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Malaysia   08-10 Apr 2011
Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix
Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Race Distance: 56 laps, 310.408 km

The Malaysian Grand Prix is held at the spectacular Sepang International Circuit. The first of designer Hermann Tilke's F1 tracks, this course has set the standard for new era F1 venues.

With two massive straightaways leading to the very difficult downhill decreasing radius double apex turn 1, there tends to seem like there's more passing opportunity than there actually is. Many passes on the straights tend to be given back in the T1-T2 complex.

In 2010, Vettel finally broke his streak of mechanical issues and wins from 2nd on the grid over teammate Webber, beginning to show signs of the season to come. Webber took 2nd, Rosberg 3rd.
Vettel continues his domination of qualifying, but this time takes pole by only a tenth of a second over Hamilton. Red Bull teammate Webber will start 3rd, while Button is 4th behind his McLaren cohort.

Alonso will start 5th, making the top 5 on the grid the same as the last round in Australia.

The top 10 qualifiers in Malaysia:
VET HAM WEB BUT ALO HEI MAS PET ROS KOB
Vettel puts on a driving clinic winning 2 out of 2 races from pole this season. However his drive in Malaysia isn't perfect as he fights through a KERS failure for the win. Teammate Webber is also hampered when his KERS too suffered a failure at the start dropping him back on lap 1. Webber finishes 4th.

Button's smooth tire-friendly style lands him in 2nd, while Lotus Renault reach the podium again in 3rd, but this time it's Heidfeld taking the spot. Petrov fails to finish in spectacular fashion as an off over a drainage ditch sends him airborne.

Massa rounds out the top 5, just edging out teammate Alonso who loses a wing late in the race in contact with Hamilton.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th
VET
(+25)
BUT
(+18)
HEI
(+15)
WEB
(+12)
MAS
(+10)
ALO
(+8)
KOB
(+6)
HAM
(+4)
MSC
(+2)
DIR
(+1)
SUT
 
ROS
 
BUE
 
ALG
 
KOV
 
GLO
 
PET
 
LIU
 
DAM
 
TRU
 
PER
 
BAR
 
KAR
 
MAL
 
Pos Participant Driver Picks Round
Points
Season
Points
Champ.
Standings
1 owace BUT HAM HEI VET WEB 74 147 1st  
2 van BUT HAM MAS VET WEB 69 69 13th  
3 Double Phister ALO BUT HAM VET WEB 67 97 6th ↑ 5
= Rod R ALO BUT HAM VET WEB 67 140 2nd ↓ 1
= S.Monkey ALO BUT HAM VET WEB 67 67 14th ↓ 1
6 Nick ALO HAM HEI VET WEB 64 107 3rd ↑ 4
7 Tahoe RX7 BUT HAM MSC VET WEB 61 92 7th ↑ 3
8 Motoring BUT HAM HEI MAS WEB 59 81 9th ↑ 3
9 curley HEI MAS PER ROS VET 50 97 5th  
10 Chris BAR BUT HAM MAS WEB 44 83 8th  
11 Matt HAM MSC PET VET WEB 43 101 4th  
12 sperry HAM HEI MAS ROS WEB 41 74 11th ↓ 2
13 lisaab HAM MAL MAS MSC WEB 28 73 12th ↓ 6
14 Carpenterbob BAR MAL MAS MSC SUT 12 74 10th ↓ 7
Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix
Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia