2016 Malaysian Grand Prix

2016 Malaysian Grand Prix
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Race details[1]
Date	2 October 2016 (2016-10-02)
Official name	2016 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix
Location	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.543 km (3.444 miles)
Distance	56 laps, 310.408 km (192.879 miles)
Weather	Sunny 33 °C (91 °F) air temperature 49 °C (120 °F) track temperature 2.8 m/s (9.2 ft/s) wind from the west[2]
Attendance	88,828 (Weekend) 45,000 (Race Day)[3]
Pole position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Time	1:32.850
Fastest lap
Driver	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time	1:36.424 on lap 44
Podium
First	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Second	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Third	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix (formally known as the 2016 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix)^[1] was a Formula One motor race that was held on 2 October 2016 at the Sepang International Circuit in Selangor, Malaysia. The race marked the thirty-fifth running of the Malaysian Grand Prix, and the eighteenth time that the race has been run as a World Championship event since the first race in 1999.

Daniel Ricciardo won the race, with teammate Max Verstappen finishing second to secure Red Bull Racing's first 1–2 finish since the introduction of hybrid engines in 2014 and their last one until the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Rosberg completed the podium, extending his championship lead to twenty-three points following the retirement of Lewis Hamilton. This was Ricciardo's first win since the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix.