2016 Malaysian Grand Prix

 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix

Racing data
16th of 21 races in the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2016 Formula One Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix
Date:	October 2nd, 2016
Place:	Sepang
Course:	Sepang International Circuit
Length:	310.408 km in 56 laps of 5.543 km
Weather:	Dry
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time:	1: 32.850 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time:	1: 36.424 min (lap 44)
Podium
First:	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Second:	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Third:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes

The Malaysian Grand Prix 2016 (officially 2016 Formula One Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix ) took place on 2 October at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang instead and was the sixteenth race of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2016 .

report

backgrounds

After the Singapore Grand Prix , Nico Rosberg led the drivers' standings with eight points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and 94 points ahead of Daniel Ricciardo . In the constructors' championship, Mercedes led with 222 points ahead of Red Bull and with 237 points ahead of Ferrari .

At the Malaysian Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Hard (orange), P Zero Medium (white) and P Zero Soft (yellow) as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full Wets (blue) for wet conditions .

In the run-up to the race, significant changes were made to the track compared to last year. Curve two , curve three , curve four , curve five , curve six , curve nine , curve twelve and curve 13 were each raised on the outside in order to enable different driving lines and, as a result, overtaking maneuvers on the outside. The inside of curve 15 has been raised by one meter so that it is now four percent negative instead of two percent positive. This should allow rainwater to run off better and prevent the formation of puddles on the inside of the curve. The route length remained unchanged despite these numerous measures. In addition, the entire route was re-paved.

The DRS zones remained unchanged compared to the previous year. The first zone was on the back straight and started 104 meters after turn 14 . The measuring point for this zone was 54 meters after turn twelve . The second DRS zone was on the immediately following start and finish straight and began 28 meters behind turn 15 . In contrast to previous years, there was no separate measuring point for the second DRS zone, but the measuring point of the first DRS zone was used. It could happen that after an overtaking maneuver in the first zone, the pilot who was then in front was allowed to use the DRS again in the second zone.

The following drivers started the race weekend with penalty points: Felipe Nasr (six), Esteban Gutiérrez , Daniil Kwjat , Kimi Räikkönen (five each), Valtteri Bottas , Rosberg, Pascal Wehrlein (four each), Sergio Pérez , Max Verstappen (three each), Fernando Alonso , Marcus Ericsson , Romain Grosjean , Nico Hülkenberg , Esteban Ocon , Jolyon Palmer and Sebastian Vettel (two each).

With Vettel (four times), Alonso (three times), Raikkonen (twice), Jenson Button and Hamilton (once each), five former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

Steve Chopping (AUS), James Leong Weng Hoong (MAS), Tim Mayer (USA) and Derek Warwick (GBR) acted as race stewards .

McLaren used a further developed drive unit for the first time at this Grand Prix. The engine block became lighter and more reliable, and the exhaust was redesigned. Honda used two of the three tokens still available for this purpose . However, only Alonso used this drive unit in free practice, Button contested the entire race weekend with the old version, which was installed again at Alonso on Saturday.

training

In the first free practice, Rosberg set the fastest time in 1: 35.227 minutes, ahead of Hamilton and Raikkonen. With that, Rosberg drove more than four seconds faster than the best lap time in the previous year , which he had set in third free practice. Practice had to be interrupted for around 25 minutes after Kevin Magnussen's Renault caught fire in the pit lane due to a gas leak.

In the second free practice, Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 34.944 minutes ahead of Rosberg and Vettel.

In the third free practice session, Hamilton was fastest in 1: 34.434 minutes ahead of Verstappen and Rosberg.

