2011 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur)

So... despite the heat... the bulls continue to charge! Admittedly, SV did a fantastic job with the qualification although I would still maintain that if he hadn't gotten pole, the story could be quite different.

The McLarens are also beginning to show their true colours & once again, as suspected, LH just doesn't do well with taking care of his tyres. This is clearly evidenced when compared to JB who managed to get 3rd despite qualifying 4th.

Ferrari continue to struggle and it looks like 2010 all over again (Bummer!). One can only hope that things will turn around once the troop gets back to Europe.


BTW, for those unaware, FA & LH received a 20s penalty for 2 separate incidents, which changes our league results a little. Results as follows :

2011 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur)
Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	56	37:39.8	1	25
2	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+3.2 secs	4	18
3	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	56	+25.0 secs	6	15
4	2	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	56	+26.3 secs	3	12
5	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+36.9 secs	7	10
6	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	+57.2 secs	5	8
7	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+66.4 secs	10	6
8	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+69.9 secs	2	4
9	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	56	+84.8 secs	11	2
10	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	56	+91.5 secs	14	1
11	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	55	+ 1 Lap	17
12	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	55	+1 Lap	9
13	18	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	12
14	19	Jaime Alguersuari	STR-Ferrari	55	+1 Lap	13
15	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	55	+1 Lap	19
16	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	54	+2 Laps	21
17	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	52	Accident	8
Ret	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	46	Rear wing issue	23
Ret	25	Jerome d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	42	Accident	22
Ret	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	31	Clutch	20
Ret	17	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	23	Accident	16
Ret	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	22	Hydraulics	15
Ret	22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	14	Hydraulics	24
Ret	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	8	Engine misfire	18

2011 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX (Kuala Lumpur)
	Choice						Points	Previous	Total	Pos
C&AL	SV	25	LH	4	JB	18	47	51	98	1
DF	SV	25	LH	4	JB	18	47	51	98	2
CCK	SV	25	LH	4	JB	18	47	43	90	3
TC	SV	25	LH	4	FA	8	37	53	90	4
VF	SV	25	MW	12	JB	18	55	30	85	5
R&SW	SV	25	LH	4	FA	8	37	47	84	6
EDS	SV	25	LH	4	FA	8	37	47	84	7
NF	SV	25	JB	18	FA	8	51	30	81	8