All Posts Tagged With: "Malaysian Grand Prix 2009"

Scuderia in trouble after second no show of the season

Ferrari know they have to change their approach to race weekends if they are to get their championship campaign back on course.

The team has made costly mistakes in the opening races of the 2009 season which has has resulted in both their drivers failing to score a single point.  Read more... (629 words, 1 image, estimated 2:31 mins reading time)

Jenson Button won Sunday’s rain-stopped Malaysian Grand Prix, with Nick Heidfeld second and Timo Glock third. Button’s win was all the more satisfying considering the lottery the race had become by the time it was red-flagged on lap 31.  Read more... (409 words, 1 image, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Nick Heidfeld charged to second place in Sunday’s chaotic Malaysian Grand Prix thanks to a bold tyre decision by his team.

The German was one of the few drivers to stay out on full wet tyres even though it became clear that the intermediate tyres were better suited to the initial showers in Sepang.  Read more... (486 words, 1 image, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)

Jenson Button was overjoyed with his second win of the season for Brawn GP and had no qualms about finishing the race under safety car conditions again.

The Briton, who is now recognised as the man to beat in this year’s Formula One World Championship, charged to victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix – a race he described as “crazy” after torrential rain cut the event short.  Read more... (322 words, 1 image, estimated 1:17 mins reading time)

Heikki Kovalainen admits he was to blame for spinning off on the opening lap of the rain-hit Malaysian Grand Prix.

The Finn made a good start vaulting up into eleventh place from fourteenth on the grid, but he lost control of his MP4-24 on the entry to Turn 5 and buried his car in the gravel trap.  Read more... (97 words, estimated 23 secs reading time)

Lewis Hamilton says the Malaysian Grand Prix was the most dangerous race he has ever driven in as torrential rain forced race directors to stop the race.

Hamilton started the race from twelfth place but a good start allied to a long first stint brought him into play as the rain hit the track. The McLaren driver was eventually classified seventh in the shortened 32 lap race.  Read more... (266 words, estimated 1:04 mins reading time)

Timo Glock claimed his third career podium in Sunday’s rain-hit Malaysian Grand Prix courtesy of a coureagous gamble on his tyres.

When the rain began to fall on lap 21 of the shortened 32 lap race, the field bolted into the pit lane to put the full wet tyres on, but Glock gambled on the intermediate tyres.  Read more... (411 words, 1 image, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)

Button keeps his cool to win Malaysian Grand Prix as torrential rain cuts the race short.

Jenson Button charged to his second win of the season for Brawn GP but was once again forced to celebrate under safety car conditions after the race was stopped due to torrential rain.  Read more... (1047 words, 1 image, estimated 4:11 mins reading time)

The Malaysian Grand Prix has been stopped with 24 laps remaining due to torrential rain and un-drivable conditions in Sepang.

Heavy thunderstorms hit the circuit mid-race prompting the deployment of the safety car. But even under the safety car drivers were aquaplaning off the track in the torrential conditions.  Read more... (201 words, estimated 48 secs reading time)

Sepang circuit leaves McLaren with nowhere to hide as Hamilton struggles with new car.

Lewis Hamilton’s nightmare weekend translated onto the track in qualifying today as the Sepang International Circuit unearthed the full extent of McLaren’s problems with their new car.  Read more... (489 words, 1 image, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)