2010 Malaysian Grand Prix articles archive

Find all the F1 Fanatic Malaysian Grand Prix coverage in one place below – from Friday practice to the post-race review.

Compare how each teams’ drivers did in the Malaysian Grand Prix with these links: McLaren, Mercedes, Red Bull, Ferrari, Williams, Renault, Force India, Toro Rosso, Lotus, HRT, Sauber, Virgin. And see below for a summary of how they got on at Sepang.

At Sepang we saw plenty of overtaking but – surprisingly – no more rain. Take a look back at the Malaysian Grand Prix in pictures.

Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa gained 14 positions during the race – but used very different tactics to do it. While Hamilton made several passes on the track, Massa made the same progress with a well-timed pit stop.

Fastest laps Rank Driver Car Fastest lap Deficit to fastest lap 1 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1’37.054 2 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1’37.231 0.177 3 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1’37.610 0.556 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1’37.745 0.691 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1’37.784 0.730 6 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1’37.813 0.759 7 Robert Kubica Renault 1’38.074 1.020 … Continue reading Malaysian Grand Prix fastest laps

Pos Num Driver Car Laps Gap Difference Grid 1 5 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 56 3 2 6 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 56 4.849 4.849 1 3 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 56 13.504 8.655 2 4 11 Robert Kubica Renault 56 18.589 5.085 6 5 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 56 21.059 2.470 4 6 … Continue reading Malaysian Grand Prix result

Three cheers for Ferrari and McLaren! Not waiting for rules to “spice up the show”, they chose to send their cars out too late for qualifying in an elaborate ruse ensuring they would start from the back of the grid and give us an exciting race. Either that, or the sport’s two most successful teams … Continue reading Red Bull eyeing an open goal in Sepang (Malaysian Grand Prix pre-race analysis)

The third race weekend of Michael Schumacher’s F1 comeback doesn’t seem to be going much better than the first two. That was despite a wet qualifying session giving the man they called ‘Regenmeister’ an opportunity to demonstrate the skills that won him many wet F1 races. Team mate Nico Rosberg out-qualified him by more than … Continue reading Schumacher fails to shine in rain

Here’s how the cars will line up on the grid for the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix. Row 1 1. Mark Webber 1’49.327Red Bull-Renault 2. Nico Rosberg 1’50.673Mercedes Row 2 3. Sebastian Vettel 1’50.789Red Bull-Renault 4. Adrian Sutil 1’50.914Force India-Mercedes Row 3 5. Nico Hulkenberg 1’51.001Williams-Cosworth 6. Robert Kubica 1’51.051Renault Row 4 7. Rubens Barrichello 1’51.511Williams-Cosworth … Continue reading 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix grid

Red Bull showed their hand ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix as both drivers finished in the top three in the final practice session. Mark Webber beat Lewis Hamilton by 17 thousandths of a second, knocking the McLaren driver off the top spot in practice for the first time this weekend. Sebastian Vettel backed him … Continue reading Webber edges Hamilton in final practice

After the first two practice sessions for the Malaysian Grand Prix Lotus appear to have made a step forward but Williams are lacking pace. And although Felipe Massa could only manage the 15th fastest time in the second free practice session, Ferrari’s genuine pace looks better than that. Take a closer look at the times … Continue reading Lotus improving but Williams struggle (Malaysian GP Friday practice analysis)

Lewis Hamilton led the way in the second practice session at Sepang, heading the times once again in a second dry session at the Malaysian track. Second fastest was Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull but it was his team mate’s turn to suffer from the RB6’s poor reliability.

Have all the important information for this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix at your fingertips with the F1 Fanatic unofficial race programme. It includes a video lap of the Sepang circuit and all the data you need on the track, this weekend’s race and of course the F1 Fanatic Live Blogs.