The Malaysian Grand Prix was one of the most dramatic races of the season so far and with great races comes great banter. Here’s how the internet reacted throughout the race weekend…
Mercedes were unstoppable in qualifying
When you can bottle your Quali laps and still get a front row #MalaysiaGP pic.twitter.com/HJpL2gATzh
— Aarav (@_aarava) October 1, 2016
But that soon changed for Rosberg
Vettel dived into Rosberg like a torpedo. What was he doing there, racing or pingpong? #F1 #MalaysiaGP
— Giedo van der Garde (@GvanderGarde) October 2, 2016
Hamilton led, Rosberg was last
— Racing Humour (@racinghumour) October 2, 2016
Verstappen called Vettel crazy
Max Versteppen: “Seriously, Vettel is crazy.”
Red Bull: “Yeah.”
Verstappen: “He just crashed into Rosberg like a ****ing idiot.” #F1 pic.twitter.com/dmgvN35urU
— F1Nova (@F1Nova) October 2, 2016
Verstappen calls Vettel crazy… #MalaysiaGP pic.twitter.com/iJK5FVbgWm
— Joe (@TrustChipmunk) October 2, 2016
The Red Bulls battled
Christian Horner right now. #MalaysiaGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/QWaZjIUSIv
— Badger GP (@BadgerGP) October 2, 2016
And then came Hamilton’s drama bomb
With Titanic is better.. #MalaysiaGP #Hamilton pic.twitter.com/kaBEF0cieN
— Greta Bassi #JB17 (@greebassi) October 2, 2016
Advantage Rosberg
F1 2016 in one picture. #F1 pic.twitter.com/82L7Hdhm8h
— Zac Jones (@TheZestyOranges) October 2, 2016
Hamilton of course became a meme
In search of some good luck, Lewis has gone to pray at the statue of Fernando, Saint of GP2 Engines. pic.twitter.com/ccBm4Gb0cR
— Grace Wilkinson (@Grace_Wilko) October 2, 2016
@wtf1couk pic.twitter.com/XwCZMety1y
— The Liam Catterson (@LiamCatterson94) October 2, 2016
When she calls you mate… pic.twitter.com/nP9oKYI6ef
— Tom (@Tom97HD) October 2, 2016
#MalaysiaGP #F1 @FakeGhostPirate @wtf1couk pic.twitter.com/tHIZLqYyNn
— elky (@elkyf1) October 2, 2016
Some people called conspiracy
When you smell a conspiracy, there is only one man to get to the bottom of Hamilton’s engine problems pic.twitter.com/sdhyCkfbdT
— WhenF1WasDifferent (@WhenF1Was) October 2, 2016
Ricciardo got his victory back
Daniel Ricciardo, driving past the Merc pits: “THIS IS FOR MONACO!” pic.twitter.com/YIW1xxJ3zv
— Grace Wilkinson (@Grace_Wilko) October 2, 2016
And made everyone shoey… well almost everyone
When you refuse to do the shoey… @AussieGrit #MalaysianGP pic.twitter.com/WrtG6MSQ7G
— Racing Humour (@racinghumour) October 2, 2016
Rosberg didn’t enjoy it though
Rosberg on doing a shoey from Ricciardo’s shoe: “I hope he doesn’t win any more races this year!” #F1
— Chris Medland (@ChrisMedlandF1) October 2, 2016