Formula 1
Ferrari
P3 · 214 points
Ferrari
P3 · 214 pointsFerrari
P6 · 156 pointsShown seasons are the imported archive; missing years do not mean zero results.
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time / gap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | +22.382s | 8 |
Lewis Hamilton finished third at Sepang, 4.919 seconds behind Max Verstappen, and said the call at the start had been wrong. He recalled that the team chose soft tyres before the race and that he later waited for the track to dry.
Lewis Hamilton says he will try to stay with Max Verstappen in the Sepang race, while warning that managing overheating tyres will be a different challenge from qualifying.
Isack Hadjar called his five-place penalty a major disappointment after qualifying third at Sepang. The FIA said it put him eighth on the grid; its race classification lists him fifth.
Max Verstappen qualified ahead of Lewis Hamilton at Sepang, putting the pair in that order at the front of qualifying for the first time since Abu Dhabi in 2021.