 Hamilton took the first pole position of the season and the fiftieth of his career in a qualifying session that saw the introduction of a new one @-@ by @-@ one elimination format that was widely criticised . His teammate Nico Rosberg took victory ahead of Hamilton and Ferrari 's Sebastian Vettel . The race was stopped on lap 18 following an accident involving Fernando Alonso and Esteban Gutiérrez . Mercedes used the break for a change of tyres that allowed their drivers to take a 1 – 2 finish after Vettel had initially led the race from the start . Romain Grosjean finished sixth , scoring points for the Haas F1 team on their début , the first completely new team to do so since 2002 . Mercedes equalled the record for most consecutive 1 – 2 finishes , by achieving their fifth in a row . 
