Round 16 · 2016

Malaysian Grand Prix

CircuitSepang International CircuitLocationKuala lumpur, MalaysiaDates30 Sep – 2 Oct 2016Final

WinnerRICRed Bull Racing · from P4

PoleHAM

Fastest lap1:36.424Rosberg · L55

Most laps led17Hamilton

Biggest gain+15Alonso P22→P7

Retirements6of 22 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	4	+3	56	1:37:12.776	2	25
2	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	3	+1	56	+2.440	3	18
3	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	2	-1	56	+25.520 FL	3	15
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	6	+2	56	+28.790	3	12
5	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	11	+6	56	+1:01.580	1	10
6	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	7	+1	56	+1:03.790	2	8
7	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	22	+15	56	+1:05.210	3	6
8	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	8	0	56	+1:14.060	3	4
9	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	9	0	56	+1:21.820	2	2
10	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	19	+9	56	+1:35.470	1	1
11	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	16	+5	56	+1:38.880	2
12	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	17	+5	55	+1 lap	2
13	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	10	-3	55	+1 lap	3
14	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	15	+1	55	+1 lap	3
15	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	21	+6	55	Classified	3
16	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	20	+4	55	+1 lap	2
—	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	5		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1		40	DNF · L40	1
—	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	12		7	DNF · L7	0
—	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	13		39	DNF · L39	3
—	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	14		17	DNF · L17	2
—	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	18		46	DNF · L46	2

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	—	—	—	11
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	12
3	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	15
4	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	12
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	—	—	—	17
6	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	—	—	—	16
7	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	—	—	—	17
8	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	—	—	—	15
9	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	17
10	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	—	—	—	13
11	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	—	—	—	9
12	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	—	—	—	14
13	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	—	—	—	14
14	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	13
15	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	12
16	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	12
17	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	—	—	—	8
18	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	—	—	—	8
19	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	—	—	—	8
20	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	9
21	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	9
22	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	—	—	—	5

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:34.434	16
2	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:34.879	14
3	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:35.053	16
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:35.150	15
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:35.170	14
6	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:35.461	22
7	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:35.776	16
8	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:35.902	17
9	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:36.222	18
10	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:36.227	20
11	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:36.259	15
12	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:36.363	11
13	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	1:36.553	14
14	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	1:36.604	20
15	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:36.687	15
16	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	1:36.741	19
17	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:36.752	20
18	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:36.765	19
19	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:37.106	18
20	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:37.961	17
21	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:38.089	13
22	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:41.199	15

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:34.944	35
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:35.177	36
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:35.605	37
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:35.842	31
5	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:36.037	29
6	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:36.284	33
7	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:36.296	27
8	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:36.337	30
9	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:36.390	37
10	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:36.715	22
11	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:36.836	30
12	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	1:36.940	36
13	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:37.016	37
14	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	1:37.048	28
15	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:37.110	19
16	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:37.297	29
17	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:37.449	28
18	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:37.547	26
19	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	1:37.664	19
20	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:37.789	25
21	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:37.878	34
22	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:37.990	36

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:35.227	25
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:35.721	25
3	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1:36.315	16
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	1:36.331	18
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	McLaren	1:36.510	18
6	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	Red Bull Racing	1:36.753	27
7	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:36.973	26
8	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Force India	1:37.513	26
9	Sergio Pérez PER	Force India	1:37.601	27
10	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:37.613	20
11	Daniil Kvyat KVY	Toro Rosso	1:37.847	29
12	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Williams	1:37.861	17
13	Romain Grosjean GRO	Haas	1:37.886	22
14	Esteban Gutierrez GUT	Haas	1:37.921	20
15	Carlos Sainz SAI	Toro Rosso	1:38.055	25
16	Felipe Nasr NAS	Sauber	1:38.184	18
17	Marcus Ericsson ERI	Sauber	1:38.313	20
18	Felipe Massa MAS	Williams	1:38.339	24
19	Jolyon Palmer PAJ	Renault (2016–20)	1:39.148	23
20	Esteban Ocon OCO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:40.036	28
21	Pascal Wehrlein WEH	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:40.627	26
22	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Renault (2016–20)	—	2

Session schedule

Practice 1Final30 Sep 2016 02:00 UTC

Practice 2Final30 Sep 2016 06:00 UTC

Practice 3Final1 Oct 2016 06:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal1 Oct 2016 09:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal2 Oct 2016 07:00 UTC

Championship after round 16

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Nico Rosberg ROS	288
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	265
3	Daniel Ricciardo RIC	204
4	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	160	▲1
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	153	▼1
6	Max Verstappen VER	147
7	Valtteri Bottas BOT	80
8	Sergio Pérez PER	74

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Nico Rosberg ROS
Red Bull Racing	Max Verstappen VER	—	Daniel Ricciardo RIC
Ferrari	Sebastian Vettel VET	—	Kimi Raikkonen RAI
Force India	Sergio Pérez PER	—	Nico Hülkenberg HUL
McLaren	Jenson Button BUT	—	Fernando Alonso ALO
Williams	Felipe Massa MAS	—	Valtteri Bottas BOT
Haas	Romain Grosjean GRO	—	Esteban Gutierrez GUT
Renault (2016–20)	Kevin Magnussen MAG	—	Jolyon Palmer PAJ
Toro Rosso	Daniil Kvyat KVY	—	Carlos Sainz SAI
Sauber	Marcus Ericsson ERI	—	Felipe Nasr NAS
Manor / Marussia / Virgin	Esteban Ocon OCO	—	Pascal Wehrlein WEH

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2015	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Ferrari	2
2014	Malaysian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1
2013	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2012	Malaysian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	8
2011	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2010	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	3
2009	Malaysian Grand Prix	—		—
2008	Malaysian Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	2