BARCELONA, Spain - Nico Rosberg beat Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton for the first time this season and cut the Formula 1 champion's lead to 20 points with a commanding victory in the 2015 Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday.
Hamilton, who has won three of the first four GP's, lost the battle for pole and then a slow getaway from the front row left him playing catch-up all afternoon.
OUT OF REACH
Hamilton tried his best, clawing back second from Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel who overtook him from the start, but Rosberg remained well out of reach and took the chequered flag 17.5sec clear of his title rival.
Rosberg told reporters of the ninth win of his F1 career and third Mercedes 1-2 of the season: "This was a fantastic weekend. Everything worked out on Saturday and Sunday, it all came together.
"That still we are dominating in such a way is fantastic to see."
Hamilton now has 111 points to Rosberg's 91, with 14 races remaining.