Sebastian Vettel wins Malaysian GP

"A very good result for us, especially for me, after two races where we didn't finish where we wanted to be,'' Vettel said.


Vettel passed pole-sitter and teammate Mark Webber in the first corner and held the lead throughout, capping off a 1-2finish for Red Bull. Nico Rosberg finished third for Mercedes as forecast rain stayed away from the 3.44-mile Sepang circuit.
Despite getting away well Webber lost pole at the first corners, and Vettel - who retired from the lead in Melbourne last weekend - took a comfortable victory.
Nico Rosberg secured a maiden podium for Mercedes, who lost seven-times champion Michael Schumacher with a wheel nut issue after only 11 laps.
Briton Lewis Hamilton shot up the inside ahead of the first corner, making up seven places -including that of world champion team-mate Jenson Button- for 13th with Felipe Massa following Hamilton all the way.
He finished the race sixth ahead of the Brazilian, with Button eighth. Robert Kubica took fourth for Renault ahead of Adrian Sutil of Force India.
Jaime Alguersuari and Nico Hulkenberg rounded out the points positions.
Once Vettel's electric start allowed him to sneak through in the turn one-turn two complex at Sepang, he dropped into second only once - over the extra couple of laps for which Webber stayed out during the pitstops.
The two RB6s quickly left the following Rosberg and Kubica behind and were alone for practically the entire race.
The only issue for them arose when the right-front wheelgun during Webber's stop - on lap 24 - would not come away immediately, costing him a couple of seconds.
That saw Hamilton, who had quickly made up another three places and saw the field ahead of him disappear into the pits, spend some time in P2. He stayed out longer than everyone other than Fernando Alonso, who retired with only two laps remaining while trying to get past Button.
As Hamilton re-emerged from the pits on lap 31 the McLarenpair were wheel to wheel, with the 2008 world champion just keeping the racing line ahead of the reigning champ.
Button, who had taken 14th from Alonso in the early laps after making up two spots himself off the line, pitted as early as lap 10 and suffered in the latter stages with well-worn tyres.
With 12 laps remaining he had to relinquish eighth to Massa, who immediately set about catching Hamilton. The Briton had been all over Sutil, but dropped back in the last laps to concentrate on fending off his title rival from two years ago.
Alonso ran wide after passing Button and smoke immediately began to pour from the back of the F10, signalling the end of his race.
Heikki Kovalainen was also unclassified while Vitaly Petrov, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Timo Glock and Kamui Kobayashi all saw their races ended by mechanical faults - while Kobayashi's team-mate Pedro de la Rosa never made it to the start line, his Sauber coming to a stop at turn three as the drivers made their way around the circuit to the grid.
Sebastien Buemi fought for 11th in the Toro Rosso, ahead of Williams' Rubens Barrichello, Alonso, Lucas Di Grassi of Virgin, Hispania pair Karun Chandhok and Bruno Senna and the ailing Lotus of Jarno Trulli.Next up is the Chinese Grand Prix on April 18.

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Melbourne F1 Grand Prix -Button wins Melbourne thriller for McLaren

Jenson Button moved within six points of the world championship lead with a superbly judged victory for McLaren in a dramatic Australian Grand Prix that firmly gave the lie to suggestions that Formula One racing is boring.
A rain shower just before the start saw the field start on intermediate Bridgestone tyres, and after a brush between Button, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Mercedes' Michael Schumacher, then a heavy crash involving BMW Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi, Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi and Williams' Nico Hulkenberg in Turn Six, the safety car was deployed.
When racing resumed on Lap Five drivers then had to judge the best time to switch to slick tyres as the track began to dry out in places. Button made the decision first, but it seemed premature as he momentarily slid off the road as he rejoined from his pit stop on Lap Six.
By Lap Eight, however there were wholesale pit stops as the road dried out, by which time the Englishman had climbed back up the order. When the final stops had been completed by Lap 11 Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel had a one-second lead over Button, with hard-tyred Robert Kubica third for Renault ahead of a mighty scrap between Mercedes' Nico Rosberg, fast-starting Felipe Massa for Ferrari, Red Bull's Mark Webber and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton as, further back, Alonso recovered having been spun to the back of the pack at the start.
Soon Vettel and Button had left Kubica to his own devices, and the Red Bull driver seemed to have things under control. But on the 20th lap the German speared off into the gravel in Turn 13, handing Button the lead he held comfortably until the end. It is possible that the Red Bull suffered a wheel-related failure.
Behind Button, Kubica drove a brilliant race to hold off Hamilton, who had fought up to third after passing Webber and Massa. But a second tyre stop dropped the 2008 champion back and obliged him to fight again to catch Massa and Alonso who moved to third and fourth places. Hamilton and Webber had a fabulous fight as they drew closer and closer to the red cars, with Rosberg pulling up to join them and make the fight for second a six-car affair in the closing stages.
On Lap 56 Hamilton got alongside and fractionally ahead of Alonso, but the Spaniard braked super late, locked up and just maintained the position, and as Hamilton was obliged to back off a fraction Webber charged into the back of him, spinning them both off. The Australian was subsequently reprimanded for causing the collision.
Thus Kubica brought the Renault home a brilliant second from Massa, with Alonso fourth from Rosberg and the recovered Hamilton, who had put in the drive of the race.
Behind them, Vitantonio Liuzzi drove another unobtrusive but beautifully-controlled race for Force India, dealing with Pedro de la Rosa's BMW Sauber and holding eighth until the Webber/Hamilton incident elevated him to seventh. Rubens Barrichello again brought the Williams home in the points, this time eighth, ahead of the recovered Webber.
The final point went to Schumacher, who had a bruising afternoon after his first-corner altercation. He spent most of it getting a driving lesson from young Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari, but at one stage he was also repassed by Timo Glock's Virgin and Heikki Kovalainen's Lotus as he fought back up the field. In the end he got past Alguersuari, and then jumped De la Rosa, but this was undoubtedly a tough afternoon for the multiple champ.
Alguersuari finished 11th on a day when he truly earned his F1spurs, ahead of De la Rosa, while Lotus again earned top new team honours courtesy of Kovalainen's 13th place. Behind him, Karun Chandhok scored his and the HRT team's first-ever finish, at the second attempt.
The first-lap contretemps saw Kobayashi damage his BMW Sauber's front wing, and when it folded back under the car he was a passenger as it went out of control in Turn Six and he smashed into Buemi's Toro Rosso and Hulkenberg's Williams. All three cars were eliminated immediately, while Jarno Trulli counted as the first official retirement when his Lotus was wheeled off the grid and was unable to restart from the pits.
HRT's Bruno Senna retired early with yet more hydraulic problems, while Renault's Vitaly Petrov retired when he spun. Force India's Adrian Sutil fell prey to mechanical problems, while both Virgins also failed to go the distance.
After a gripping race Alonso still leads the world championship with 37 points to Massa's 33, Button's 31, Hamilton's 23 and Rosberg's 20. In the constructors' stakes, Ferrari still lead with 70 from McLaren on 54, Mercedes on 29 and Renault and Red Bull on 18.

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