Fernando Alonso says that the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend was 'better than expected' for McLaren, despite neither he nor team-mate Jenson Button finishing the second round of the campaign. Alonso was forced out of the race due to an ERS issue on lap 21 but says that his pace during the early stint of the race gave him encouragement. "This whole weekend has been better than I expected," he said. "The main positive to take away from today is the fact that we were able […]

Marcus Ericsson took the blame for his early exit at the Malaysian Grand Prix as he spun out of a top 10 position. Having passed Max Verstappen on the opening lap, Ericsson tried to go around the outside of Nico Hulkenberg at Turn 1 but lost the rear end of the Sauber and ended up in the gravel. "It is a very frustrating end to a good weekend," he said, having started from ninth place. "I felt comfortable in the car straight away and had […]

Max Verstappen was elated to score his maiden points in Formula 1 as he became the youngest driver to claim a top 10 finish in the history of the sport at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Verstappen recovered from brake problems during the opening stint of the race to claim seventh position in only his second outing for Toro Rosso. "I really enjoyed that," he said. "I’m very happy to have scored my first ever points in F1 and to end seventh! I think we did […]

Force India driver Sergio Perez said that his contact with Romain Grosjean was simply a racing incident, after he was handed a 10 second penalty for the collision. Grosjean attempted to go around the outside of Perez at Turn 12 but the pair made contact, with Grosjean spinning and Perez continuing on his way. But the stewards deemed that Perez was to blame and handed down a sanction before the Mexican went on to finish outside of the points in 13th place. "We knew ahead […]

Nico Rosberg has queried the levels of communication within Mercedes after he finished in third position at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Mercedes was outsmarted by Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel, with the German claiming victory ahead of Lewis Hamilton. Rosberg could only manage third after losing out at the first pit stop and having to negotiate his way through yet-to-pit rivals. "It’s difficult as the engineers aren’t in the race cars, they have computers and numbers but we have nothing and I struggle to know what […]

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo says he expected more from the Malaysian Grand Prix after he claimed only 10th place at Sepang. Ricciardo started from fourth on the grid but sustained front wing damage on the first lap, while he appeared to suffer from brake issues throughout the race. "It was definitely difficult, not really fun, I had hopes a bit high coming into the race but I was ready for a fight, the race was anything but special, we couldn’t fight in any situation […]

Organisers of the Malaysian Grand Prix have announced a three-year contract extension to host the Malaysian Grand Prix. The circuit's contract expired at the end of 2015 but the race will now remain on the calendar until at least 2018. Petronas will continue to act as the event's title sponsor.

Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari pulled off a two stop strategy to beat Mercedes to victory at a thrilling Malaysian Grand Prix. Vettel stayed out during a safety car period early on and managed his tyres and pace to beat Lewis Hamilton to the flag at Sepang, with Nico Rosberg in third during a race in which tyres were key in hot conditions. Hamilton retained the lead during a frantic start in which Vettel held off Rosberg while Pastor Maldonado picked up a puncture in the […]

Mercedes' Nico Rosberg admitted he was annoyed with his own performance as he missed out on a front row slot for the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang. Rosberg trailed team-mate Lewis Hamilton in a wet qualifying session and was ultimately bumped down to third place by a late lap from Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. "I just didn’t drive well enough," he said. "I’m annoyed by that. Third place is not good for tomorrow, but that’s the way it is. "It was quite interesting conditions out there, […]

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel says he is hoping to take the fight to Mercedes at the Malaysian Grand Prix after splitting Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg during a wet qualifying session at Sepang. Vettel set a time within a tenth of a second of Hamilton's pole time and managed to beat Rosberg to claim Ferrari's first front row start in two years. "Obviously when it starts to rain to here, which there is always a high chance, then it can mix up things, so… I […]

Lotus driver Romain Grosjean has been handed a two place grid penalty for a pit lane infringement during qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix. Grosjean was deemed to have jumped the queue in the pit lane in Q2 as his car "did not leave the pit lane in the order that it arrived," as drivers squabbled for positions prior to rain hitting the circuit. Grosjean made it through to the top 10 shootout and qualified in eighth position in the wet Q3 session, but will […]

McLaren driver Jenson Button believes the squad has taken a 'massive step forward' in Malaysia, despite being eliminated in the first knockout session during qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix. Button posted the 17th fastest time at Sepang but reckons McLaren has made gains compared to where it was two weeks' ago in Australia. "It was very difficult to get temperature into the tyres during the qualifying session – I really struggled in the first sector on every run I did, but was able to […]