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  • Jam_Van_Dam
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    Numero Uno Fernando Alonso 2 Time F1 World Champion

    2011 Formula 1 World Championship
    Team: Ferrari
    Driver: Fernando Alonso
    Difficulty: Legend
    Objective: Win Drivers and Constructors Championship
    Other Information: 100% Race Distance, Full Race Weekend



    2011 Season Teams and Drivers


    Red Bull Racing
    Sebastian Vettel
    Mark Webber

    McLaren
    Jenson Button
    Lewis Hamilton

    Ferrari
    Fernando Alonso
    Felipe Massa

    Mercedes
    Michael Schumacher
    Nico Rosberg

    Renault
    Vitali Petrov
    Nick Heidfield

    Williams
    Rubens Barrichello
    Pastor Maldonaldo

    Force India
    Adrian Sutil
    Paul Di Resta

    Sauber
    Kamui Kobayashi
    Sergio Perez

    Toro Rosso
    Sebastien Buemi
    Jamie Alguersuari

    Lotus
    Heikki Kovalainen
    Jarno Trulli

    HRT
    Narian Karthikeyan
    Vitantonio Liuzzi

    Virgin
    Timo Glock
    Jerome D'Ambrosio
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  • Jam_Van_Dam
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    Re: Numero Uno Fernando Alonso 2 Time F1 World Champion

    "Red Bull are the team to beat"


    With the start of the 2011 Formula One season only 1 week away, 2 time world champion and Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso has publicly stated that Red Bull Racing are the team to beat heading into the 1st race in Australia during a interview with The Sun newspaper. "Going by pre-season testing times we are not as fast as the Red Bull's or the Mclaren's especially over 1 lap runs however over the longer distance we seem to be a little bit closer in terms of performance and pace" said Alonso. The Melbourne track has not been kind to Ferrari in recent years and you have to go back to 2007 until a Ferrari driver won here. Fernando is not expecting that to change this time around "Offcourse we would love to challenge for the victory but at the moment it does not look likely. Red Bull are the team to beat so maybe a podium finish would be good for us. The championship is a long distance and it cannot be won here in the 1st race so it's important we remember that!"

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    • Jam_Van_Dam
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      Melbourne
      2011 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix


      Friday Free Practice Session 1
      Sebastian Vettel: 1:25:678 1st
      ----------------------------------------------------
      Fernando Alonso: 1:26:343 7th
      Felipe Massa 1:25:838 4th


      It was reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel who was fastest in the 1st practice session here in Melbourne. Red Bull kicked off their championship in the best way possible with Vettel posting the fastest lap of the session beating team mate Mark Webber in 2nd by just 0.060 seconds. It was a dissapointing session for Alonso who finished in 7th and was slower than team mate Massa by over half a second however the Spaniard seemed upbeat about it. "We knew coming here that we didn't have the pace of the Red Bull's so we are not suprised with the position we are in. Also when i was in the process of setting my best times the track temperature was dropping and there was spits of rain which obviously hindered my lap times. Anyway we look forward to the 2nd practice session coming up later and hopefully we get a nice dry track and improve our times."
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      • Jam_Van_Dam
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        Friday Free Practice Session 2
        Sebastian Vettel: 1:24:858 1st
        ----------------------------------------------------
        Fernando Alonso: 1:25:796 11th
        Felipe Massa 1:25:210 5th

        Friday Practice session 2 ended pretty much the same as session 1 with Red Bull dominating the time sheets. Once again young German Vettel topped the table ahead of team mate Mark Webber. The suprise of the session was undoubtly Alonso finishing a very low 11th! The Ferrari driver looked quick in sector 1 and 2 but was severly lacking pace in sector 3 and just could not seem to hook a good lap togethor!
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        • Jam_Van_Dam
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          Saturday Free Practice Session 3
          Sebastian Vettel: 1:24:150 1st
          ----------------------------------------------------
          Fernando Alonso: 1:24:959 8th
          Felipe Massa 1:24:396 2th


          Once again it was Sebastian Vettel who proved his dominance by going fastest in the last practice session before qualifying. The reigning champ was 0.246 seconds faster than his nearest competitor Ferrari driver Filipe Massa. However all these table topping times will mean nothing if he fails to produce them in qualifying in a few hours time.
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          • Jam_Van_Dam
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            Australian Grand Prix Qualifying

