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Malaysia Race Report

Without doubt the Ferrari’s where the cars to beat this time out, however Massa managed to throw his car off the road and into the gravel to end his race. Kimi however kept his head, and finished the race on the top step of the podium.

Lewis had an on/off race, at points showing great pace, but his luck was not good, as he had issues when the tyres were graining, and had a right front wheel stick at his first stop, which culminated in his wheel deflector on that wheel not being fitted properly for the whole of his second stint. He managed to finish in fifth in the end.

It was a good battle in the final stages of the race between Hamilton and Jarno Trulli who finished a deserved fourth in the Toyota, showing that the Japanese team have real pace in the car.

Heikki raced a mature race, moving up the field and finishing third. Kubbica raced well too, to take the second spot, however there was not much footage of him through the race as he was on his own.

Heidfeld dropped off the back of Hamilton after the second pit stops, but this was because Hamilton was setting personal best times trying to overtake Trulli.

The other interesting battle at the end of the race was for seventh and eighth, and was arguably a battle of the Renault’s. Alonso’s factory Renaul was battling against Webber in the customer Renault powered Red Bull. Webber managed to hold the two times world champion off until the end of the race.

Full race report later.

So a quick rundown

1. Kimi Raikkonen – Ferrari
2. Robert Kubica – BMW Sauber
3. Heikki Kovalainen – McLaren
4. Jarno Trulli – Toyota
5. Lewis Hamilton – McLaren
6. Nick Heidfeld – BMW Sauber
7. Mark Webber – Red Bull Racing
8. Fernando Alonso – Renault