2016 Malaysian Grand Prix grid

2016 Malaysian Grand Prix

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Row 1Lewis Hamilton 1’32.850
Mercedes
Nico Rosberg 1’33.264
Mercedes
Row 2Max Verstappen 1’33.420
Red Bull
Daniel Ricciardo 1’33.467
Red Bull
Row 3Sebastian Vettel 1’33.584
Ferrari
Kimi Raikkonen 1’33.632
Ferrari
Row 4Sergio Perez 1’34.319
Force India
Nico Hulkenberg 1’34.489
Force India
Row 5Jenson Button 1’34.518
McLaren
Felipe Massa 1’34.671
Williams
Row 6Valtteri Bottas 1’34.577
Williams
Romain Grosjean 1’35.001
Haas
Row 7Esteban Gutierrez 1’35.097
Haas
Kevin Magnussen 1’35.277
Renault
Row 8Daniil Kvyat 1’35.369
Toro Rosso
Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’35.174
Toro Rosso
Row 9Marcus Ericsson 1’35.816
Sauber
Felipe Nasr 1’35.949
Sauber
Row 10Jolyon Palmer 1’35.999
Renault
Esteban Ocon 1’36.451
Manor
Row 11Pascal Wehrlein 1’36.587
Manor
Fernando Alonso* 1’37.155
McLaren

*45-place penalty for power unit component changes

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12 comments on “2016 Malaysian Grand Prix grid”

  1. Get in there! Great session.

    Well done to Button, too…

  2. .047 between the Red Bulls and .048 between the Ferraris.

    1. All the cars are paired up pretty much. Only outnliners are Alonso (penalties), Palmer and Rosberg

  3. Out of 11 teams, 9 have their drivers directly following each other on the grid. Seems like quite a high quota, anyone has historic stats on this?

    1. Singapore 2011 had 9 teammates together as well. First five and last three rows were shared by one team.

      Only Alonso’s penalty and Palmer not being on Magnussen’s pace have prevented us from a perfect Noah’s Ark grid today!

      1. Shows how good most drivers truly are, as all (except Palmer) is driving their car to the car’s absolute best quali time. And subsequently, showing how dominant the performance of the car is, in dictating where that driver ends up on the grid and in the WDC ranking.

  4. Rosberg makes a mess of the last corner and still gets 2nd, I’m getting tired of Mercedes dominance.

    1. Only now?

  5. The Red Bull and Ferrari long run pace looked good in practise, hopefully they can get ahead of the Mercedes which is relatively poor in turbulent air, and keep them behind, for another non Mercedes winner (preferably Ricciardo)

    1. Yeah but it seems it’s going to be a bright sunny day tomorrow….. I don’t see the Ferrari’s or RedBull’s beating Merc’s on merit in the dry.

    2. It’s another “x race pace looked pretty good in practice, but Mercedes still wins an easy 1-2” episode

  6. The Red Bull and Ferrari long run pace looked good in practice, hopefully they can get ahead of the Mercedes which is relatively poor in turbulent air, and keep them behind, for another non Mercedes winner (preferably Ricciardo)

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