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European GP: Rosberg wins as Hamilton toils to fifth

Nico Rosberg won the first eveer F1 race on the streets of Baku, dominating the European GP from start to finish to beat Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, while Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton only managed fifth after struggling with his car's ERS modes. Rosberg extended a huge lead in a mighty first stint, and by half distance was 20s clear of the chasing Ferraris. He scored his 19th career win by 16s. Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was penalised 5s early on for crossing the pit-lane entry line while slipstreaming a pitting Daniel Ricciardo. Raikkonen allowed Vettel to pass him for second just after half distance, but Vettel could do little about the dominant Rosberg. Raikkonen suffered some...
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