I'm not sure why Alonso and Button were so short before the AGP weekend given the well documented issues McLaren have had.

Malaysian Grand Prix 2015 Result
 

Pos. No. Country Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid

1 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 56 1:41:05.793 2
2 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 56 +8.569 1
3 6 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes 56 +12.310 3
4 7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 56 +53.822 11
5 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 56 +1:10.409 8
6 19 Brazil Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 56 +1:13.586 7
7 33 Netherlands Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Renault 56 +1:37.762 6
8 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Toro Rosso-Renault 55 +1 Lap 15
9 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-Renault 55 +1 Lap 5
10 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 55 +1 Lap 4
11 8 France Romain Grosjean Lotus-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 10
12 12 Brazil Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 16
13 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 14
14 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Force India-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 13
15 98 Spain Roberto Merhi Marussia-Ferrari 53 +3 Laps 19
Ret 13 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Mercedes 46 Brakes 12
Ret 22 United Kingdom Jenson Button McLaren-Honda 40 Turbo 17
Ret 14 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda 20 Power Unit 18
Ret 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 2 Spun off 9
DNS 28 United Kingdom Will Stevens Marussia-Ferrari 0 Fuel system 20

Been a while!

Rosberg has a 33 points lead with 4 races to go. With only 100 points on offer and Nico in good form he will be hard to beat.

Rosberg $1.20
Hamilton $4.00

Rosberg now has lead of 26 points with 3 races to go

Rosberg $1.25
Hamilton $4.33

Rosberg to win only needs to finish second twice and third once
Hamilton needs to win all the three remaining races, Rosberg to finish one fourth or lower, or two of them in third

2016 US Grand Prix result
1 L Hamilton Mercedes 25pts
2 N Rosberg Mercedes 18 pts
3 D Ricciardo Red Bull Racing 15pts
4 S Vettel Ferrari 12pts
5 F Alonso McLaren Honda 10pts

Rosberg now has lead of 19 points with 2 races to go

Rosberg $1.25
Hamilton $4.51

2016 Mexican Grand Prix result
1 L Hamilton Mercedes 25pts
2 N Rosberg Mercedes 18 pts
3 D Ricciardo Red Bull 15pts
4 M. Verstappen Toro Rosso 12pts
5 S. Vettel Ferrari 10pts

Rosberg now has lead of 12 points with 1 race to go

Rosberg $1.25
Hamilton $4.85

2016 Brazil Grand Prix result
1 L Hamilton Mercedes 25pts
2 N Rosberg Mercedes 18 pts
3 M. Verstappen Red Bull 15pts
4 S Perez Force India 12pts
5 S. Vettel Ferrari 10pts

2016 Abu Dhabi result
1 L Hamilton Mercedes 25pts
2 N Rosberg Mercedes 18 pts
3 S. Vettel Ferrari 15pts
4 M. Verstappen Red Bull 12pts
5 D Ricciardo Red Bull 10pts

World champion Nico Rosberg has announced he has retired from Formula 1 with immediate effect.

The 31-year-old German won his first world title on Sunday, beating Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by finishing second in the final race in Abu Dhabi.

"I have climbed my mountain, I am on the peak, so this feels right," Rosberg said.

Rosberg won nine of this season's 21 grands prix, beating three-time champion Hamilton by five points.

"For 25 years in racing, it has been my dream, my 'one thing', to become Formula 1 world champion," he added.

"Through the hard work, the pain, the sacrifices, this has been my target. And now I've made it."

The son of Finnish 1982 world champion Keke, Rosberg made his F1 debut for Williams at the Bahrain Grand Prix in 2006, finishing seventh.

And when asked if there was any chance of a return, Rosberg added: "No definitely not. End of story. Done."

By Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer

Shock news indeed with Nico's retirement.

Given the sweeping regulation changes for the 2017 season, I expect to see some good value next year.

I am tempted to place a few bets PRIOR to pre-season testing, and then making an assessment post pre-season testing for the season proper.

I expect Red Bull lead by Adrian Newey to have a fair crack at the WDC next year which is expected to be a more aero formula.

interview following Nico's retirement announcement
some interesting stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTjovArrtqI