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2016 Malaysian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer561hr 37m 12.776s25
2+1(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer56+2.443s18
3-1(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes56+25.516s (10.000s)15
4+2(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari56+28.785s12
5+6(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes56+1m 01.582s10
6+1(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes56+1m 03.794s8
7+15(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda56+1m 05.205s6
8 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes56+1m 14.062s4
9 (GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda56+1m 21.816s2
10+9(GBR) Jolyon PalmerRenault56+1m 35.466s1
11+5(ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari56+1m 38.878s 
12+5(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari55+1 lap 
13PL(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes55+1 lap 
14+1(RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari55+1 lap 
15+6(DEU) Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes55+1 lap 
16+4(FRA) Esteban OconManor-Mercedes55+1 lap (10.000s) 
R (BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari46DNF 
R (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes40DNF 
R (MEX) Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari39DNF 
R (DNK) Kevin MagnussenRenault17DNF 
R (FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari7DNF 
R (DEU) 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 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
2 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
3 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer
4 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer
5 (DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari
6 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
7 (MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes
8 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes
9 (GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda
10   
11 (FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes
12 (FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari
13 (MEX) Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari
14 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenRenault
15 (RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari
16 (ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari
17 (SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari
18 (BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari
19 (GBR) Jolyon PalmerRenault
20 (FRA) Esteban OconManor-Mercedes
21 (DEU) Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes
22-45(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda
Started from the pit lane
  (BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes

Notes

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:32.850 
2(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:33.2640.414
3(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:33.4200.570
4(AUS) Daniel RicciardoRed Bull-TAG Heuer1:33.4670.617
5(DEU) Sebastian VettelFerrari1:33.5840.734
6(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:33.6320.782
7(MEX) Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:34.3191.469
8(DEU) Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:34.4891.639
9(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Honda1:34.5181.668
10(BRA) Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:34.6711.821
Q2
11(FIN) Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:34.577 
12(FRA) Romain GrosjeanHaas-Ferrari1:35.001 
13(MEX) Esteban GutierrezHaas-Ferrari1:35.097 
14(DNK) Kevin MagnussenRenault1:35.277 
15(RUS) Daniil KvyatToro Rosso-Ferrari1:35.369 
16(ESP) Carlos SainzToro Rosso-Ferrari1:35.374 
Q1
17(SWE) Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:35.816 
18(BRA) Felipe NasrSauber-Ferrari1:35.949 
19(GBR) Jolyon PalmerRenault1:35.999 
20(FRA) Esteban OconManor-Mercedes1:36.451 
21(DEU) Pascal WehrleinManor-Mercedes1:36.587 
22(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Honda1:37.155 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Nico Rosberg288
2(GBR) Lewis Hamilton265
3(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo204
4(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen160
5(DEU) Sebastian Vettel153
6(NLD) Max Verstappen147
7(FIN) Valtteri Bottas80
8(MEX) Sergio Perez74
9(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg50
10(ESP) Fernando Alonso42
11(BRA) Felipe Massa41
12(ESP) Carlos Sainz30
13(FRA) Romain Grosjean28
14(RUS) Daniil Kvyat25
15(GBR) Jenson Button19
16(DNK) Kevin Magnussen7
17(GBR) Jolyon Palmer1
18(DEU) Pascal Wehrlein1
19(BEL) Stoffel Vandoorne1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Mercedes553
2Red Bull-TAG Heuer359
3Ferrari313
4Force India-Mercedes124
5Williams-Mercedes121
6McLaren-Honda62
7Toro Rosso-Ferrari47
8Haas-Ferrari28
9Renault8
10Manor-Mercedes1

Stats & 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
1-2 start
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)