( CNN ) Buckle up for another Mercedes battle in the Formula One world championship . Lewis Hamilton took victory for the Silver Arrows at the Chinese Grand Prix -- only for his teammate Nico Rosberg to later claim he had ruined his race by driving slowly . The reigning world champion captured his 35th grand prix win with a peerless pole-to-flag win under Shanghai 's sunny skies . `` It was great to have a smooth weekend , '' the British racer said before spraying the champagne on the podium . `` The team have done a fantastic job to up our pace and improve after our last race where we struggled a bit . '' F1 championship standings . Hamilton had lost the Malaysia Grand Prix in a strategic battle with the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel but it was business as usual in Shanghai . Rosberg came home second for Mercedes to snuff out the threat from the chasing Italian racers and renew his rivalry with Hamilton . `` It was an important comeback for the team , '' said the 2014 championship runner-up . Ferrari continued to put pressure on the world champion team with Vettel finishing third to collect his third straight podium of 2015 . `` We just wanted to bring the podium back home , '' said Vettel , a four-time world champion with Red Bull Racing . `` It 's been three out of three so far so it feels pretty good . I feel happy in the team and hopefully we can get a little bit closer to challenge these guys . '' Vettel is just 13 points behind Hamilton in the world championship and four points ahead of Rosberg , after the first three races of the year . Rosberg unhappy . It was a disheartening weekend for Rosberg -- the son of 1982 world champion Keke -- and he allowed his frustrations to spill over for the first time this season . On Saturday , Hamilton beat him to pole position by just 0.042 seconds and Rosberg complained to his engineers on the pit to car radio : `` Oh , come on guys ! '' Then the German insisted his race was hampered when he found himself sandwiched between race leader Hamilton and Vettel , both of whom had stopped for fresh tyres a few laps earlier . `` Lewis is driving very slowly . Tell him to speed up , '' Rosberg told the Mercedes pit wall . Mercedes then instructed Hamilton on the team radio : `` OK Lewis we 'd like to pick the pace up a little bit . '' Rosberg complained after the race that Hamilton 's lackadaisical Sunday driving was holding him up , pushing him back into Vettel 's thrall and taking life out of his tyres . `` It 's interesting to hear from you Lewis about your pace up front , '' Rosberg said in the post-race media conference . `` That was compromising my race . Driving slowly , that was unnecessary , and meant Sebastian was closer to me . `` It cost me a lot of time ... I 'm unhappy about that of course . '' Hamilton responded : `` It 's not my job to look after Nico 's race . It 's my job to bring the car home . `` I did n't do anything intentionally to slow the cars down . If Nico had wanted to get by he could have tried , but he did n't . '' Bahrain . Hamilton has won two grands prix in 2015 while Rosberg has yet to climb onto the top step of the podium . If the German is to repeat his thrilling 2014 world title challenge , which went down to the final race in Abu Dhabi , he will need to turn things around soon . Rosberg has the chance to exorcise his frustrations on track at the Bahrain Grand Prix in just seven day 's time . Ferrari will hope the hot track temperatures at the desert race will help them topple Mercedes again , as they did on Sepang 's sizzling circuit . The Italian team have the horsepower . Vettel finished less than three seconds behind Hamilton in China with Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen fourth . There was also a small feat further down the field as former Ferrari race winner Fernando Alonso finished his first race for the McLaren Honda partnership with 12th place in China . The Spanish double world champion missed the Australian Grand Prix because of a head injury sustained in testing and then retired in Malaysia .
Lewis Hamilton took victory for the Silver Arrows at the Chinese Grand Prix . The British driver won from pole position to take his first Formula One win in a season that has been dominated by Mercedes and Ferrari.