Rosberg past his Mercedes team-mate on the first turn and had control from there on-wards.

Nico Rosberg leads teammate Lewis Hamilton during the Austrian Grand Prix

Hamilton suffered a setback around the halfway stage with a five-second penalty after infringing a white lane on a pit exit.

The Briton had started in pole position but was slow off line giving Rosberg the chance to overtake him on the turn and stayed in command for his third race season win having won the Spanish and Monaco Grand prix.

Rosberg only scare came shortly during the single pit stops but he generally had full control of the race.

There were some worries towards the end with a serious front tyre vibration but the Germany was able to hold on and win the race.

The win means that the German has now got 11 career titles and he moved within 10 points of Hamilton in the standings.

The Mercedes motorsport chief, Toto Wolff, was asked how Rosberg manages to keep in touch with Hamilton, Wolff said: “I’ve been asked this before: ‘Is this the tipping point? Is he now going to be No2 [driver]?’ I kept repeating that he’s mentally very strong, and we’ve seen that today.

“Both of them are under pressure because they’re pushing each other so much. Nico was faultless. We saw from today it’s going to go down to the wire. The races we have seen have been characterised by tiny mistakes by both of them, or the team, and today we have seen great race pace and faultless execution by Nico. It was a great performance.”

Meanwhile Williams’ Felipe Massa held off Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari by just 0.6 seconds to finish in third earning a place on the podium.

Nico Rosberg,team-mate Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa all at the podium celebrating after the Austrian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)  finished fourth followed by Valtteri Bottas (Williams)  in fifth place and Nico Hülkenberg (Force India) in sixth with six cars being retired before the 40^th race.

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Rosberg was trailing his Mercedes team-mate and world champion Lewis Hamilton with 15 laps remaining when Hamilton was pitted for a late safety car following Max Verstappen‘s crash.

Max Verstappen car crash during the Monaco Grand Prix

Rosberg and Ferrari‘s Sebastian Vettel did not stop and passed Hamilton before he rejoined.

This gave the 29-year-old German the chance to win the Monaco Grand Prix with Sebastian Vettel finishing in the runners up position and Lewis Hamilton third.

Rosberg win means he is the fourth man to have won a Monaco Grand Prix hat-trick adding his name to the three others – Briton Graham Hill, Frenchman Alain Prost and Brazilian Ayrton Senna — to have won this classic 78-laps race three times in a row.

Rosberg who was also winning two consecutive Grands Prix for the first time was very pleased with his achievement and praised how his Mercedes team-mate Hamilton drove brilliantly, “I am very happy,” he said.

He continued “But I know it was just a lot of luck. Lewis drove brilliantly and would have deserved the win, for sure, but that’s the way it is in racing.

“I know I got lucky. I will just enjoy the moment.”

Hamilton who has won just once at Monaco recognized how hard the race was and did not put the blame to Mercedes, “It was not the easiest of races,” said Hamilton.

Lewis Hamilton refused to criticise his Mercedes team after they made the decision to pit him for a second time when he was leading the Monaco Grand Prix

“But the team has been amazing all year and we win and lose together.”

He went on and gave an insight of what he is planning to do next, he said: “Come back and win the next one.”

Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff said: “The answer is we got the maths wrong.

“That one goes on the team and I apologise. He’s a great leader and a great driver. I am sure he will understand sometimes we make errors.”

The result cuts Hamilton’s advantage in the championship over Rosberg to 10 points, with Vettel a further 18 points adrift.

Red Bull’s Daniil Kyvat was fourth and his Australian teammate Daniel Ricciardo fifth.

Kimi Raikkonen finished sixth for Ferrari, Sergio Perez of Force India-seventh,Jenson Button-eight, Brazilian Felipe Nasr came home ninth for Sauber while Spaniard Carlos Sainz finished 10th to score a point in the second Toro Rosso car.

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