2016 Malaysian Grand Prix

Circuit: Sepang International CircuitSepang, Malaysia
Winner: Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing
Pole: Sir Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg
Entries: 2216 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	RB12	4	56	Finished	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB12	3	56	Finished	18
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	F1 W07	2	56	Finished	15	fastest lap
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	SF16-H	6	56	Finished	12
5	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	FW38	11	56	Finished	10
6	Sergio Perez	Force India	VJM09	7	56	Finished	8
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	MP4-31	22	56	Finished	6
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	VJM09	8	56	Finished	4
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-31	9	56	Finished	2
10	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	R.S.16	19	56	Finished	1
11	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	16	56	Finished	0
12	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	C35	17	55	Finished	0
13	Felipe Massa	Williams	FW38	10	55	Finished	0
14	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR11	15	55	Finished	0
15	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	21	55	Finished	0
16	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	MRT05	20	55	Finished	0
DNF	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	C35	18	46	Brakes	0
DNF	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W07	1	40	Engine	0
DNF	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	13	39	Wheel	0
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	R.S.16	14	17	Power loss	0
DNF	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-16	12	7	Brakes	0
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF16-H	5	0	Collision	0

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Daniel Ricciardo	4	1	56
Max Verstappen	3	2	56
Nico Rosberg	2	3	56
Kimi Raikkonen	6	4	56
Valtteri Bottas	11	5	56
Sergio Perez	7	6	56
Fernando Alonso	22	7	56
Nico Hulkenberg	8	8	56
Jenson Button	9	9	56
Jolyon Palmer	19	10	56
Carlos Sainz	16	11	56
Marcus Ericsson	17	12	55
Felipe Massa	10	13	55
Daniil Kvyat	15	14	55
Pascal Wehrlein	21	15	55
Esteban Ocon	20	16	55
Felipe Nasr	18	DNF	46
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	DNF	40
Esteban Gutierrez	13	DNF	39
Kevin Magnussen	14	DNF	17
Romain Grosjean	12	DNF	7
Sebastian Vettel	5	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:34.444	1:33.046	1:32.850	—	—
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:34.460	1:33.609	1:33.264	+0.414	+0.414
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:35.443	1:33.775	1:33.420	+0.570	+0.156
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:35.079	1:33.888	1:33.467	+0.617	+0.047
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:34.557	1:33.972	1:33.584	+0.734	+0.117
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:34.556	1:33.903	1:33.632	+0.782	+0.048
7	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:35.068	1:34.538	1:34.319	+1.469	+0.687
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:34.827	1:34.441	1:34.489	+1.639	+0.170
9	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:35.267	1:34.431	1:34.518	+1.668	+0.029
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:35.267	1:34.422	1:34.671	+1.821	+0.153
11	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:35.166	1:34.577	—	—	—
12	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:35.400	1:35.001	—	—	—
13	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:35.658	1:35.097	—	—	—
14	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:35.593	1:35.277	—	—	—
15	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:35.695	1:35.369	—	—	—
16	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:35.605	1:35.374	—	—	—
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:35.816	—	—	—	—
18	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:35.949	—	—	—	—
19	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:35.999	—	—	—	—
20	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:36.451	—	—	—	—
21	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:36.587	—	—	—	—
22	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:37.155	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Daniel Ricciardo	1	56	2	21, 41
Max Verstappen	2	56	3	9, 27, 41
Nico Rosberg	3	56	3	9, 31, 41
Kimi Raikkonen	4	56	3	20, 32, 40
Valtteri Bottas	5	56	1	29
Sergio Perez	6	56	2	9, 32
Fernando Alonso	7	56	3	9, 27, 40
Nico Hulkenberg	8	56	3	9, 28, 40
Jenson Button	9	56	2	9, 37
Jolyon Palmer	10	56	1	31
Carlos Sainz	11	56	2	20, 37
Marcus Ericsson	12	55	2	21, 37
Felipe Massa	13	55	3	1, 6, 31
Daniil Kvyat	14	55	3	1, 29, 40
Pascal Wehrlein	15	55	3	9, 30, 41
Esteban Ocon	16	55	2	12, 31
Felipe Nasr	DNF	46	1	32
Sir Lewis Hamilton	DNF	40	1	20
Esteban Gutierrez	DNF	39	3	1, 22, 39
Kevin Magnussen	DNF	17	1	1
Romain Grosjean	DNF	7	0	None recorded
Sebastian Vettel	DNF	0	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Max Verstappen · Daniel Ricciardo	3 · 4	2 · 1	9 · 21	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Max Verstappen	2 · 3	3 · 2	9 · 9	Same lap	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Kimi Raikkonen	2 · 6	3 · 4	9 · 20	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Valtteri Bottas	6 · 11	4 · 5	20 · 29	Kimi Raikkonen	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Sergio Perez	6 · 7	4 · 6	20 · 9	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Valtteri Bottas	7 · 11	6 · 5	9 · 29	Sergio Perez	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Valtteri Bottas	10 · 11	13 · 5	1 · 29	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Fernando Alonso	7 · 22	6 · 7	9 · 9	Same lap	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Nico Hulkenberg	7 · 8	6 · 8	9 · 9	Same lap	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Fernando Alonso	8 · 22	8 · 7	9 · 9	Same lap	Swapped places
Pascal Wehrlein · Fernando Alonso	21 · 22	15 · 7	9 · 9	Same lap	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Jenson Button	8 · 9	8 · 9	9 · 9	Same lap	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Jolyon Palmer	9 · 19	9 · 10	9 · 31	Jenson Button	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Felipe Massa	9 · 10	9 · 13	9 · 1	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Jolyon Palmer	16 · 19	11 · 10	20 · 31	Carlos Sainz	Swapped places
Jolyon Palmer · Esteban Ocon	19 · 20	10 · 16	31 · 12	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Carlos Sainz	15 · 16	14 · 11	1 · 20	Daniil Kvyat	Swapped places
Carlos Sainz · Marcus Ericsson	16 · 17	11 · 12	20 · 21	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Marcus Ericsson	10 · 17	13 · 12	1 · 21	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Daniil Kvyat	10 · 15	13 · 14	1 · 1	Same lap	Kept their order
Daniil Kvyat · Pascal Wehrlein	15 · 21	14 · 15	1 · 9	Daniil Kvyat	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Pascal Wehrlein	20 · 21	16 · 15	12 · 9	Pascal Wehrlein	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:35.227	—	—	25
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:35.721	+0.494	+0.494	25
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:36.315	+1.088	+0.594	16
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:36.331	+1.104	+0.016	18
5	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:36.510	+1.283	+0.179	18
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:36.753	+1.526	+0.243	27
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:36.973	+1.746	+0.220	26
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:37.513	+2.286	+0.540	26
9	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:37.601	+2.374	+0.088	27
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:37.613	+2.386	+0.012	20
11	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:37.847	+2.620	+0.234	29
12	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:37.861	+2.634	+0.014	17
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:37.886	+2.659	+0.025	22
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:37.921	+2.694	+0.035	20
15	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:38.055	+2.828	+0.134	25
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:38.184	+2.957	+0.129	18
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:38.313	+3.086	+0.129	20
18	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:38.339	+3.112	+0.026	24
19	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:39.148	+3.921	+0.809	23
20	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:40.036	+4.809	+0.888	28
21	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:40.627	+5.400	+0.591	26
22	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	—	—	—	2

