Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo held off hard-charging team mate Max Verstappen to win an incident-filled 2016 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix on Sunday, after long-time leader Lewis Hamilton retired following a fiery Mercedes engine failure. In the second Mercedes Nico Rosberg came through the pack after early drama to finish third and extend his championship lead over Hamilton to 23 points.

That was despite Rosberg picking up a 10-second time penalty for a mid-race clash with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, who finished fourth. Williams’ Valtteri Bottas took fifth ahead of the Force Indias of Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg, split by McLaren’s Fernando Alonso, who came from the back row to take seventh. Team mate Jenson Button was ninth in his 300th Grand Prix, as fellow Briton Jolyon Palmer took his first F1 point with 10th for Renault.

Daniel Ricciardo de Red Bull supero a su compañero de equipo Max Verstappen para ganar un accidentado premio de Formula Uno de Malasia este domingo, despues de que el por largo tiempo lider Lewis Hamilton, tuviera que retirarse por fallas en su motor Mercedes. el otro Mercedes de Nico Rosberg, termino en tercer lugar para extender su liderato sobre Hamilton por 23 puntos…

Y fue un pequeño despiste de Rosberg el que le costo 10 segundos de penalidad por choque con el Ferrari de Kimi Raikkonen, quien termino cuarto. Valterri Bottas termino en quinto lugar…El Español Fernando Alonso se situo en el septimo lugar.

La clasificacion general de conductores quedo asi…

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