The reigning champion began from pole position .
The reigning champion put this season ' starting problems behind him to lead throughout and beat Mercedes team - mate and championship leader Nico Rosberg into second - cutting the gap between them to 26 points with three races remaining .
The reigning champion began from pole position and put this season ' starting problems behind him to lead throughout and beat Mercedes team - mate and championship leader Nico Rosberg into second - cutting the gap between them to 26 points with three races remaining .