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 […]

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo expressed his satisfaction after qualifying in fourth place for the Malaysian Grand Prix. Ricciardo was pleased to have beaten both Williams drivers and was backed up by team-mate Daniil Kvyat, who matched his best qualifying performance with fifth. "We’ve always gone pretty well in the wet and there are still some things we can improve, but fourth is a good result for the team," said Ricciardo. "The second row is a good starting position and we should hopefully have some […]

Nico Hulkenberg says that Force India may have progressed through to the top 10 shootout for the Malaysian Grand Prix had the rain arrived sooner, but acknowledged that their Q3 prospects were slim. Hulkenberg set the 13th quickest time as rain deluged the Sepang circuit during the early stages of Q2, shortly after the drivers had managed to post a time on the slick tyres. "Maybe it would have been better for us if the rain had arrived five minutes earlier and Q2 was completely […]

World Champion Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position during a wet final shootout session during qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix, which was delayed for half an hour. Hamilton posted his time early in a wet Q3 session and while he remained unbeaten, Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel got to within a tenth of his time to split the Mercedes pair. Nico Rosberg was third, ahead of the Red Bull duo of Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat. Rookie Max Verstappen was a stellar sixth position for Toro Rosso, […]

Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg edged out Lewis Hamilton to post the quickest time during the final practice session at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Rosberg’s time of 1:39.690 was 0.184s quicker than team-mate Hamilton as drivers completed qualifying runs towards the end of the 60 minute session. Kimi Räikkönen was third for Ferrari, ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel, with the Williams pair of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas just over a tenth further back. Daniel Ricciardo placed seventh for Red Bull, closely followed by Carlos Sainz Jr. […]