Qualifying

The qualifying consisted of three parts with a net running time of 45 minutes. In the first qualifying segment (Q1), the drivers had 18 minutes to qualify for the race. All drivers who achieved a time in the first section that was a maximum of 107 percent of the fastest lap time qualified for the Grand Prix. The best 16 drivers reached the next part. Hamilton was fastest. Alonso, the Manor drivers, Palmer and the Sauber drivers were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest pilots qualified for the third part of qualifying. Hamilton was again fastest. The Toro Rosso drivers, Magnussen, both Haas drivers and Bottas were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. Hamilton set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 32.850 minutes ahead of Rosberg and Verstappen. It was Hamilton's 57th pole position, the eighth of the season.

Alonso was moved a total of 45 starting places down for the use of the eighth internal combustion engine, the eighth and ninth units of the turbocharger and MGU-H as well as the seventh unit of the energy storage and control electronics.

run

First lap: Hamilton in the lead, in the foreground Vettel and Rosberg after the collision. The race is over for Vettel

Hamilton gets out of his vehicle after an engine failure, Ricciardo and Verstappen drive past and take the lead

Ricciardo won the race ahead of Verstappen and Rosberg. It was Ricciardo's fourth victory in the Formula 1 World Championship and the first since the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix . Verstappen achieved the fifth and Rosberg the eleventh podium finish of the season. The remaining points were achieved by Raikkonen, Bottas, Pérez, Alonso, Hülkenberg, Button and Palmer. Palmer scored the first world championship point in his Formula 1 career.

In the drivers 'and constructors' championships, the first three positions remained unchanged.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes F1 W07 Hybrid	Mercedes-Benz PU106C Hybrid	P
	06th	Nico Rosberg
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF16-H	Ferrari 059/5	P
	07th	Kimi Raikkonen
Williams Martini Racing	19th	Felipe Massa	Williams FW38	Mercedes-Benz PU106C Hybrid	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Red Bull Racing	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull RB12	Day, this year	P
	33	Max Verstappen
Sahara Force India F1 Team	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India VJM09	Mercedes-Benz PU106C Hybrid	P
	11	Sergio Perez
Renault Sport F1 Team	20th	Kevin Magnussen	Renault RS16	Renault Energy F1 2016	P
	30th	Jolyon Palmer
Scuderia Toro Rosso	26th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso STR11	Ferrari 059/4	P
	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.
Sauber F1 Team	09	Marcus Ericsson	Clean C35	Ferrari 059/5	P
	12	Felipe Nasr
McLaren Honda	14th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren MP4-31	Honda RA616H	P
	22nd	Jenson Button
Manor Racing MRT	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor MRT05	Mercedes-Benz PU106C Hybrid	P
	31	Esteban Ocon
Haas F1 team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-16	Ferrari 059/5	P
	21st	Esteban Gutiérrez

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 34.444	1: 33.046	1: 32.850	01
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 34.460	1: 33.609	1: 33.264	02
03	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 35.443	1: 33.775	1: 33.420	03
04th	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1: 35.079	1: 33.888	1: 33.467	04th
05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 34.557	1: 33.972	1: 33.584	05
06th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 34.556	1: 33.903	1: 33.632	06th
07th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1: 35.068	1: 34.538	1: 34.319	07th
08th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1: 34.827	1: 34.441	1: 34.489	08th
09	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	1: 35.267	1: 34.431	1: 34.518	09
10	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1: 35.267	1: 34.422	1: 34.671	10
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	1: 35.166	1: 34.577	-	11
12	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 35,400	1: 35.001	-	12
13	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	1: 35.658	1: 35.097	-	13
14th	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	1: 34.593	1: 35.277	-	14th
15th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 35.695	1: 35.369	-	15th
16	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 35.605	1: 35.374	-	16
17th	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	1: 35.816	-	-	17th
18th	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	1: 35.949	-	-	18th
19th	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1: 35.999	-	-	19th
20th	Esteban Ocon	Manor Mercedes	1: 36.451	-	-	20th
21st	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Mercedes	1: 36.587	-	-	21st
22nd	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1: 37.155	-	-	22nd
107 percent time : 1: 41.055 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 34.444 min)

