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Kuala Lumpur: Mercedes\u2019 Lewis Hamilton won the Malaysian Grand Prix with a pole-to-flag victory ahead of Nico Rosberg, while Red Bull\u2019s Sebastian Vettel finished third here on Sunday.<\/p>\nKuala Lumpur: Mercedes\u2019 Lewis Hamilton won the Malaysian Grand Prix with a pole-to-flag victory ahead of Nico Rosberg, while Red Bull\u2019s Sebastian Vettel finished third here on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Hamilton won the race by 17.3 seconds, his 23rd career victory and first in Malaysia at the eighth attempt.<\/p>\n
Rosberg, who won the season opener in Australia two weeks ago, started in third place, but squeezed past quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel into the first corner and was able to keep the Red Bull at bay and stay top of the driver standings.<\/p>\n
Hamilton said he was really, really happy with just a great performance by the team.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Vettel said, “We have certainly made a good step forwards, but we still have a lot of work to do. It\u2019s great to get a podium finish today. Considering where we were, not even two months ago, I think this weekend is a massive step in the right direction. It’s a shame we didn’t finish with both cars, but it\u2019s good to see the car is quick and we need the laps; for now it’s important to collect points. The guys are pushing back in the factory and at Renault \u2013 it\u2019s been a massive job from them \u2013 and we\u2019ll try to be up there very soon again. It was a shame to lose a place at the start, but third was our maximum position today, so I’m very happy with that. It\u2019s a shame for Daniel with what happened, he drove really well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kuala Lumpur: Mercedes\u2019 Lewis Hamilton won the Malaysian Grand Prix with a pole-to-flag victory ahead of Nico Rosberg, while Red Bull\u2019s Sebastian Vettel finished third here on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Hamilton won the race by 17.3 seconds, his 23rd career victory and first in Malaysia at the eighth attempt.<\/p>\n
Rosberg, who won the season opener in Australia two weeks ago, started in third place, but squeezed past quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel into the first corner and was able to keep the Red Bull at bay and stay top of the driver standings.<\/p>\n
Hamilton said he was really, really happy with just a great performance by the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing-racing"],"yoast_head":"\n