Ricciardo wins Malaysian GP, Rosberg finishes third


Sepang (Malaysia), Oct 2 (IANS): Red Bull's Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo on Sunday won the Malaysian Grand Prix, the 16th round of the Formula One World Championship, as Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton suffered engine failure.

Ricciardo's Dutch teammate Max Verstappen finished in second place and Mercedes' German Nico Rosberg came in the third spot, reports Efe.

"It's been pretty emotional, two years since the last win. I said we'd win one this year, and here we go," Ricciardo said.

Hamilton suffered engine failure, causing him to drop out while he was leading the race with 15 laps. Hamilton, who had started from pole position, was leading the race ahead of the two Red Bull drivers when flames started pouring from his car on the hot Malaysian track.

"No! No!" the distraught driver screamed as he was forced to exit the race. Mercedes later confirmed that Hamilton had suffered an internal combustion engine failure.

Rosberg, who won the Singapore Grand Prix two weeks ago, remains on the top spot in the Formula One drivers' standings with 288 points -- 23 more than Hamilton and 84 ahead of Ricciardo, who is third in the championship.

Finnish Kimi Raikkonen, racing for Ferrari, came fourth at Sepang, ahead of his countryman Valtteri Bottas, driving with Williams Martini Racing, in fifth place.

Mexican Sergio Perez finished sixth, ahead of Spanish driver Fernando Alonso in seventh.

  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: Ricciardo wins Malaysian GP, Rosberg finishes third



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.