Daniel Riccardo won the race, his first victory in his career already in the seventh Grand Prix for Red Bull Racing. Rosberg finished second, seriously increasing the lead in the standings after the disappearance of Hamilton, Vettel climbed the third step of the podium.
1. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull Racing): “I’m still slightly shocked! Thanks to the fans for their incredible support, because I see a lot of Australian flags! In the race considerably quickened in the last 20-25 laps, when we saw that Hamilton had a problem. Then we saw that Rosberg was losing speed on the straights, but it was very difficult to get ahead of Perez – Force India have a great car, has a very high speed on the straights, bends although I caught up with him. But in the end I managed to walk well the last chicane before the first turn and I spent a good maneuver. As a result, I was behind Nico, allowing the system to use DRS. So now I feel a great joy! I’ll be in a good mood to prepare for the next race, because the Austrian Grand Prix – home to Red Bull. And if I succeed again on the podium – it will be wonderful! Since the work on reconstruction of infrastructure renewal and Austrian race track, and I’m sure that just two weeks we are waiting for another fun weekend!”
2. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes): “In the course of the race was a hard struggle. I had bad start, but the first turn held a better position. I was lucky to keep the lead. We with Lewis fought among themselves, but I managed to keep the lead until the second pit stop. The pits there was a hitch, as a result I lost a position. After that, I did not quite understand what was happening. Motor power dropped, the car seriously lost in speed on the line. I made every effort to stay in the race and drove laps in qualifying trim, but it did not help in the fight with Daniel Riccardo”
3. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing): “We had a difficult period behind the driver of Force India, we just do not have enough speed on the line because of the weak capacity of the motor. But it was the first victory for Renault in the era of new turbo engine, although they should still much to do, because Mercedes cars with engines much ahead of us on the straights.After the first pit stop, my race was basically over. I could not do anything to overtake rivals engines Mercedes, because their cars were too fast on the line, but we still had to think about Williams behind us.By the end of the race I was lucky to take advantage of problems with the brakes Perez, who allowed me to be chosen closer to him at the end of lines, although the DRS activation on my car it still broke away from me. This is the problem we must solve.”