Remarks

1. ↑ Alonso was moved 45 starting places back because of the use of the eighth combustion engine, the eighth and ninth elements of the MGU-H and turbocharger as well as the seventh element of the energy storage and control electronics

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	2	1: 37: 12.776	04th	1: 37.449 (44.)
02	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	56	3	+ 2.443	03	1: 37.376 (44.)
03	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	3	+ 25.516	02	1: 36.424 (44.)
04th	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	56	3	+ 28.785	06th	1: 37.466 (47th)
05	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Mercedes	56	1	+1: 01.582	11	1: 39.199 (53.)
06th	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	56	2	+1: 03.794	07th	1: 39.328 (51.)
07th	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	56	2	+1: 05.205	22nd	1: 38.291 (44.)
08th	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	56	3	+1: 14.062	08th	1: 37.793 (43rd)
09	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	56	1	+1: 21.816	09	1: 38.740 (51st)
10	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	56	1	+1: 35.466	19th	1: 39,350 (53rd)
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	2	+1: 38.878	16	1: 39.243 (44.)
12	Marcus Ericsson	Clean Ferrari	55	2	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 39.781 (55th)
13	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	55	3	+ 1 lap	10	1: 39,920 (53rd)
14th	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55	3	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 39.798 (43rd)
15th	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Mercedes	55	3	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 39.653 (55th)
16	Esteban Ocon	Manor Mercedes	55	2	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 41.467 (45th)
-	Felipe Nasr	Clean Ferrari	46	1	DNF	18th	1: 40.490 (43rd)
-	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	40	1	DNF	01	1: 38.595 (31st)
-	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas-Ferrari	39	3	DNF	13	1: 41.775 (37th)
-	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	17th	1	DNF	14th	1: 43.379 ( 03rd)
-	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	07th	0	DNF	12	1: 42.142 ( 07.)
-	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	00	0	DNF	05	-

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 288 02  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 265 03  Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer 204 04th  Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 160 05  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 153 06th  Max Verstappen Red Bull-TAG Heuer Toro Rosso-Ferrari 147 07th  Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 80 08th  Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 74 09  Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 50 10  Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda 42 11  Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 41 12  Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 30th

Item driver constructor Points 13  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 28 14th  Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-TAG Heuer Toro Rosso-Ferrari 25th 15th  Jenson Button McLaren Honda 19th 16  Kevin Magnussen Renault 7th 17th  Jolyon Palmer Renault 1 18th  Pascal Wehrlein Manor Mercedes 1 19th  Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren Honda 1 20th  Esteban Gutiérrez Haas-Ferrari 0 21st  Marcus Ericsson Clean Ferrari 0 22nd  Felipe Nasr Clean Ferrari 0 23  Rio Haryanto Manor Mercedes 0 24  Esteban Ocon Manor Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 553 2  Red Bull-TAG Heuer 359 3  Ferrari 313 4th  Force India-Mercedes 124 5  Williams-Mercedes 121 6th  McLaren Honda 62

Item constructor Points 07th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 47 08th  Haas-Ferrari 28 09  Renault 8th 10  Manor Mercedes 1 11  Clean Ferrari 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heiko Stritzke: Malaysia: Sepang Circuit changed in nine corners. Motorsport-Total.com, September 26, 2016, accessed on September 27, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: Honda update only on Friday: Alonso was transferred to a penalty. Motorsport-Total.com, September 29, 2016, accessed September 29, 2016 . 
3. ^ GP Malaysia in Sepang / 1st free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, September 30, 2016, accessed September 30, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Malaysia 2016: Great luck with Renault fire! Motorsport-Total.com, September 30, 2016, accessed September 30, 2016 . 
5. ^ GP Malaysia in Sepang / 2nd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, September 30, 2016, accessed September 30, 2016 . 
6. ^ GP Malaysia in Sepang / 3rd free practice. Motorsport-Total.com, October 1, 2016, accessed October 1, 2016 .