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:34.944	—	—	35
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:35.177	+0.233	+0.233	36
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:35.605	+0.661	+0.428	37
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:35.842	+0.898	+0.237	31
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:36.037	+1.093	+0.195	29
6	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:36.284	+1.340	+0.247	33
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:36.296	+1.352	+0.012	27
8	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:36.337	+1.393	+0.041	30
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:36.390	+1.446	+0.053	37
10	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:36.715	+1.771	+0.325	22
11	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:36.836	+1.892	+0.121	30
12	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:36.940	+1.996	+0.104	36
13	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:37.016	+2.072	+0.076	37
14	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:37.048	+2.104	+0.032	28
15	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:37.110	+2.166	+0.062	19
16	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:37.297	+2.353	+0.187	29
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:37.449	+2.505	+0.152	28
18	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:37.547	+2.603	+0.098	26
19	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:37.664	+2.720	+0.117	19
20	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:37.789	+2.845	+0.125	25
21	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:37.878	+2.934	+0.089	34
22	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:37.990	+3.046	+0.112	36

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:34.434	—	—	16
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:34.879	+0.445	+0.445	14
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	6	1:35.053	+0.619	+0.174	16
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	7	1:35.150	+0.716	+0.097	15
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:35.170	+0.736	+0.020	14
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	3	1:35.461	+1.027	+0.291	22
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	27	1:35.776	+1.342	+0.315	16
8	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	77	1:35.902	+1.468	+0.126	17
9	Carlos Sainz	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:36.222	+1.788	+0.320	18
10	Felipe Massa	Williams	19	1:36.227	+1.793	+0.005	20
11	Sergio Perez	Force India	11	1:36.259	+1.825	+0.032	15
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	22	1:36.363	+1.929	+0.104	11
13	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas F1 Team	21	1:36.553	+2.119	+0.190	14
14	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	30	1:36.604	+2.170	+0.051	20
15	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:36.687	+2.253	+0.083	15
16	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	20	1:36.741	+2.307	+0.054	19
17	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:36.752	+2.318	+0.011	20
18	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	9	1:36.765	+2.331	+0.013	19
19	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	12	1:37.106	+2.672	+0.341	18
20	Esteban Ocon	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	31	1:37.961	+3.527	+0.855	17
21	Pascal Wehrlein	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	94	1:38.089	+3.655	+0.128	13
22	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	14	1:41.199	+6.765	+3.110	15

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

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Where this comes from

Round: 16 of 2016
Grand Prix: Malaysian Grand Prix
Dates: 2 Oct 2016
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Entrant: Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.