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Race: Ricciardo wins as Mercedes falter
- Updated: October 2, 2016
Daniel Ricciardo made the most of Mercedes’ misfortunes to win the Malaysian GP ahead of Max Verstappen while Lewis Hamilton recorded a DNF and Nico Rosberg was involved in a first lap collision.
A confusing start as the lights were slow to work led to a chaotic run into the first corner where Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel made contact as the Ferrari driver battled with Verstappen for position.
Rosberg was pitched into a spin, Vettel was taken out of the grand prix and Verstappen declared: “Sebastian is crazy!” The Virtual Safety Car was shown as Hamilton led the race ahead of Ricciardo and Sergio Perez.
On the restart Hamilton pulled away from Ricciardo, Verstappen took third off Perez, and Rosberg was down in 16th place.
With the championship leader seemingly out of the running for the victory it appeared as if it would be a straight run to the chequered flag for Hamilton. Red Bull had other ideas.
The decision to pit Verstappen under the first VSC saw the Dutchman take the lead, however, a swap from soft to hards for Hamilton opened the door to a one-stop strategy.
That looked to be paying dividends for the Mercedes driver who pulled 22 seconds clear of the feuding Red Bull team-mates only for his Mercedes engine to expire in flames on lap 40.
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