Overall, a dominating race weekend for Mercedes, dominating in practice, dominating in qualifying, and most importantly dominating in the race for Mercedes driver and for Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg. Rosberg was on pole for Sunday's race after current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton had errors in qualifying. Rosberg took the advantage and dominate the race leading all fifty-one laps including the fastest lap to conclude with a race win in this seasons European Grand Prix for Rosberg's fifth race win of the season.
While, Sebastian Vettel finished in second place in the Ferrari, Vettel was seventeen seconds behind Rosberg at the end.
Meanwhile, Sergio Pérez finished in third place in the Force India to complete the podium, Pérez was twenty-five seconds behind Rosberg at the end of the fifty-one lap race.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 7 (finished fifth)
Nico Rosberg - 10 (pole, race win and fastest lap)
Ferrari - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 8 (finished second)
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (finished fourth)
Williams - 7
Valtteri Bottas - 8 (finished sixth)
Felipe Massa - 7 (finished tenth)
Red Bull Racing - 6
Daniel Ricciardo - 7 (finished seventh)
Max Verstappen - 6 (finished eighth)
Force India - 8
Nico Hülkenberg - 7 (finished ninth)
Sergio Pérez - 9 (finished third)
Renault - 6
Kevin Magnussen - 6 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Jolyon Palmer - 6 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Toro Rosso - 6
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 6 (DNF, Suspension)
Daniil Kvyat - 6 (DNF, Suspension)
Sauber - 6
Marcus Ericsson - 5 (finished seventeenth, lap down)
Felipe Nasr - 8 (finished twelfth, lap down)
McLaren - 6
Fernando Alonso - 6 (DNF, Gearbox)
Jenson Button - 7 (finished eleventh)
Manor - 6
Rio Haryanto - 6 (finished eighteenth, two laps down)
Pascal Wehrlein - 7 (DNF, Brakes)
Haas - 5
Romain Grosjean - 6 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Esteban Gutiérrez - 5 (finished sixteenth, lap down)
Next stop Red Bull Ring in two weeks time for the Austrian Grand Prix.
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