Kimi Räikkönen stood out as undisputed king at Malaysian Grand Prix after having had a disastrous weekend at Australian Grand Prix. The 16 times grand prix winner and 2007 Formula 1 champion was at the pole position after the Saturday qualifier. Kimi shared the pole position with Felipe Massa, another Ferrari driver. With both the Ferrari drivers at the pole position it was an anticipated as a day for Ferrari after it had a disappointing start in Australian grand prix by scoring just 1 point. It was grueling race with 56 laps that lasted for 1.31 hours for a race distance of 310.4 Km.
It was a good start for both Ferrari drivers; Massa taking lead around the first corner and continued to remain in 1st position for 14 laps. It was then Kimi over took Massa’s position and it a perfect sail for Kimi thereafter. Kimi got a good hold of the new rules with traction control lacking in this race for which he struggled in the last race. Its was during 30th lap that Massa lost the control being too ambitious to take over Kimi and skid sideways with rare wheel spin.
Lewis Hamilton, Australian Grand prix winner did not have a great day either during qualifying or race. He started off at 22nd position after qualifier and fought up to 2nd position and there disaster strikes again for Mclaren with a 19 sec halt at pit stop with a problem at the front right wheel. After this stop he was pushed down to 11th postion. At the end of the race, Lewis managed to drive up to 4th position efficiently maneuvering ahead of Nick Heidfeld, leaving him at 5th position.
Its been Toyota’s most competitive show with Jarno Trulli sailing past the track. Reliability and consistency has always been a concern for Toyota and have invested more money than Ferrari in order to achieve this. It has definitely paid off and was noticeable in this race.
Heikki(McLaren) has proved that he is another great find in McLaren-Mercedes camp after finishing at 3rd position with Robert Kubica at 2nd position.
At the end of the race, it was Kimi Räikkönen day out being next to perfect and did not have a single problem from the start to the finish line.
It was a good start for both Ferrari drivers; Massa taking lead around the first corner and continued to remain in 1st position for 14 laps. It was then Kimi over took Massa’s position and it a perfect sail for Kimi thereafter. Kimi got a good hold of the new rules with traction control lacking in this race for which he struggled in the last race. Its was during 30th lap that Massa lost the control being too ambitious to take over Kimi and skid sideways with rare wheel spin.
Lewis Hamilton, Australian Grand prix winner did not have a great day either during qualifying or race. He started off at 22nd position after qualifier and fought up to 2nd position and there disaster strikes again for Mclaren with a 19 sec halt at pit stop with a problem at the front right wheel. After this stop he was pushed down to 11th postion. At the end of the race, Lewis managed to drive up to 4th position efficiently maneuvering ahead of Nick Heidfeld, leaving him at 5th position.
Its been Toyota’s most competitive show with Jarno Trulli sailing past the track. Reliability and consistency has always been a concern for Toyota and have invested more money than Ferrari in order to achieve this. It has definitely paid off and was noticeable in this race.
Heikki(McLaren) has proved that he is another great find in McLaren-Mercedes camp after finishing at 3rd position with Robert Kubica at 2nd position.
At the end of the race, it was Kimi Räikkönen day out being next to perfect and did not have a single problem from the start to the finish line.
Points for top 4:
Robert Kubica - 8
Heikki Kovalainen - 6
Jarno Trulli - 5
Top 3 Teams
McLaren Mercedes – 24
BMW – 19
Ferrari - 11
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