Malaysian Grand Prix

Felipe Massa on Sunday did not take the blame for his retirement from the Malaysian Grand Prix.The pole-sitter, who had fallen behind his team-mate and eventual Grand Prix winner Kimi Raikkonen through the first round of pit stops at Sepang, mysteriously spun into the gravel around mid-distance.“I don`t know what happened, I just lost the […]

With Raikkonen, Kubica and Kovalainen After a disappointing start to the season in Australia, Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrari were back on form today in Malaysia as they dominated the 56-lap Grand Prix to take the win ahead of Robert Kubica and Heikki Kovalainen…
 

Raikkonen, Kubica and Kovalainen take questions Kimi Raikkonen, Robert Kubica and Heikki Kovalainen take questions from the media following the second round of the championship in Malaysia…
 

Following his dominant performance in Melbourne, McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton had set a formidable benchmark for his 2008 season. But a week later at Sunday’s Malaysian Grand Prix the situation couldn’t be more different, with Hamilton forced onto the back foot after a difficult Sepang weekend.
Hamilton’s troubles started on Saturday, with both he and team mate […]

1st Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), 1h31m18.555s; 2nd Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber), 1h31m38.125s; 3rd Heikki Kovlainen (McLaren), 1h31m57.005s.
Q: Kimi, that was a fantastic win and from the start it looked like a very close race between you and your team-mate Felipe Massa. Kimi Raikkonen: Yeah, I think so. We were pretty similar speed-wise. Once he went into […]

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Fernando Alonso - 8th: “I did the best that I could today and I scored the final point. We were able see that in normal race conditions we are a little far away in terms of performance. Our goal for the moment is to try and score points at each race and to work hard […]

Heikki Kovalainen - 3rd: “I am pretty happy with my third place today, considering yesterday`s penalty, and it was probably the best possible result for us in these circumstances. Our strategy worked really well and it meant that I was able to be in clean air for most of the race.
“The team really did […]

Robert Kubica - 2nd: “It`s a fantastic day for the team, for Petronas and for me - the second consecutive podium. After Monza 2006 I finally managed to get another podium myself. I want to thank everybody in the team who worked very hard over the last two months to improve the car. I […]

Jenson Button - 10th: “It was good to finish the full race distance today and we will get a lot of very useful information from this weekend. I`m pretty satisfied with 10th place as that is where the performance of the car is right now. With the majority of cars ahead of us also finishing, […]

Sebastian Vettel - DNF: “I started to have difficulty shifting gear and with the power steering. And then the back end caught fire as I pulled over to stop, which can sometimes happen when everything is overheating. Up to that point I was having a reasonable race. In the first stint, I had too much […]

Toyota’s Jarno Trulli on his excellent - if tiring - fourth place at Sepang; Kimi Raikkonen on renewing Ferrari’s hopes for the 2008 season; and Nico Rosberg on his difficult race for Williams. All 22 drivers report back on Sunday’s race action…
Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari (1st): To follow.
Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber (2nd): To follow.
Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren […]

Jarno Trulli - 4th: “It`s nice to be back in the points after such a strong race. I`m especially happy for the team both here and in Cologne. This result is mainly down to their work over the winter and I dedicate it to them. I had a difficult first corner when I lost grip, […]

Williams`s technical director Sam Michael says the British squad will move on and try to forget their disappointing Malaysian Grand Prix.
Much was expected from the team following their strong start to the season in Australia, where Nico Rosberg finished in third position.
But Williams struggled all weekend in Sepang, with Rosberg qualifying down in 16th place […]

Nico Rosberg - 14th: “I knew that starting from 16th I would have to take some risks to make the race worthwhile and in fact it went well off the line considering I was carrying a lot of fuel. But then I came together with Timo Glock. When he left a gap, I went for […]

Adrian Sutil - DNF: “Very early on in the race I developed a mechanical problem and had to switch the engine off and pull off the track. I am very disappointed with this start to the season, especially after I had to stop so soon into the race in Australia too.”
Giancarlo Fisichella - 12th: “I […]

Takuma Sato - 16h: “It was good to finish the race. The first and second stints were good, but then in the second stint, unfortunately, I picked up marbles through the high speed section, ran wide and lost a lot of time there.
“On almost every lap we had traffic, especially during the last stint, so […]

If Australia was a nightmare for Ferrari, Malaysia was a dream. Kimi Raikkonen toyed initially with polesitting team mate Felipe Massa, took the lead after their first pit stops, and sauntered into the distance to a victory that puts him back into contention for a second world title.
Massa blotted his copybook by spinning out of […]

With an hour to go before the start of the 2008 Malaysia Grand Prix it is bright and sunny. However, we know from experience that the weather can change very quickly out here, and usually does.
As ever, fuel and tyre strategies have us all second-guessing, however, the other big question is will it rain?
First off […]

Rehabilitation Ferrari team for the Grand Prix of Australia did not make them wait. After a week in Kuala Lumpur, the Italians defeated their rivals. On Saturday, Massa and Raikkonen won the first start places, and on Sunday defeat was completed by splendid victory of Finnish riders. Massa erred in the heat of the race […]

Kimi Raikkonen got his title defence back on course with a dominant victory for Ferrari in the Malaysian Grand Prix.
With Raikkonen`s teammate Felipe Massa spinning out of second place at half-distance, and McLaren`s Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton only managing third and fifth places following their qualifying penalties, Robert Kubica was able to take a […]

b>World champion Kimi Raikkonen kicked his title defence into life with victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix.
The Finn passed his Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa thanks to a stunning lap before his first pit stop, after which he dominated the race.
Massa spun out of second place, gifting it to BMW Sauber`s Robert Kubica, with Heikki Kovalainen`s […]

Positions after 13 laps of 56-lap race:

1. Massa (Ferrari)

2. Raikkonen (Ferrari)

3. Kubica (BMW Sauber)

4. Webber (Red Bull)

5. Hamilton (McLaren)

6. Trulli (Toyota

7. Kovalainen (McLaren)

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There have been several familiar faces from Formula One racing’s past in the paddock this weekend. Jean Alesi and Johnny Herbert, longtime rivals and team mates in their Sauber days in 1998, battled for Speedcar honours on Saturday morning.
The Frenchman led initially, was overtaken by Herbert, and then re-passed the Briton to win by […]

Felipe Massa (Ferrari) will start the second round of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship from pole position after using Bridgestone`s medium compound Potenza tyre to go fastest in qualifying at Sepang for the Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix.
Massa set a time of 1min 35.748secs and was almost half a second faster than his […]