2016 Malaysian Grand Prix

Date: 2 Oct 2016
Circuit: Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Round: 16 of 21
Winner: Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull)
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton (1:32.850)

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Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	FL	Pts
1	3	RICDaniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	4	56	1:37:12.776		25
2	33	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	3	56	+2.443		18
3	6	ROSNico Rosberg	Mercedes	2	56	+25.516	1:36.424	15
4	7	RAIKimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	6	56	+28.785		12
5	77	BOTValtteri Bottas	Williams	11	56	+61.582		10
6	11	PERSergio Pérez	Force India	7	56	+63.794		8
7	14	ALOFernando Alonso	McLaren	22	56	+65.205		6
8	27	HULNico Hülkenberg	Force India	8	56	+74.062		4
9	22	BUTJenson Button	McLaren	9	56	+81.816		2
10	30	PALJolyon Palmer	Renault	19	56	+95.466		1
11	55	SAICarlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	16	56	+98.878		0
12	9	ERIMarcus Ericsson	Sauber	17	55	+1 Lap		0
13	19	MASFelipe Massa	Williams	10	55	+1 Lap		0
14	26	KVYDaniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	15	55	+1 Lap		0
15	94	WEHPascal Wehrlein	Manor Marussia	21	55	+1 Lap		0
16	31	OCOEsteban Ocon	Manor Marussia	20	55	+1 Lap		0
R	12	NASFelipe Nasr	Sauber	18	46	Brakes		0
R	44	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	40	Engine		0
R	21	GUTEsteban Gutiérrez	Haas F1 Team	13	39	Wheel nut		0
R	20	MAGKevin Magnussen	Renault	14	17	Power loss		0
R	8	GRORomain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	12	7	Brakes		0
R	5	VETSebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	0	Collision		0

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Position at the end of each lap, from first to last. A line that ends early is a retirement. Rings are pit stops. Hover or tap the chart to see every driver's position on that lap.

Race history: gap to the leader

Seconds behind the leader after each lap, from cumulative lap times. Rings are pit stops; shaded bands are safety-car periods. Drivers more than 106 seconds behind run along the bottom edge. Hover or tap for a lap.

How the race was won

Winner: Daniel Ricciardo: 2 stops (laps 21, 41), stints of 21, 20, 15 laps
2nd: Max Verstappen: 3 stops (laps 9, 27, 41), stints of 9, 18, 14, 15 laps
3rd: Nico Rosberg: 3 stops (laps 9, 31, 41), stints of 9, 22, 10, 15 laps
Finishers: 1 stop: 2 · 2 stops: 6 · 3 or more: 8
First stops: median lap 9 of 56

Pit stops

Driver	Stops	Laps (pit-lane time)	Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance)
RICDaniel Ricciardo	2	21 (24.2 s), 41 (24.4 s)	212015
VERMax Verstappen	3	9 (23.9 s), 27 (23.9 s), 41 (28.3 s)	9181415
ROSNico Rosberg	3	9 (23.8 s), 31 (24.7 s), 41 (23.5 s)	9221015
RAIKimi Räikkönen	3	20 (24.6 s), 32 (24.4 s), 40 (24.8 s)	2012816
BOTValtteri Bottas	1	29 (23.8 s)	2927
PERSergio Pérez	2	9 (27.0 s), 32 (23.9 s)	92324
ALOFernando Alonso	3	9 (25.2 s), 27 (24.1 s), 40 (23.9 s)	9181316
HULNico Hülkenberg	3	9 (26.6 s), 28 (24.0 s), 40 (25.2 s)	9191216
BUTJenson Button	2	9 (24.7 s), 37 (24.6 s)	92819
PALJolyon Palmer	1	31 (23.9 s)	3125
SAICarlos Sainz	2	20 (24.4 s), 37 (24.5 s)	201719
ERIMarcus Ericsson	2	21 (25.3 s), 37 (24.7 s)	211618
MASFelipe Massa	3	1 (23.5 s), 6 (24.4 s), 31 (23.8 s)	52524
KVYDaniil Kvyat	3	1 (32.4 s), 29 (24.3 s), 40 (24.7 s)	281115
WEHPascal Wehrlein	3	9 (25.8 s), 30 (26.2 s), 41 (25.2 s)	9211114
OCOEsteban Ocon	2	12 (25.4 s), 31 (33.3 s)	121924
NASFelipe Nasr	1	32 (24.7 s)	3214
HAMLewis Hamilton	1	20 (23.7 s)	2020
GUTEsteban Gutiérrez	3	1 (30.8 s), 22 (24.8 s), 39 (25.0 s)	2117
MAGKevin Magnussen	1	1 (30.7 s)	16

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.444	1:33.046	1:32.850	fastest Q3
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:34.460	1:33.609	1:33.264	+0.414 Q3
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:35.443	1:33.775	1:33.420	+0.570 Q3
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:35.079	1:33.888	1:33.467	+0.617 Q3
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:34.557	1:33.972	1:33.584	+0.734 Q3
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:34.556	1:33.903	1:33.632	+0.782 Q3
7	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:35.068	1:34.538	1:34.319	+1.469 Q3
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	1:34.827	1:34.441	1:34.489	+1.591 Q2
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:35.267	1:34.431	1:34.518	+1.581 Q2
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	1:35.267	1:34.422	1:34.671	+1.572 Q2
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	1:35.166	1:34.577		+1.727 Q2
12	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	1:35.400	1:35.001		+2.151 Q2
13	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas F1 Team	1:35.658	1:35.097		+2.247 Q2
14	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1:35.593	1:35.277		+2.427 Q2
15	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:35.695	1:35.369		+2.519 Q2
16	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	1:35.605	1:35.374		+2.524 Q2
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:35.816			+2.966 Q1
18	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	1:35.949			+3.099 Q1
19	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:35.999			+3.149 Q1
20	Esteban Ocon	Manor Marussia	1:36.451			+3.601 Q1
21	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Marussia	1:36.587			+3.737 Q1
22	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:37.155			+4.305 Q1

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	8	288
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	6	265
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1	204
4	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	0	160
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	0	153
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1	147
7	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	0	80
8	Sergio Pérez	Force India	0	74
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	0	50
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	0	42

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Mercedes	14	553
2	Red Bull	2	359
3	Ferrari	0	313
4	Force India	0	124
5	Williams	0	121
6	McLaren	0	62
7	Toro Rosso	0	47
8	Haas F1 Team	0	28
9	Renault	0	8
10	Manor Marussia	0	1

Full 2016 standings