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 5th for Adrian - Malaysian GP

The Force India F1 Team’s points haul continued in the Malaysian Grand Prix today as Adrian Sutil raced strongly to fifth place and ten points. Adrian drove a faultless race, keeping the 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton at bay in the closing stages of the race to
secure his best finish since the 2009 Italian Grand Prix and bringing the team’s total points this year to 18.

SEPANG: Sebastian Vettel stormed to victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, leading home a Red Bull one-two ahead of Mark Webber with Nico Rosberg completing the podium for Mercedes.

It was third time lucky for the German after mechanical failures robbed him of victory in the opening two races of the season but once he had sped past Rosberg and pole-sitter Webber to lead through the first corner, victory was never in doubt.

"It was a very good result for us especially after two races where we didn't finish where we wanted to be," Vettel told reporters after celebrating his sixth career win.

It was Red Bull's first one-two since Abu Dhabi at the end of last season.

Renault's Robert Kubica followed up last week's second place in Melbourne with another strong showing in fourth, ahead of Adrian Sutil's Force India. The German held off McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who was sixth, for the second half of the race.

The McLarens and Ferraris started on the back four rows of the grid after misjudging the conditions in qualifying on Saturday but Hamilton made light of starting in 20th place by surging into the points by the end of the fourth lap.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa followed Hamilton through the field to take seventh place from 21st on the grid and move into the lead in the championship after teammate Fernando Alonso failed to finish.

Massa has 39 points, Alonso and Vettel 37 with McLaren's world champion Jenson Button on 35.

Button crossed the line eighth after a stirring battle with Alonso until the Spaniard retired on the penultimate lap, smoke billowing out of the rear of his Ferrari.

Toro Rosso's young Spaniard Jaime Alguersuari finished ninth ahead of Williams' rookie Nico Hulkenburg, the pair both earning their first points in Formula One.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/racing/top-stories/Sebastian-Vettel-wins-Malaysian-GP-in-Red-Bull-one-two/articleshow/5759667.cms

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Unfortunately Tonio Liuzzi retired on lap 12 with a suspected throttle problem. The Italian had made a good start and was enjoying a battle with Nico Hulkenberg but started to lose power on lap 10. He pitted however was obliged to retire when a fix could not be made.


The team will now return to the UK to prepare for the Chinese Grand Prix in two weeks’ time.