F1: Sebastian Vettel wins the Malaysian Grand Prix - as it happened!

What a lovely scene at the end here as Ferrari’s team celebrate a sweet victory. Vettel looks close to shedding a tear of joy. Hamilton leads the drivers’ championship on 43 points, Vettel is three points behind him. The world champion gives him a polite pat on the back as way of congratulations. That’s all from me. Thanks for reading. Stay tuned for a full report and reaction in a while! Bye!

“Fantastico, fantastico. Ferrari is back,” says an ecstatic Vettel over the radio as he embarks on a celebratory lap. He takes the 25 points, 8.569 seconds in front of Hamilton, who settles for the 18 points available for second in his 150th F1 GP. Nico Rosberg was quite a way back in third.

The four-time world champion wins for the fourth time in Malaysia and for the first time in a Ferrari, in front of Hamilton in second and Rosberg in third!

Lap 56: Vettel is on to the final lap! Ferrari victory imminent! Meanwhile, Bottas overtakes his Williams team-mate, Massa and moves into fifth.

Lap 55: We’re into the penultimate lap and the gap remains 10 seconds. Massa and Bottas are battling each other for fifth.

Lap 54: Well, well, well. Did anybody predict this happening? Ferrari’s tyre choices have been better than Mercedes but Vettel has driven superbly here. And it bodes well for those who were under the impression this was going to be a boring season.

Lap 53: It’s now 9.9 seconds but, with three laps to go, the celebratory fizz will be hitting Vettel’s lips in a few minutes.

Lap 52: Vettel’s lead is 10.2 seconds, Hamilton and Mercedes will not like this. Rosberg is third. raikonnen is fourth, in front of Massa, Bottas, Verstappen and Sainz.

Lap 51: The gap is now 10 seconds but Vettel, hilariously, overlaps his old Red Bull team in his spanking new red Ferrari.

Lap 50: Vettel’s lead remains a shade over 11 seconds.

Lap 49: And the former over takes his team-mate. The 17-year-old will become the youngest driver to score points if he manages to hold that position.

Lap 48: Verstappen and Sainz are having a good battle for seventh.

Lap 47: And the message from the radio to the race leader is: “everyone has made all their stops”. Hamilton brings the gap down to 11.1 – he needs to gain more than that.

Lap 46: Vettel’s gap is now 11.3 seconds

Lap 45: Vettel has won here three times before, Hamilton has won once. Which one is going to do it here?

Lap 44: That gap is 12.5 seconds now. Vettel laps Grosjean back in 11th, who keeps out of the way.

Lap 43: Vettel’s lead is a little over 11 seconds ahead of Hamilton and Rosberg is closing the gap on the world champion too!

Lap 42: Hamilton is now complaining about being spoken to. “Don’t talk to me going through corners,” he snaps. You wouldn’t really want to get on his wrong side, would you?

Lap 41: Hamilton has an angry radio exchange over a perceived lack of a plan. Rosberg is pitting.

Lap 40: Of course Vettel has returned to the front now but Hamilton is gaining quickly on him. He is behind Rosberg, who will be told to let him past. This is all set up for a brilliant finish.

Lap 39 cont: Hamilton is on the radio complaining about it being “the wrong tyre”

Lap 39: And Hamilton now pits! A very good 2.7 stop and he’s on to the slower tyres too to try and make it to the end.

Lap 38: That’s a decent stop, 3 seconds. Hamilton is back in front but Vettel comes out in front of Rosberg in second! He has switched to the harder tyres.

Lap 37: Vettel is heading for the pits!

Lap 36: Button and Perez pit and the latter serves his penalty.

Lap 35: Jenson Button is in 10th and looks well placed to pick up some points now Perez has a penalty.

Lap 34: Raikkonen pits from fourth place, it takes 2.5 seconds. Hamilton is now only 14 seconds behind Vettel. The leader will stop before lap 40.

Lap 33: That lead is now 16 seconds. Perez and Hulkenberg are penalised 10 seconds each.

Lap 32: Vettel’s lead is just under 20 seconds. Perez is being investigated for that aforementioned collision.

Lap 31: And Perez blocks off Grosjean and the latter spins round and round. He steadies and drives on but is down to 14th. “Can’t believe it,’ the Frenchman says.

Lap 30: Kvyat and Hulkenburg’s duel is simmering nicely in the battle for 10th. Perez and Grosjean are close behind them.

Lap 29: Rosberg overtakes Raikkonen to go third.

Lap 28: Vettel leads at the midway point, 21 seconds in front of Hamilton and 35 clear of Raikkonen. Right behind him, Rosberg is fourth.

Lap 27: We’re heading for halfway and Hamilton finds himself 22 seconds behind Vettel.