2016 Malaysian Grand Prix: F1 Race Results, Winner & Report

2016 Malaysian GP podium: 1. Ricciardo 2. Verstappen 3. Rosberg

Event: Malaysian Grand Prix
Track: Sepang International Circuit

Weather: 32°C dry & sunny
Tarmac: 45°C dry
Humidity: 60%

Daniel Ricciardo won his 4th F1 victory by finishing first at the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix today. Red Bull team mate Max Verstappen finished 2nd and made the party complete for Red Bull. It was the 17th 1-2 finish by Red Bull Racing.

Nico Rosberg fnished 3rd and had an amazing race. He got hit by Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel in the first corner. Vettel breaked very late and collected Rosberg. He eliminated himself by this error and pushed Rosberg into a burnout spin. Because of this the Mercedes driver had to start from last.

Lewis Hamilton who started from pole position had to retire on lap 40 because he had an engine failure.

F1 classification 2016 Malaysian GP

P No Driver Team Time Laps Grid Pts
1 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo
Austria Red Bull 01:37:12.776 56
4
25
2 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen
Austria Red Bull 01:37:15.219 56
3
18
3 6 Germany Nico Rosberg
Germany Mercedes 01:37:38.292 56
2
15
4 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Italy Ferrari 01:37:41.561 56
6
12
5 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas
United Kingdom Williams 01:38:14.358 56
11
10
6 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez
India Force India 01:38:16.570 56
7
8
7 14 Spain Fernando Alonso
United Kingdom McLaren 01:38:17.981 56
22
6
8 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg
India Force India 01:38:26.838 56
8
4
9 22 United Kingdom Jenson Button
United Kingdom McLaren 01:38:34.592 56
9
2
10 30 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer
France Renault 01:38:48.242 56
19
1
11 55 Spain Carlos Sainz
Italy Toro Rosso 01:38:51.654 56
16
0
12 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson
Switzerland Sauber 01:37:22.593 55
17
0
13 19 Brazil Felipe Massa
United Kingdom Williams 01:37:44.261 55
10
0
14 26 Russian Federation Daniil Kvyat
Italy Toro Rosso 01:37:56.157 55
15
0
15 94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein
United Kingdom Manor 01:38:21.302 55
21
0
16 31 France Esteban Ocon
United Kingdom Manor 01:38:47.525 55
20
0
DNF 12 Brazil Felipe Nasr
Switzerland Sauber Technical 46
18
0
DNF 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Germany Mercedes Engine failure 40
1
0
DNF 21 Mexico Esteban Gutierrez
United States Haas Wheel failure 39
13
0
DNF 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen
France Renault Technical 17
14
0
DNF 8 France Romain Grosjean
United States Haas Break failure 7
12
0
DNF 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel
Italy Ferrari Collision 0
5
0
Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg, Mercedes W07 - 1:36.424 min, on lap 44 average speed 206.948 km/h.

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