Vettel wins his first race with Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen confirmed Ferrari’s resurgence, recovering from an 11th-place start and an early puncture – caused by contact with Felipe Nasr’s Sauber – to finish an impressive fourth ahead of the battling Williams duo of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa.

Max Verstappen, 17, became the youngest points scorer in F1 history as he took seventh place for Toro Rosso, just ahead of team mate and fellow rookie Carlos Sainz, both beating Red Bull stablemates Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo who completed the top ten.

Further down the grid, what had looked like a more promising race for McLaren ended in disappointment, with both Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button forced to retire their cars mid race with technical problems.

Marcus Ericsson was the first man to go out when he spun his Sauber into the gravel on lap 4, bringing out the safety car, while Lotus’s Pastor Maldonado also succumbed to mechanical gremlins later in the race.