Lewis Hamilton’s title trusts were managed a substantial blow when his engine fizzled as he drove the Malaysian Grand Prix.
The Briton overwhelmed the race until blazes began pouring from his Mercedes on lap 43, inciting him to say on the radio: “Goodness, no, no.”
His team-mate Nico Rosberg completed third to expand his lead in the title to 23 indicates with five races go, and 125 focuses accessible.
Daniel Ricciardo beat Max Verstappen in a Red Bull one-two in a grasping race.
Tom Clarkson said, “My question is to Mercedes. We have so many engines made, but mine are the only ones failing this year.
“Someone needs to give me some answers because this is not acceptable. We are fighting for the championship and only my engines are failing. It does not sit right with me.”
Hamilton was moving to triumph on a startling one-stop procedure when his engine, and maybe his title trusts, actually went up in smoke.
He had changed over post into a lead at the main corner, and the day appeared to go his direction when Rosberg was hit by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel as a move to attempt to pass Verstappen down within turned out badly.
“I’m exhausted,” Ricciardo said. “It is such a hot race here. It was a race of challenges. Obviously Lewis got the lead and had his problem.
“I am not one for believing in a whole lot, but it went the other way in Monaco so I’ll take this, no hard feelings to Lewis. It has been pretty emotional two years since the last win and we have come so close this year, two weeks ago I said we’d win one and here we go.” The two cars impacted, and stewards chose Rosberg ought to be punished with a 10-second time punishment. Be that as it may, he figured out how to extend his lead adequately to guarantee he assumed the last platform position.
“I’m exhausted,” Ricciardo said. “It is such a hot race. It was a race of challenges. Obviously Lewis got the lead and had his problem.
“I am not one for believing in a whole lot, but it went the other way in Monaco so I’ll take this, no hard feelings to Lewis. It has been pretty emotional two years since the last win and we have come so close this year. Two weeks ago I said we’d win one and here we go.”
