Round seventeen of the season sees F1 head to the classic circuit at Sukzua in Japan. The circuit has hosted the race since 1987 expect two in the late 2000’s and its figure of eight layout give drivers a unique roll coaster ride around 3.6 miles with challenging corners around the fifty three lap race.
Daniel Ricciardo took his first victory of the season after holding off team-mate Max Verstappen for a Red Bull one two. Hamilton’s Race Lewis Hamilton had a good race and he could have taken the victory which he needed to do this weekend. Hamilton was very confirble during that race in Sepang until the failure
Po Name Team Time Points 1 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull – Tag Heuer 01:37:12.776 25 2 Max Verstappen Red Bull – Tag Heuer +00:02.443 18 3 Nico Rosberg Mercedes +00:25.516 15 4 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari +00:28.785 12 5 Valtteri Bottas Williams – Mercedes +01:01.582 10 6 Sergio Perez Force India – Mercedes +01:03.794 8 7
Daniel Ricciardo put together a brilliant race victory and the fourth of his career after holding of team-mate Max Verstappen at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Ricciardo was handed victory after Mercedes Lewis Hamilton retired from the lead after his engine failed on lap fourth one. Hamilton looked until the point of the failure to be
Pos Name Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:34.444 01:33.046 01:32.850 2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 01:34.460 01:33.609 01:33.264 3 Max Verstappen Red Bull – Tag Heuer 01:35.443 01:33.775 01:33.420 4 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull – Tag Heuer 01:35.443 01:33.888 01:33.264 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 01:34.557 01:33.972 01:33.584 6 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 01:34.556 01:33.903
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest ever lap at Sepang on his way to a dominate pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix. The world champion looked strong through-out the session to take pole by half a second over team-mate Nico Rosberg. Hamilton was hoping this weekend to retake control of the world championship after he
