Summary

  • Vettel wins, Hamilton 2nd, Rosberg 3rd

  • Emotional Vettel takes first Ferrari win in second race

  • Hamilton unhappy with Mercedes team over tyres

  • Raikkonen 4th, Bottas 5th, Massa 6th, Verstappen 7th

  • Sainz 8th, Kvyat 9th, Ricciardo 10th

  • Vettel kept pace with Mercedes all race

  • Hulkenberg and Perez given penalties for collisions

  • Ericsson, Alonso, Button, Maldonado out, Stevens does not start

Live Reporting

Gary Rose

  1. Plenty of respect shown between winner Sebastian Vettel and championship leader Lewis Hamilton as they prepare to walk out on to the podium. "So good, so quick!" says Hamilton to his rival.

  2. Vettel celebrates Malaysian GP win

    Sebastian Vettel leaps on to his car and laps up the applause. A first win for him since Brazil in 2013, and he is loving it.

  3. David Coulthard
    BBC F1 co-commentator

    "Vettel is celebrating like he has won the World Championship!"

  4. Malaysian Grand Prix result

    Formula 1

    11) Grosjean 12) Nasr 13) Perez 14) Hulkenberg 15) Merhi

  5. David Coulthard
    BBC F1 co-commentator

    "Thoroughly well deserved by Vettel and Ferrari. An incredible performance. They have trounced the opposition with this performance."

  6. Pure unbridled joy over the Ferrari team radio. "Yes, yes, yes, yes. Great drive, great drive. Ferrari is back, fantastico!" an Italian voice tells Sebastian Vettel.

    Winners podium

  7. Malaysian Grand Prix result

    Formula 1

    1) Vettel 2) Hamilton 3) Rosberg 4) Raikkonen 5) Bottas 6) Massa 7) Verstappen 8) Sainz 9) Kvyat 10) Ricciardo

  8. "Woooooohoooo!" screams Sebastian Vettel. "Grazie! Grazie! Grazie!"

    I think he's happy...

  9. Champagne moment

    Sebastian Vettel punches the air with delight, what a race from the former world champion! A first win for Ferrari since 2013.

  10. Chequered flag

    SEBASTIAN VETTEL WINS THE MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX.

  11. LAST LAP

    Sebastian Vettel is coasting to victory here, 10.2 seconds separate him and Lewis Hamilton heading into the last lap and what a statement this will be from Ferrari.

  12. LAP 55

    A closely fought battle between the Williams of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas. Bottas tries to get the better of Massa but can't and has to back off, but then has another attempt...and succeeds and he is into fifth.

  13. David Coulthard
    BBC F1 co-commentator

    "Unless unreliability plays its part, I think we have the podium fixed."

  14. LAP 53

    Nico Rosberg has third consolidated with Kimi Raikkonen 38 seconds behind. Two Mercedes on the podium it would seem but there will still be disappointment in their garage. They'll have wanted, and expected, the win.

  15. Get involved

    Richard, Bedford: Funny how the Lewis-haters come out to play when he doesn't win. He has driven another great race against poor team tyre choice. Ferrari quick but not there yet. Great race though....

  16. David Coulthard
    BBC F1 co-commentator

    "Hamilton needs to do something Houdini like to close this gap - unless Vettel has an issue."

  17. LAP 52

    Pastor Maldonado is out of the race. After retiring in the first race in Australia he has now failed to complete the opening two races of any season he has competed in.

    At the business end of the field, Sebastian Vettel leads Lewis Hamilton by 10.6 seconds...

  18. LAP 51

    Meanwhile, Manor are on course to get their sole car in this race to the end, Roberto Merhi is currently in 15th with five laps to go.

  19. LAP 50

    Lewis Hamilton shaves 0.6 seconds off Sebastian Vettel's advantage but that will not be enough to catch him before the finish. The Ferrari leads by 10.2s.

    This is like watching the Vettel of old, calming and confidently winding his way round the Sepang circuit as he closes in on victory.

  20. David Coulthard
    BBC F1 co-commentator

    "We're going to have to get Nico Rosberg a highlights package of the race so he can see what has happened - he has spent a lot of time wondering what is going on around him. The first priority is concentrating on what is happening directly in front of you. The team radio gives you a psychological boost but does not give you pure performance at the next corner."