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  • Austrian GP - FINAL CLASSIFICATION: ROS, HAM, MAS, VET, BOT, HUL, MAL, VES, PER, RIC, NAS, KVY, ERI, MEH
  • Retirements: GRO, SAI, BUT, STE, RAI, ALO
  • Rosberg WINS!!!
  • Hamilton second with Massa third
  • Alonso and Kimi have massive crash on first lap, both safe
  • Button out of the race, engine trouble
Nico Rosberg
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Rosberg goes crowd surfing with his mechanics

Massa absolutely delighted with first podium of the season, he is always a good guy to see on the podium isn't it?

Here's a delighted Rosberg after his second consecutive win in Austria

Massa comes in third after holding off the Ferrari of Vettel, great drive by the Brazilian

Ferrari's mistakes cost both drivers today, Kimi in qualifying and Vettel in the race with the botched pitstop

ROSBERG WINS!! back-to-back wins in Austria

FINAL LAP!!!!

LAP 70/71 - Maldonado has another hairy moment, but manages to pass Verstappen for seventh

2 LAPS TO GO!!! Can Vettel do it or will Massa make his first podium of the season?

LAP 68/71 - Oooh!!! Vettel tries a move, but is just too far behind to make it work

LAP 68/71 - Rosberg asks his team to keep an eye on the tyres, slightly concerned the race leader

Will the Williams be able to hold on? Vettel getting closer

LAP 66/71 - Maldonado has a wild moment, great control from the Colombian

LAP 64/71 - We are with vettel at the moment, who is closing in on Massa. It's gonna get tasty in a moment

LAP 64/71 - Vettel has reduced the gap to Massa, and is now just a second behind, now eight tents behind

LAP 62/71 - Ricciardo takes Nasr for 10th place, while Maldonado is right behind Verstappen in the batlle for seventh and eighth

LAP 58/71 - Vettel not closing the gap by too much, as Red Bull hope for at least a couple of points at their home race

LAP 54/71 - Vettel continues his pursuit of Massa, just over two secs behind

LAP 51/71 - Ricciardo coming in for his first stop

LAP 50/71 - Ricciardo the only driver yet to stop, 50 laps with one set of tyres and still overtaking

LAP 46/71 - Vettel is catching Massa in third, while the duo are gradually closing in on Hamilton

LAP 45/71 - Perez and Nasr battling for 10th place

Grosjean has retired from the race as well

LAP 43/71 - The Mercedes duo look to have the first two places locked up, the Massa-Vettel battle for third looks promising, lot of overtaking lower down the field. Bottas involved in most of them

LAP 40/71 - Bottas has gone ahead of Hulk again

LAP 40/71 - Rosberg looks to have this in the bag barring a mechanical issue of course

Hamilton will have five seconds added to his time after the race for crossing the white line during his pit exit

Hamilton under investigation for crossing the white line on the pit exit

LAP 32/71 - Vettel has a slow stop after a problem with the right rear, Massa gains a place and goes into third

LAP 36/71 - Rosberg comfortably ahead of Hamilton after the Briton's stop

LAP 35/71 - Massa in for his first stop, Hamilton in for his stop as well

LAP 34/71 - Rosberg has a poor in lap with a lot of lock ups, Hamilton could be closer after his stop

LAP 33/71 - Mercedes running a race of their own, Vettel is 12 secs behind Rosberg in 3rd.

Rosberg coming into the pits this lap

LAP 32/71 - Grosjean takes Kvyat for 11th place, as Sainz complains of lack of power

LAP 28/71 - Hulk gets Bottas back in the pits, the undercut worked for the German

LAP 25/71 - Bottas doing all the overtaking this afternoon, as he passes Hulkenburg for fifth

LAP 24/71 - Rosberg has stepped up his pace, and the gap now is up to 3 secs to Hamilton

LAP 22/71 - Ericsson comes to a stand still, but gets going again

LAP 21/71 - Battle for 10th place between Peres, Grosjean and Maldonado, The Colombian could be thinking of the undercut

LAP 20/71 - The Mercedes duo are leaving the rest behind, as Hamilton continues to close in on the race leader

Fastest Laps up to LAP 13

LAP 16/71 - No signs of rain today, as Hamilton begins to pull back the gap to Rosberg

LAP 14/71 - Mercedes' look very strong in front, as Valtteri Bottas takes Verstappen to go into sixth.

LAP 13/71 - Rosberg is 2 secs ahead of Hamilton, while the Briton is 4 ahead of Vettel in third.

LAP 12/71 - Ericsson given drive-thru penalty for a jump start

LAP 10/71 - Rosberg sets the fastest lap of the race as DRS is enabled

LAP 9/71 - Button looks to have a problem, he is coasting. That's the second McLaren-Honda out of the race

Safety Car in this lap, it's been 7 Laps

Safety Car should be in soon, till then here's Kimi and Alonso walking away from the debri

Here's a look at the aftermath of the crash between Kimi and Alonso

Kimi and Alonso walk away from the crash. That's a relief!

Looks like it was Alonso who nudged the Ferrari from the back.

Cars circulating behind the Safety Car now.

SAFETY CAR!!! MASSIVE CLASH!! Kimi and Alonso, the Finn seems to have gone into the McLaren

Rosberg has taken the lead at the start!!!

THE LIGHTS ARE OUT!!!! AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX IS A GO!!

Keep an eye on Daniel Ricciardo and Kimi Raikkonen, coming up the grid.

Drivers are on the formation lap!! GEAR UP!!

Less than FIVE MINS to RACE START!!

Jenson Button does not believe the McLaren-Honda can make too much progress from the back of the grid.

The McLaren-Honda's make their way to the grid. They start right at the back due to penalties.

The Lotus F1 Team boys are on their way now

30 MINS TO RACE START!! Drivers will begin making their way to the grid shortly.

Here's the weather report for the race from the Lotus F1 Team

Welcome to IB TIMES UK's live coverage of the Austrian Grand Prix. Lap-by-lap commentary of the race begins at 1pm BST.