Malaysian Grand Prix

This article is about the Malaysian Automobile Grand Prix ; for the Grand Prix races for the motorcycle world championship see Grand Prix of Malaysia (motorcycle) .

Malaysian Grand Prix

Sepang International Circuit
Route data
Main sponsor:	Petronas (since 1999)
in the racing calendar:	1999-2017
Route length:	5.543 km
Race length:	310.408 km in 56 laps
Records
Lap record:	1: 34.080 (2017, Sebastian Vettel , Ferrari )
Lap record qualification:	1.30,076 (2017, Lewis Hamilton , Mercedes )
Most wins:	Sebastian Vettel (4)
Most Poles:	Michael Schumacher , Lewis Hamilton (5)
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The Malaysian Grand Prix (after the sponsor Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix ) was a racing event, which was held for the first time 1,962th From 1999 to 2017, the Malaysian Formula 1 Grand Prix was held in Sepang near Kuala Lumpur on the Malay Peninsula in Malaysia . The venue was the Sepang International Circuit .

Main grandstand mall and home straight

The Formula 1 race in Malaysia initially took place in autumn and during the 2000 season it was the final race on the calendar. From 2001 to 2015 the races always took place in spring. From the 2016 season onwards , the Malaysian Grand Prix took place again in autumn.

The race course is located around 75 kilometers from Kuala Lumpur in the middle of tropical forests. There the Formula 1 teams had to reckon with high temperatures and very high humidity of up to 90 percent. In 2009 the race was stopped after 32 laps due to heavy rain.

The record winner is Sebastian Vettel with four races won. Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton each took pole position five times.

Between 1962 and 1995, 18 Grand Prix of Malaysia took place with interruptions as part of various racing series.

After negotiations between Liberty Media and the Malaysian government failed, the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix was held for the last time for the time being.

