From GMM
Sebastian Vettel extended his championship lead on Sunday by winning the Malaysian grand prix from the pole position.
"In the heat we stayed cool," said the reigning world champion and Red Bull driver, who is now 24 points ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button, who finished second on Sunday.
Vettel won despite being asked not to use the KERS, after teammate Mark Webber's unit failed. The team "didn't want to risk" more problems.
"We were just careful as we were racing McLaren and we could see from the laptimes that KERS was not necessary for Vettel. We were quick enough without it," explained team consultant Helmut Marko.
Lewis Hamilton faded in the last part of the race and was further slowed with a hit from behind by Fernando Alonso, but with Button within sight of the winner, McLaren is confident for the coming races.
"The step we've made from the last race to here is very impressive," said Button, his boss Martin Whitmarsh adding: "We will run a new floor in China on Friday."
"We went about the grand prix in a different way," said Red Bull's Christian Horner. "We focused more on the race and less on qualifying. China will be another challenge because it will be much cooler."
Malaysian Grand PrixProvisional Results:
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 56 1:37:39.832 1 25
2 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 56 +3.2 secs 4 18
3 9 Nick Heidfeld Renault 56 +25.0 secs 6 15
4 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 56 +26.3 secs 3 12
5 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 56 +36.9 secs 7 10
6 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 56 +37.2 secs 5 8
7 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 56 +49.9 secs 2 6
8 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 56 +66.4 secs 10 4
9 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 56 +84.8 secs 11 2
10 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 56 +91.5 secs 14 1
11 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 55 + 1 Lap 17
12 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 9
13 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 12
14 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 13
15 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 55 +1 Lap 19
16 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 54 +2 Laps 21
17 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 52 Accident 8
DNF:
Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 46 +10 Laps 23
Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 42 Accident 22
Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 31 Clutch 20
Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 23 +33 Laps 16
Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 22 +34 Laps 15
Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 14 +42 Laps 24
Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 8 +48 Laps 18
Constructors' Championship: 1. RBR-Renault 72, 2. McLaren-Mercedes 50, 3. Ferrari 36, 4. Renault 30, 5. STR-Ferrari 4, 6. Sauber-Ferrari 4, 7. Force India-Mercedes 4, 8. Mercedes 2.
Drivers' Championship: 1. Sebastian Vettel 50, 2. Jenson Button 26, 3. Lewis Hamilton24, 4. Mark Webber 22, 5. Fernando Alonso 20, 6. Felipe Massa 16, 7. Nick Heidfeld 15, 8. Vitaly Petrov 15, 9. Sebastien Buemi 4, 10. Kamui Kobayashi 4, 11. Adrian Sutil 2, 12. Michael Schumacher 2, 13. Paul di Resta 2.
Sebastian Vettel extended his championship lead on Sunday by winning the Malaysian grand prix from the pole position.
"In the heat we stayed cool," said the reigning world champion and Red Bull driver, who is now 24 points ahead of McLaren's Jenson Button, who finished second on Sunday.
Vettel won despite being asked not to use the KERS, after teammate Mark Webber's unit failed. The team "didn't want to risk" more problems.
"We were just careful as we were racing McLaren and we could see from the laptimes that KERS was not necessary for Vettel. We were quick enough without it," explained team consultant Helmut Marko.
Lewis Hamilton faded in the last part of the race and was further slowed with a hit from behind by Fernando Alonso, but with Button within sight of the winner, McLaren is confident for the coming races.
"The step we've made from the last race to here is very impressive," said Button, his boss Martin Whitmarsh adding: "We will run a new floor in China on Friday."
"We went about the grand prix in a different way," said Red Bull's Christian Horner. "We focused more on the race and less on qualifying. China will be another challenge because it will be much cooler."
Malaysian Grand PrixProvisional Results:
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 56 1:37:39.832 1 25
2 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 56 +3.2 secs 4 18
3 9 Nick Heidfeld Renault 56 +25.0 secs 6 15
4 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 56 +26.3 secs 3 12
5 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 56 +36.9 secs 7 10
6 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 56 +37.2 secs 5 8
7 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 56 +49.9 secs 2 6
8 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 56 +66.4 secs 10 4
9 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 56 +84.8 secs 11 2
10 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 56 +91.5 secs 14 1
11 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 55 + 1 Lap 17
12 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 55 +1 Lap 9
13 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 12
14 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 55 +1 Lap 13
15 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 55 +1 Lap 19
16 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 54 +2 Laps 21
17 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 52 Accident 8
DNF:
Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 46 +10 Laps 23
Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 42 Accident 22
Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 31 Clutch 20
Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 23 +33 Laps 16
Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 22 +34 Laps 15
Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 14 +42 Laps 24
Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 8 +48 Laps 18
Constructors' Championship: 1. RBR-Renault 72, 2. McLaren-Mercedes 50, 3. Ferrari 36, 4. Renault 30, 5. STR-Ferrari 4, 6. Sauber-Ferrari 4, 7. Force India-Mercedes 4, 8. Mercedes 2.
Drivers' Championship: 1. Sebastian Vettel 50, 2. Jenson Button 26, 3. Lewis Hamilton24, 4. Mark Webber 22, 5. Fernando Alonso 20, 6. Felipe Massa 16, 7. Nick Heidfeld 15, 8. Vitaly Petrov 15, 9. Sebastien Buemi 4, 10. Kamui Kobayashi 4, 11. Adrian Sutil 2, 12. Michael Schumacher 2, 13. Paul di Resta 2.