for Mercedes. Is this the moment they became championship contenders? Chat about the race with me on Twitter @Mark_Eurosport

The rest of the racers from 12th - Di Resta, Massa, Raikkonen, Hulkenberg, Vergne, Ricciardo, Petrov, Glock, Pic, de la Rosa, Karthikeyan, Kovalainen, Schumacher (DNF)

Kobayashi takes the final points position in 10th, one above his team-mate Perez.

Alonso was championship leader going into this race but can only pick up ninth place today.

Senna and Maldonado seventh and eighth - Williams will be delighted with that.

Sixth for Grosjean - his first points of the year.

Webber fourth, Vettel fifth - Red Bull salvage their weekend.

Button second, Hamilton third. Still the strongest team at present?

First win for Rosberg, first win for Mercedes. A terrific result.

NICO ROSBERG WINS THE CHINESE GRAND PRIX!

Terrific stuff behind, but the smoothest of drives at the front - Nico Rosberg his heading for his first GP win at the 111th attempt.

Webber gets around the outside of Vettel at the same hairpin, and Vettel had nothing to fight back with.

Vettel slipstreams Hamilton down the home straight, and Webber follows them both - but in the end, despite all three drivers running very, very close indeed, no positions change hands.

HAMILTON PASSES VETTEL! Turn 14 is where he finally gets by, but Vettel not giving up without a fight...

Alonso still scrapping, however - a fascinating sequence of corners to try and find a way past Maldonado for eighth - but hasn't managed it.

But Hamilton is closing on Vettel once again, and any mistake on those ageing tyres could cost Vettel his podium place. Remarkable drive nonetheless.

A little lock-up from Hamilton - that relieves the pressure on Vettel further, while giving Webber just a little bit of hope.

Hamilton about 1.5s behind Vettel here - still has to close that gap before he gan make that extra grip count.

Button more than 20 seconds down on Rosberg, so short of the German making a mistake or a technical problem, he cannot catch him. There is still plenty to fight for elsewhere in the field.