From GMM
A torrential monsoon stopped play during the Malaysian grand prix on Sunday, with winner Jenson Button only able to enjoy half-points.
With drivers needing boats with headlights rather than single seaters when the red flags were flown on lap 32, they then waited on the grid in fading light until the clock reached the maximum 2-hour time limit.
"They're dreaming if they think we can restart this one," Red Bull driver and GPDA director Mark Webber, flinching as a bolt of forked lightening struck nearby, said during the wait.
Although short, the race was action packed, with Nico Rosberg comfortably leading early, but it was clear Button's Brawn was the fastest car.
Germany's Nick Heidfeld, and Timo Glock - whose Toyota team can congratulate itself for shrewd strategy decisions as the conditions morphed from dry to wet - completed the podium.
As in Australia, Ferrari again scored no points, Kimi Raikkonen abandoning the wait for a re-start with a can of coke and chocolate ice-cream after the team feared a KERS problem amid the deluge.
Button will be taking just 5 points back to his home in Monaco, but his second win of the season gives him a clear 5-point lead in the championship over teammate Rubens Barrichello.
Referring to the safety car finish a week ago in Australia, the Briton grinned: "I still haven't seen the chequered flag without a safety car in front of it!"
Race Results
1 - Jenson Button (Brawn BGP001-Mercedes) - 31 laps 1h10:59.092
2 - Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber F1.09) - 22.722
3 - Timo Glock (Toyota TF109) - 23.513
4 - Jarno Trulli (Toyota TF109) - 46.173
5 - Rubens Barrichello (Brawn BGP001-Mercedes) - 47.360
6 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB4-Renault) - 52.333
7 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/24-Mercedes) - 1:00.733
8 - Nico Rosberg (Williams FW31-Toyota) - 1:11.576
9 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F60) - 1:16.932
10 - Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso STR4-Ferrari) - 1:42.164
11 - Fernando Alonso (Renault R29) - 1 lap
12 - Kazuki Nakajima (Williams FW31-Toyota) - 1 lap
13 - Nelson Piquet (Renault R29) - 1 lap
14 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F60) - 1 lap
15 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB4-Renault) 1 lap
16 - Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso STR4-Ferrari) - 1 lap
17 - Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM02-Mercedes) - 1 lap
18 - Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India VJM02-Mercedes) - 2 laps
Fastest lap: Jenson Button, 1:36.641
Drivers' championship classification:
1. Button 15; 2. Barrichello 10; 3. Trulli 8.5; 4. Glock 8; 5. Alonso, Heidfeld 4; 7. Rosberg 3.5; 8. Buemi 2; 9. Hamilton 1.5; 10. Bourdais 1; 11. Webber 0.5;
Constructors' championship classification:
1. Brawn GP 25; 2. Toyota 16.5; 3. Renault, BMW 4; 5. Williams 3.5; , 6. Toro Rosso 3; 7. McLaren 1.5; 8. Red Bull 0.5
Non official results
A torrential monsoon stopped play during the Malaysian grand prix on Sunday, with winner Jenson Button only able to enjoy half-points.
With drivers needing boats with headlights rather than single seaters when the red flags were flown on lap 32, they then waited on the grid in fading light until the clock reached the maximum 2-hour time limit.
"They're dreaming if they think we can restart this one," Red Bull driver and GPDA director Mark Webber, flinching as a bolt of forked lightening struck nearby, said during the wait.
Although short, the race was action packed, with Nico Rosberg comfortably leading early, but it was clear Button's Brawn was the fastest car.
Germany's Nick Heidfeld, and Timo Glock - whose Toyota team can congratulate itself for shrewd strategy decisions as the conditions morphed from dry to wet - completed the podium.
As in Australia, Ferrari again scored no points, Kimi Raikkonen abandoning the wait for a re-start with a can of coke and chocolate ice-cream after the team feared a KERS problem amid the deluge.
Button will be taking just 5 points back to his home in Monaco, but his second win of the season gives him a clear 5-point lead in the championship over teammate Rubens Barrichello.
Referring to the safety car finish a week ago in Australia, the Briton grinned: "I still haven't seen the chequered flag without a safety car in front of it!"
Race Results
1 - Jenson Button (Brawn BGP001-Mercedes) - 31 laps 1h10:59.092
2 - Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber F1.09) - 22.722
3 - Timo Glock (Toyota TF109) - 23.513
4 - Jarno Trulli (Toyota TF109) - 46.173
5 - Rubens Barrichello (Brawn BGP001-Mercedes) - 47.360
6 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB4-Renault) - 52.333
7 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/24-Mercedes) - 1:00.733
8 - Nico Rosberg (Williams FW31-Toyota) - 1:11.576
9 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F60) - 1:16.932
10 - Sebastien Bourdais (Toro Rosso STR4-Ferrari) - 1:42.164
11 - Fernando Alonso (Renault R29) - 1 lap
12 - Kazuki Nakajima (Williams FW31-Toyota) - 1 lap
13 - Nelson Piquet (Renault R29) - 1 lap
14 - Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F60) - 1 lap
15 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB4-Renault) 1 lap
16 - Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso STR4-Ferrari) - 1 lap
17 - Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM02-Mercedes) - 1 lap
18 - Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India VJM02-Mercedes) - 2 laps
Fastest lap: Jenson Button, 1:36.641
Drivers' championship classification:
1. Button 15; 2. Barrichello 10; 3. Trulli 8.5; 4. Glock 8; 5. Alonso, Heidfeld 4; 7. Rosberg 3.5; 8. Buemi 2; 9. Hamilton 1.5; 10. Bourdais 1; 11. Webber 0.5;
Constructors' championship classification:
1. Brawn GP 25; 2. Toyota 16.5; 3. Renault, BMW 4; 5. Williams 3.5; , 6. Toro Rosso 3; 7. McLaren 1.5; 8. Red Bull 0.5
Non official results