Results

Edition	year	route	class	winner	Second	Third	Pole position	Fastest lap
-	1962	Singapore	F2	Yong Nam Kee ( Jaguar )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
-	1963	Singapore	F2	Albert Poon ( Lotus )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
	1964	not a Malaysian Grand Prix
-	1965	Singapore	F2	Albert Poon ( Lotus )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
	1966 1967	not a Malaysian Grand Prix
-	1968	Shah Alam	TS	Hengkie Iriawan ( Elfin - Ford )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
-	1969	Shah Alam	TS	Tony Maw ( Elfin - Ford )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
-	1970	Shah Alam	TS	John MacDonald ( Brabham - Ford )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
-	1971	Shah Alam	TS	John MacDonald ( Brabham - Ford )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
-	1972	Shah Alam	TS	Sonny Rajah ( March - Ford )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
-	1973	Shah Alam	FP	John MacDonald ( Brabham - Ford )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
-	1974	Shah Alam	FP	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
-	1975	Shah Alam	FA	John MacDonald ( Ralt - Ford )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
	1976	not a Malaysian Grand Prix
-	1977	Shah Alam	F2	Patrick Tambay ( March - BMW )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
-	1978	Shah Alam	FP	Graeme Lawrence ( March - Ford )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
-	1979	Shah Alam	FP	Ken Smith ( March - Ford )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
-	1980	Shah Alam	FP	Steve Millen ( Ralt - Ford )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
-	1981	Shah Alam	FP	Andrew Miedecke ( Ralt - Ford )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
-	1982	Shah Alam	FP	Andrew Miedecke ( Ralt - Ford )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
	1983 to 1994	not a Malaysian Grand Prix
-	1995	Shah Alam	FH	Paul Stokell ( Reynard - Holden )	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown
	1996 to 1998	not a Malaysian Grand Prix
01	1999	Sepang	F1	Eddie Irvine ( Ferrari )	Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari )	Mika Häkkinen ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari )	Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari )
02	2000	Sepang	F1	Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari )	David Coulthard ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Rubens Barrichello ( Ferrari )	Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari )	Mika Häkkinen ( McLaren - Mercedes )
03	2001	Sepang	F1	Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari )	Rubens Barrichello ( Ferrari )	David Coulthard ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari )	Mika Häkkinen ( McLaren - Mercedes )
04th	2002	Sepang	F1	Ralf Schumacher ( Williams - BMW )	Juan Pablo Montoya ( Williams - BMW )	Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari )	Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari )	Juan Pablo Montoya ( Williams - BMW )
05	2003	Sepang	F1	Kimi Raikkonen ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Rubens Barrichello ( Ferrari )	Fernando Alonso ( Renault )	Fernando Alonso ( Renault )	Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari )
06th	2004	Sepang	F1	Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari )	Juan Pablo Montoya ( Williams - BMW )	Jenson Button ( BAR - Honda )	Michael Schumacher ( Ferrari )	Juan Pablo Montoya ( Williams - BMW )
07th	2005	Sepang	F1	Fernando Alonso ( Renault )	Jarno Trulli ( Toyota )	Nick Heidfeld ( Williams - BMW )	Fernando Alonso ( Renault )	Kimi Raikkonen ( McLaren - Mercedes )
08th	2006	Sepang	F1	Giancarlo Fisichella ( Renault )	Fernando Alonso ( Renault )	Jenson Button ( Honda )	Giancarlo Fisichella ( Renault )	Fernando Alonso ( Renault )
09	2007	Sepang	F1	Fernando Alonso ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Ferrari )	Felipe Massa ( Ferrari )	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )
10	2008	Sepang	F1	Kimi Raikkonen ( Ferrari )	Robert Kubica ( BMW Sauber )	Heikki Kovalainen ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Felipe Massa ( Ferrari )	Nick Heidfeld ( BMW Sauber )
11	2009	Sepang	F1	Jenson Button ( Brawn - Mercedes )	Nick Heidfeld ( BMW Sauber )	Timo Glock ( Toyota )	Jenson Button ( Brawn - Mercedes )	Jenson Button ( Brawn - Mercedes )
12	2010	Sepang	F1	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Mark Webber ( Red Bull - Renault )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Mark Webber ( Red Bull - Renault )	Mark Webber ( Red Bull - Renault )
13	2011	Sepang	F1	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Jenson Button ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Nick Heidfeld ( Renault )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Mark Webber ( Red Bull - Renault )
14th	2012	Sepang	F1	Fernando Alonso ( Ferrari )	Sergio Pérez ( Sauber - Ferrari )	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren - Mercedes )	Kimi Raikkonen ( Lotus - Renault )
15th	2013	Sepang	F1	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Mark Webber ( Red Bull - Renault )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Sergio Pérez ( McLaren - Mercedes )
16	2014	Sepang	F1	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Red Bull - Renault )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )
17th	2015	Sepang	F1	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )
18th	2016	Sepang	F1	Daniel Ricciardo ( Red Bull - TAG Heuer )	Max Verstappen ( Red Bull - TAG Heuer )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Nico Rosberg ( Mercedes )
19th	2017	Sepang	F1	Max Verstappen ( Red Bull - TAG Heuer )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Daniel Ricciardo ( Red Bull - TAG Heuer )	Lewis Hamilton ( Mercedes )	Sebastian Vettel ( Ferrari )

Legend
abbreviation	class	comment
F1	formula 1	Formula 1 World Championship from 1950
F2	Formula 2
FL	Formula libre	Vehicle class usually advertised by the organizer
SW	Sports car
TW	Touring car
GP	Grand Prix vehicles
	↓ Solid gray lines indicate when a new course was used in history. ↓
	Entries with a light red background were not runs for the automobile or Formula 1 world championship.
	Entries with a yellow background were runs for the European Championship .

Web links

Commons : Malaysian Grand Prix  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Route information on Motorsport-Total.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ F1 confirms Malaysian GP won't continue beyond 2017 . In: ESPN.com . ( espn.co.uk [accessed April 15, 2017]).

Coordinates: 2 ° 45 ′ 37.8 "  N , 101 ° 44 ′ 13.1"  E