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Home / Seasons / 2016 F1 World Championship Season / 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix

2016 Malaysian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 2 October 2016
Winner
  • Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
Fastest lap
  • Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg
  • Germany flag lazyload Mercedes
CircuitSepang, 56 laps
Round16 of 21
Race numbers

The 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix was the

  • 951st World Championship race
  • 18th World Championship Malaysian Grand Prix
  • 18th World Championship race at Sepang
More 2016 season
More Malaysian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer561hr 37m 12.776s25
2+1Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer56+2.443s18
3-1Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes56+25.516s (10.000s)15
4+2Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari56+28.785s12
5+6Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes56+1m 01.582s10
6+1Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes56+1m 03.794s8
7+15Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda56+1m 05.205s6
8 Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes56+1m 14.062s4
9 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda56+1m 21.816s2
10+9United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault56+1m 35.466s1
11+5Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari56+1m 38.878s 
12+5Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari55+1 lap 
13PLBrazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes55+1 lap 
14+1Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari55+1 lap 
15+6Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes55+1 lap 
16+4France flag lazyload Esteban OconManor-Mercedes55+1 lap (10.000s) 
R Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari46DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes40DNF 
R Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari39DNF 
R Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenRenault17DNF 
R France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari7DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari0DNF 

Notes

  • Nico Rosberg received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Kimi Raikkonen. His final position was unaffected.
  • Esteban Ocon received two five-second time penalties each for speeding in the pit lane. His final position was unaffected.
  • Lewis Hamilton ended lap 40 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2 Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes
3 Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
4 Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
5 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari
6 Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
7 Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
8 Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
9 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda
10   
11 Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes
12 France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
13 Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari
14 Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenRenault
15 Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari
16 Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari
17 Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
18 Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari
19 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault
20 France flag lazyload Esteban OconManor-Mercedes
21 Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes
22-45Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda
Started from the pit lane
  Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes

Notes

  • Fernando Alonso received a 45-place grid penalty for use of additional power unit elements.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:32.850 
2Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:33.2640.414
3Netherlands flag lazyload Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:33.4200.570
4Australia flag lazyload Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:33.4670.617
5Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelFerrari1:33.5840.734
6Finland flag lazyload Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:33.6320.782
7Mexico flag lazyload Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:34.3191.469
8Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:34.4891.639
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:34.5181.668
10Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:34.6711.821
Q2
11Finland flag lazyload Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:34.577 
12France flag lazyload Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:35.001 
13Mexico flag lazyload Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari1:35.097 
14Denmark flag lazyload Kevin MagnussenRenault1:35.277 
15Russia flag lazyload Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari1:35.369 
16Spain flag lazyload Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari1:35.374 
Q1
17Sweden flag lazyload Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:35.816 
18Brazil flag lazyload Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:35.949 
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon PalmerRenault1:35.999 
20France flag lazyload Esteban OconManor-Mercedes1:36.451 
21Germany flag lazyload Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes1:36.587 
22Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:37.155 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2016 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg288
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton265
3Australia flag lazyload Daniel Ricciardo204
4Finland flag lazyload Kimi Raikkonen160
5Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel153
6Netherlands flag lazyload Max Verstappen147
7Finland flag lazyload Valtteri Bottas80
8Mexico flag lazyload Sergio Perez74
9Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg50
10Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso42
11Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa41
12Spain flag lazyload Carlos Sainz30
13France flag lazyload Romain Grosjean28
14Russia flag lazyload Daniil Kvyat25
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button19
16Denmark flag lazyload Kevin Magnussen7
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Jolyon Palmer1
18Germany flag lazyload Pascal Wehrlein1
19Belgium flag lazyload Stoffel Vandoorne1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Mercedes553
2Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-TAG Heuer359
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari313
4India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes124
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Mercedes121
6United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda62
7Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari47
8USA flag lazyload Haas-Ferrari28
9France flag lazyload Renault8
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Manor-Mercedes1

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
300th for Jenson Button (3rd driver to start 300 races, 1st British driver)
Wins
4th for Daniel Ricciardo (first win since 2014)
52nd for Red Bull
Race 1-2
17th for Red Bull
Podiums
52nd for Nico Rosberg, 16th for Daniel Ricciardo, 5th for Max Verstappen
130th & 131st for Red Bull, 118th for Mercedes
Poles
57th for Lewis Hamilton
68th for Mercedes
Qualifying 1-2
43rd for Mercedes
Fastest laps
20th and last for Nico Rosberg (14th driver to set 20 fastest laps, 3rd German driver)
47th for Mercedes
Front row starts
100th for Lewis Hamilton (2nd driver to achieve 100 front row starts, 1st British driver), 54th for Nico Rosberg
Points finishes
1st for Jolyon Palmer (333rd different point scorer, 59th British driver)

See also

  • Malaysian Grand Prix
  • Sepang circuit
  • 2016 World Championship season

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