Overall, I thought it was an entertaining race. Lewis Hamilton was on pole for Sunday. Hamilton lead the race, until the safety car appeared after Marcus Ericsson spun. Hamilton pitted for tyres, while Sebastian Vettel stayed out and took the lead and stayed in the lead till the end of the race, matching the pace of the Mercedes drivers throughout the race to conclude with Sebastian Vettel to win this seasons Malaysian Grand Prix for his first race win of the season and Vettel's Forty Grand Prix win in Formula 1. And Sebastian Vettel's and Ferrari's first Grand Prix win since 2013 and Ferrari's first F1 turbo win since the 1988 Italian Grand Prix with a famous one-two finish with Gerhard Berger and Michele Alboreto.
While, current Formula 1 Champion Lewis Hamilton finished second place in the Mercedes, Hamilton was eight and a half seconds behind Vettel at the end.
Meanwhile, Hamilton's team-mate Nico Rosberg finished third place in the Mercedes, Rosberg was twelve seconds behind Vettel at the end of the fifty-six lap race.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 7
Lewis Hamilton - 8 (pole, finished second)
Nico Rosberg - 7 (finished third and fastest lap)
Red Bull Racing - 5
Daniel Ricciardo - 5 (finished tenth, lap down)
Daniil Kvyat - 6 (finished ninth, lap down)
Williams - 6
Valtteri Bottas - 7 (finished fifth)
Felipe Massa - 6 (finished sixth)
Ferrari - 9
Sebastian Vettel - 10 (race win, Forty Grand Prix win in Formula 1)
Kimi Räikkönen - 8 (finished forth)
McLaren - 7
Jenson Button - 7 (DNF, Turbo failure)
Fernando Alonso - 8 (DNF, ERS failure)
Force India - 5
Nico Hülkenberg - 6 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Sergio Pérez - 4 (finished thirteen, lap down)
Toro Rosso - 8
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 8 (finished eighth)
Max Verstappen - 9 (finished seventh)
Lotus - 7
Romain Grosjean - 7 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Pastor Maldonado - 5 (DNF, Brakes)
Manor - 8
Will Stevens - 8 (DNS, Fuel system)
Roberto Merhi - 8 (finished fifteenth, three laps down)
Sauber - 5
Marcus Ericsson - 5 (DNF, Spun off)
Felipe Nasr - 6 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Next stop China in two weeks time.
End of blog for now, new post soon, Bye.
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