2016 Malaysian Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

Date	Sunday, 2 October 2016
Winner	Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Pole position	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Fastest lap	Nico Rosberg Mercedes
Circuit	Sepang, 56 laps
Round	16 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
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	1hr 37m 12.776s	25
2	+1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	+2.443s	18
3	-1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	+25.516s (10.000s)	15
4	+2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	56	+28.785s	12
5	+6	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	56	+1m 01.582s	10
6	+1	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1m 03.794s	8
7	+15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	56	+1m 05.205s	6
8		Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1m 14.062s	4
9		Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	56	+1m 21.816s	2
10	+9	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	56	+1m 35.466s	1
11	+5	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+1m 38.878s
12	+5	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+1 lap
13	PL	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	55	+1 lap
14	+1	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55	+1 lap
15	+6	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	55	+1 lap
16	+4	Esteban Ocon	Manor-Mercedes	55	+1 lap (10.000s)
R		Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	46	DNF
R		Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	40	DNF
R		Esteban Gutierrez	Haas-Ferrari	39	DNF
R		Kevin Magnussen	Renault	17	DNF
R		Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	7	DNF
R		Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	0	DNF

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.

Notes

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

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.850
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:33.264	0.414
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:33.420	0.570
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:33.467	0.617
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.584	0.734
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1:33.632	0.782
7	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1:34.319	1.469
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:34.489	1.639
9	Jenson Button	McLaren-Honda	1:34.518	1.668
10	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:34.671	1.821
Q2
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1:34.577
12	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:35.001
13	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas-Ferrari	1:35.097
14	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:35.277
15	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:35.369
16	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:35.374
Q1
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:35.816
18	Felipe Nasr	Sauber-Ferrari	1:35.949
19	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:35.999
20	Esteban Ocon	Manor-Mercedes	1:36.451
21	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor-Mercedes	1:36.587
22	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:37.155

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

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)