Race results and points
1 ) Lewis Hamilton : 25
2 ) Felipe Massa : 18
3 ) Valtteri Bottas : 15
4 ) Daniel Ricciardo : 12
5 ) Jenson Button : 10
6 ) Nico Hulkenberg : 8
7 ) Sergio Perez : 6
8 ) Sebastian Vettel : 4
9 ) Fernando Alonso : 2
10 ) Kimi Raikkonen : 1
11 ) Kevin Magnussen
12 ) Jean-Eric Vergne
13 ) Romain Grosjean
14 ) Nico Rosberg
15 ) Esteban Gutierrez
16 ) Adrian Sutil
17 ) Will Stevens
18 ) Kamui Kobayashi (ret)
19 ) Pastor Maldonado (ret)
20 ) Daniil Kvyat (ret)

Red Bull were penalized for a breach of the technical regulations, which meant that Ricciardo and Vettel started from the pit lane. Both did well, with Ricciardo in particular carving through the traffic to finish 4th. Button had a strong drive, too, enough to keep McLaren ahead of Force India in the Contructors' championship.
Rosberg had problems getting away cleanly, whereas Hamilton got a great start, and promptly zoomed into the lead. Rosberg kept in touch for the first half of the race, but then developed problems with the Energy Recovery System on his car. He struggled on, but was gradually overtaken by the Williams, then Ricciardo, then Button... . His car developed further faults, and he was clearly out of contention. The Mercedes team asked him to come in to the garage and end it, but he preferred to finish the race, which was a popular decision with the fans. Meanwhile Hamilton's car had been put in to a safe mode to try and avoid similar problems. This slowed him to the point where Massa was able to wind him in. At the end, though, Hamilton crossed the line 2.5 seconds ahead to claim his second Drivers' championship.


Fantasy League standings
Hydroponic Nation : 211
Wopruthien : 210
Matilda Love : 184
Almonaster : 176
Boreal Tundra : 147
The Bruce : 111
Alunya : 99
WFA19 : 77

It couldn't be closer at the top! Congratulations to Hydroponic Nation for becoming our inaugural champion, and to Wopruthien for pushing him all the way. Matilda Love picks up enough from Hamilton's win to push Almonaster out of third spot.