Daniel Ricciardo scored an unlikely and odds defying victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix as he capitalised his opportunities presented to him in an incident packed race at Sepang.
Lewis Hamilton dominated the race, which began with a Turn 1 incident that eliminated Sebastian Vettel on the spot and involved Max Verstappen and Nico Rosberg.
On lap 41 it was game over for Hamilton as he came to a halt on the exit of the Turn 1 complex, Mercedes in flames and a certain victory dashed.
This promoted Ricciardo into the lead, with his teammate Verstappen filling his mirrors. The teenager gave it all he had – clearly Multi 21 was not in the Red Bull vocabulary on this afternoon – as Verstappen made a move which nearly stuck..
But Ricciardo was up for the attack, despite running on tyres that were six laps older. More was expected as team orders were clearly not on the cards, but Hamilton’s retirement prompted a virtual yellow flag period which resulted in both Red Bull’s pitting.
Thereafter Ricciardo was untroubled as he powered to his fourth grand prix victory, ahead of Verstappen who gave his teammate a big hug in parc ferme immediately after the race.
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