Rosberg holds on to win in Mexico

Nico Rosberg won his first race since June with a narrow victory over Lewis Hamilton in the Mexican Grand Prix.

The German held off his team-mate in a nervous last few laps to win his fourth race of the season.

Valtteri Bottas secured his second podium of the season with an aggressive move on Daniil Kvyat with 13 laps left.

Home driver Sergio Pérez battled hard throughout but could only finish eighth in a largely processional race.

Rosberg held off Hamilton at the start, but Sebastian Vettel suffered an immediate puncture after a minor scuffle with Daniel Ricciardo.

This forced the Ferrari driver to pit, along with Fernando Alonso who retired from the race with engine problems.

Raikkonenen and Bottas collide

From there, the race settled down until the first round of stops, which brought Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen into battle.

Bottas, on fresher tyres, made a move on his fellow Finn, but Raikkonen stuck to his guns through a tight chicane and the pair collided.

Raikkonen suffered right rear damage and was forced to retire from the race.

A miserable afternoon for Ferrari was later capped off by Vettel, who crashed with 14 laps to go.

This brought a safety car out and set up a thrilling finale between Rosberg and Hamilton out front.

2015 Mexican podium : 1. Rosberg 2. Hamilton 3. Bottas

However, Rosberg, who has dominated all weekend, controlled the re-start and kept Hamilton at bay to win.

Daniel Ricciardo followed his team-mate home in fifth, while Felipe Massa came sixth for Williams.

Nico Hulkenberg, Perez, Max Verstappen and Romain Grosjean all scored points.

See 2015 Mexican F1 GP result.

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