He was over 20 seconds clear with 15 laps to go when disaster struck 💥 🔥 = devastated #MalaysiaGP /KEBGMYfMed- Formula 1 October 2, 2016 What went wrong I do not know and we will work to correct it,” Lauda told Sky Sports. “We should not let him down with an engine failure, it was a fairly new engine, it was not old in the car. With only five rounds to go, Hamilton has a mountain to climb to overhaul his teammate and Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda attempted to cool the public row. The German, who had been given a 10-second penalty for an overtaking move on Kimi Raikkonen, managed to open up a bigger gap over the Ferrari man by the finish to gain an extra three points, which could prove crucial in the title race. Sebastian Vettel receives a 3-place Japan grid penalty for causing a crash with Nico Rosberg in Sepang > #F1 /ApJxcPzO9r- Formula 1 October 2, 2016 Vettel was later handed a three-place grid penalty for his part in the incident. Rosberg, fighting his way back through the field after being taken out on the first corner as Ferrari’s Sebastien Vettel span out, eventually claimed a battling third place. With Hamilton sidelined, Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo took his first win of the season ahead of 19-year-old Max Verstappen, who drove another superb race to bely his tender years. “Something or someone doesn’t want me to win this year,” he added. “My questions are to Mercedes – we have lost so many engines – someone has to give me some answers, it is not acceptable,” he told BBC Sport. Read: Dominant Hamilton on pole in Malaysia

It was the latest in a series of engine and technical issues that have hindered the Briton’s bid for a third straight championship and Hamilton was implicit in his criticism of his previously all-conquering team. Two-time defending champion Hamilton was leading an incident-packed race and looked set to reclaim the championship lead from Rosberg when he was forced out on lap 41 of 56 in Sepang. A furious Lewis Hamilton lashed out at his Mercedes team after a dramatic engine blow out handed Red Bull a one-two in the Malaysian Grand Prix Sunday and left his teammate Nico Rosberg with a 23-point lead in the title race.

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