Malaysian F1 GP - Results

What a race!!! First the timing of the race was shifted back to about 5pm so that more viewers from Europe can watch the race. Second, the race did not even finish!!!! The heavy downpour suspended the race. If they had not shifted the timing of the race back by 2 hours, the race would have completed in perfect weather ....

I was watching the race on TV, and must say that it was really bad weather when the rain came down on Sepang. There was hardly any visibility at all. How did the drivers know there was a bend when I can't even see the track via a car camera!!!! What a crazy race!!!.

When the red flag came out on lap 32, the order read: Button, Glock, Heidfeld (a long way behind after a spin), Trulli, Barrichello, Hamilton, Rosberg, Webber, Massa, Bourdais, Alonso, Nakajima, Piquet, Raikkonen, Sutil, Vettel, Buemi and Fisichella (who had spun twice).

At 18.52 hours (or 6.52pm) the race directors finally called it off. Button had won, it was just a matter of deciding how far they would go back to decide the order behind him. In the end, that was lap 31, giving a race finishing order of:

Button, Heidfeld, Glock; Trulli, Barrichello, Webber, Hamilton and Rosberg as the points scorers. Then: Massa, Bourdais, Alonso, Nakajima, Piquet, Raikkonen, Vettel, Buemi, Sutil and Fisichella.

Since the race had gone past the 50 percent mark but not 75 percent, half points were awarded. But for Button, it was the chance to extend his championship lead from 10 points to 15, with Barrichello next on 10 from Trulli on 8.5. In the constructors' championship, Brawn have 25 to Toyota's 16.5.

For Ferrari, the season has started really bad for them, scoring nothing after 2 races. Hope they will pick up some points soon ... starting with the Shanghai GP.