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Malaysian GP: Verstappen wins from Hamilton, Vettel fourth

Max Verstappen took his first victory of the Formula 1 season with a dominant drive in the final Malaysian GP, as Sebastian Vettel recovered from starting last to take fourth. Red Bull's Verstappen passed pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton into Turn 1 on lap four at Sepang and from there controlled the race to take the second win of his career. Hamilton finished 12.7 seconds adrift in second, with Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo completing the podium in third. Ferrari's Vettel, running a new spec engine, hunted Ricciardo down in the closing laps, but had his challenged cooled when his team told him to back off because of concern over engine temperatures. In a bizarre incident on the slow-down lap,...
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