J.Button again on the podium, escapade of Scuderia Ferrari in qualification
This year's second GP was interrupted half-way through because of heavy rain which is a pretty rare occurrence in history. Therefore the points had to be split in halves. J.Button won the qualification easily, Trulli second this time. In the qualification Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro showed another of their escapades. Are they linking to the series of failures in the last year? Thank to the mistake of the team management F.Massa finished eighth on the grid, as his practice results put the team at a false ease and they did not send him to further qualification laps. Felipe could only watch the other drivers clearing his time. It was hot not only in the air, but also in McLaren Mercedes. Unfortunately, lying and deception of L.Hamilton, which will mark him for the rest of his life, cost a race engineer D.Ryan a place, as he was suspended instantly (Hamilton's wrongdoing in Australia that cost him all points from the first race). The 35 degree Celsius air, drivers boiling in the cockpit at 70 degrees. N.Piquet and H.Kovalainen retired immediately after the first lap, the second brought bad luck to Kubica, whose engine gave in.
Starting grid of Malaysian GP:
J.Button |
J.Trulli |
T.Glock |
N.Rosberg |
M.Webber |
R.Kubica |
K. Räikkönen |
R.Barrichello |
F.Alonso |
N.Heidfeld |
K.Nakajima |
L.Hamilton |
S.Vettel |
H.Kovalainen |
S.Bourdais |
F.Massa |
N.Piquet |
G.Fisichella |
A.Sutil |
S.Buemi |
The hot air of the qualification gave place to the heavy rain the following day, which interupted and finished the race on the lap 24.Final standings: J.Button, T.Glock,N.Heidfeld.
Classification after 2 races:
1. |
J.Button |
15 |
2. |
R.Barrichello |
10 |
3. |
J.Trulli |
8,5 |
4. |
T.Glock |
8 |
5. |
N.Heidfled |
4 |
6. |
F.Alonso |
4 |
7. |
N.Rosberg |
3,5 |
8. |
S.Buemi |
2 |
9. |
M.Webber |
1,5 |
10. |
L.Hamilton |
1 |
11. |
S.Bourdais |
1 |
12. |
H.Kovalainen |
0 |
13. |
S.Vettel |
0 |
14. |
K.Nakajima |
0 |
15. |
F.Massa |
0 |
16. |
A.Sutil |
0 |
17. |
K. Räikkönen |
0 |
18. |
N.Piquet |
0 |
19. |
R.Kubica |
0 |
20. |
G.Fisichella |
0 |
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