Following on from last week’s bit of fun, summing up everyone’s performances in Australia in just six words per driver or team, here’s our look at the winners and losers in Malaysia.
Overall race report
Ferrari fightback gives Kimi comfortable victory
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Drivers
- 1: Kimi Raikkonen
- This is more what we expected
- 2: Robert Kubica
- Outpaced McLaren without unduly troubling Ferarri
- 3: Heikki Kovalainen
- Won’t settle for being Hamilton’s sidekick
- 4: Jarno Trulli
- Strong all weekend, fourth on merit
- 5: Lewis Hamilton
- Off pace even without pitstop disaster
- 6: Nick Heidfeld
- First corner impact cost him podium
- 7: Mark Webber
- Solid drive without usual bad luck
- 8: Fernando Alonso
- Establishing himself well in crowded midfield
- 9: David Coulthard
- A cooler performance though sometimes outpaced
- 10: Jenson Button
- Steady race contributes to Honda recovery
- 11: Nelson Piquet Jr
- Unremarkable, but good recovery after Melbourne
- 12: Giancarlo Fisichella
- Drove uncompetitive car to its limit
- 13: Rubens Barrichello
- Fairly anonymous, suffered pitlane speeding penalty
- 14: Nico Rosberg
- Forgettable race even without early incident
- 15: Anthony Davidson
- Beat team-mate, sounded quite perky
- 16: Takuma Sato
- Had traffic, ran wide, still pleased
- 17: Kazuki Nakajima
- Initially racey until puncture, spun later
- DNF: Sebastian Vettel
- Was holding position when engine blew
- DNF: Felipe Massa
- Gave more ammunition to his critics
- DNF: Adrian Sutil
- Another mechanical retirement – hydraulics this time
- DNF: Timo Glock
- Unlucky exit, dumped out by Rosberg
- DNF: Sebastien Bourdais
- Philosophical about exit, will learn lessons
Teams
- McLaren
- Off pace, pitstop wrecked Hamilton’s fightback
- BMW Sauber
- Unlucky not to get double podium
- Ferrari
- Dominant weekend, Massa is weak link
- Williams
- Slumped badly after last week’s celebrations
- Renault
- Alonso solid, Piquet’s development is crucial
- Toyota
- Days like this give them hope
- Red Bull
- Questionable pace but hey – they finished
- Toro Rosso
- Early crash, blown engine – deja vu
- Honda
- Not near points, but still encouraging
- Force India
- Made good choice in signing Fisi
- Super Aguri
- Stabilising nicely after torrid few months
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