November 9, 2024, 7:47 am

Malaysian Grand Prix 2016 – The Good, Bad and Ugly

The Malaysian Grand Prix 2016 was a great race, but who were the real winners and losers from the race? According to us anyway.

The Gurgler examines the race that was and hands out the Good, Bad and Ugly of the Singapore Grand Prix 2016.

And unlike Luca Badoer’s or Pedro Chaves’ F1 career, our review is in point form.

THE GOOD

DAN RICCIARDO

Finally gets the win he deserved. Possibly not from this race, as Max was quicker throughout the weekend, but he was owed from Spain and especially Monaco. The Shoe drinking celebration makes watching a podium celebration worth the extra loss of sleep. Rather Mr Moody McMood aka Hamtima.

RED BULL

For allowing the two young chargers to race like they did before Lewis Hamilton’s retirement. Everyone was rewarded with a great battle that didn’t end in tears. The holding position did make sense but was a little disappointing not to see racing all the way to the end, but the tension to whether Max would challenge or not was almost as interesting. Although happy to take the holding pattern as an Aussie.

LEWIS HAMILTON’S RACE PRE LAP 40

It looked all good. Good start.  First at the first corner. In control of the race. Had Red Bulls squabbling over second. Then…..

MAX VERSTAPPEN

One thing you can’t say about Max is that he’ll die wondering. His overtaking pisses some off but is highly effective. His change in strategy during the Malaysian Grand Prix 2016 showed his flexibility. That helped him to a win in Spain. His keeping to the Red Bull request to maintain position showed class and respect as well.

DAYTIME GPs

The Malaysian Grand Prix 2016 is great because it is on in a time slot that doesn’t require energy drinks, extra coffee, or drugs to stay awake for. Pity it clashed with Grand Final in Australia.

GP2

We may mention this group of drivers each week, but what great racing. All the way down the grid. Cars were jostling for what seemed the whole, and one wonders how they can do it and F1 not.

JOLYON PALMER

Has had one of the worst seasons in a while (bad luck and bad track management), so a point is a nice present. Probably a farewell one as he won’t be back next year.

 

THE BAD

HAAS F1

A very ordinary weekend. You’ll lose the driver’s trust pretty quickly with cars that run out of brakes at 300 km/h, and have wheels fall off after pit stops. Have done a great job as a new team, but this weekend was a shocker.

SEBASTIAN VETTEL

Knocked out at first corner, and doing it in the same style as Max Verstappen did in Spa, for which Vettel has plenty of nasty things to say. May have won the race if he had of survived the first corner.

LEWIS HAMILTON’S ENGINE

A certain Malaysian Grand Prix 2016 win has gone. His nearest rival scored another bag of points. And who knows what penalties await for his fiery failure.

 

THE UGLY

NICO ROSBERG

A very ordinary start, unlucky to pushed around by Vettel. He recovered well to finish 3rd and to have a good points lead after the race. The move on Kimi was poor though.

 

RESULTS

Driver Car Grid Time/Gap
Ricciardo Red Bull 4 1h 37m 13s
Verstappen Red Bull 3 +0:02.443
Rosberg Mercedes 2 +0:25.516
Raikkonen Ferrari 6 +0:28.785
Bottas Williams 11 +1:01.582
Perez Force India 7 +1:03.794
Alonso McLaren 22 +1:05.205
Hulkenberg Force India 8 +1:14.062
Button McLaren 9 +1:21.816
Palmer Renault 19 +1:35.466
Sainz Jnr Toro Rosso 16 +1:38.878
Ericsson Sauber 17 Lapped
Massa Williams 10 Lapped
Kvyat Toro Rosso 15 Lapped
Wehrlein Manor 21 Lapped
Ocon Manor 20 Lapped
Nasr Sauber 18 Retired (46)
Hamilton Mercedes 1 Retired (40)
Gutierrez Haas F1 13 Retired (39)
Magnussen Renault 14 Retired (17)
Grosjean Haas F1 12 Retired (7)
Vettel Ferrari 5 Retired (0)

 

CHAMPIONSHIP

1

Rosberg Mercedes 288
2 Hamilton Mercedes 265
3 Ricciardo Red Bull 204
4 Raikkonen Ferrari 160
5 Vettel Ferrari 153
6 Verstappen Red Bull 147
7 Bottas Williams 80
8 Perez Force India 74
9 Hulkenberg Force India 50
10 Alonso McLaren 42
11 Massa Williams 41
12 Sainz Jnr Toro Rosso 30
13 Grosjean Haas F1 28
14 Kvyat Toro Rosso 25
15 Button McLaren 19
16 Magnussen Renault 7
17 Palmer Renault 1
18 Wehrlein Manor 1
19 Vandoorne McLaren 1
20 Gutierrez Haas F1 0
21 Ericsson Sauber 0
22 Nasr Sauber 0
23 Haryanto Manor 0
24 Ocon Manor 0
Perry Thrusthttps://www.thegurgler.com
Perry Thrust doesn't know boats. He knows F1 and plenty of it. Get your 107% rundown of each GP and more.

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