            Q3

            1. L Hamilton 1:23:675
            2. J Button 1:23:720
            3. M Webber 1:23:758
            4. F Alonso 1:24:159
            5. S Vettel 1:24:195
            6. M Schumacher 1:24:520
            7. F Massa 1:24:557
            8. N Heidfeld 1:24:638
            9. V Petrov 1:24:796
            10. K Kobayashi 1:24:797

            Q2 11-17 Alguersuari, Perez, Buemi, Rosberg, Di Resta, Barrichello, Sutil

            Q1 18-24 Maldonaldo, Glock, Kovalainen, Karthikeyan Trulli, D'ambrosio, Luizzi


            Mclaren shocked Red Bull in qualifying as Lewis Hamilton led a Mclaren 1,2 with team mate Jenson Button. The English duo had been slower than the Red Bull's all weekend however when it really mattered they delivered and now put Mclaren in a great position for the race. Meanwhile Vettel the fastest man all through Friday and early this morning could only manage 5th position. Mark Webber however managed to salvage 3rd for Red Bull and he will start on the second row of the grid along side Fernando Alonso. The Ferrari driver appeared to be struggling all week however he proved the doubters wrong with a strong 4th position. More news and driver reactions to follow...


            Hamilton after pole position
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            • Jam_Van_Dam
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              Austalian Grand Prix
              Race Day

              JH: Hello i am Jake Humphreye and i am along side my broadcast partner Eddie Jordan. We are only 15 minutes away from the start of the race and news coming from the Ferrari camp is that they are predicting rain for a large part of the race. Alonso's race enigneer Andrea Stella had the following to say: "Yes we are expecting rain for most of the race offcourse it ain't raining at the moment but that could change quickly so we will keep that in mind with the set up and strategy."

              Meanwhile former F1 driver and fellow presenter David Coulthard is ready for today's gridwalk.

              DC: Thank you guy's im just going to try and get a word with some of the title contenders but both Mclaren drivers appear to be busy and i can't find Webber so we will go to 4th placed Alonso. Fernando quick word if that's ok, what are you capable of in the race?

              FA: Well it's a long race and we are expecting rain so anything can happen! We have set the car up slighty towards a wet set up so now we just need to wait and see what the other's have done.

              DC: Can you win today?

              FA: It's gonna be tough but we will see

              DC: Ok thanks Fernando, i'm moving down the grid now obviously i would like a word with the current world champion Vettel but he doe's not look in a good mood after yesterday so we will give it a miss. Michael Schumacher is just about to get in his car i'll see if he wants to talk. Michael just a couple of question's if thats ok, what can you acheive in the race and how did you qualify up in 6th while your team mate sits down in 14th.

              MS: I think we can get on to the podium today especially with the changable weather that's predicted and well about qualifying you would need to be a 7 time world champion to understand!.

              DC: Thanks for that Michael well that's all we have time for as we are moment's away from the start.

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              Race lap by lap

              1/58 Hamilton holds on to his lead but a great start by Alonso get's him up into 2nd while Jenson Button drops 2 places.

              2/58 Race order by end of lap 1 Hamilton, Alonso, Webber, Button, Vettel, Schumacher, Massa, Petrov, Alguersuari, Perez.

              4/58 Hamilton posts the fastest lap of the race 1:30:265 and already has a lead of 4.952 seconds over 2nd placed Alonso. Meanwhile Vitaly Petrov who was running in 8th has some damage done to his car! he makes a early pit stop and rejoins last out of the 24 cars still running.

              7/58 We hear Andrea Stella tell Alonso that they are expecting rain in 15 minutes through the radio. However the Ferrari driver is already 10.688 seconds behind race leader Hamilton and is beginning to hold up a cue behind him which includes Button, both Red Bull drivers and team mate Felipe Massa.

              10/58 Hamilton bangs in a new fastest lap 1:29:038 and now has a lead of 17.584 seconds over Alonso who just set his fastest of the race 1:30:428

              11/58 Fernando tell's his team that his tyres are badly worn and he need's to pit however the team urge him to stay out until the rain arrives. Hamilton with another new fastest lap 1:28:624 and now leads Alonso by over 22 seconds

              12/58 Disaster for most of the front runners! Button and Massa in 3rd/4th both trying to find a way past Alonso collide into each with both Red Bull drivers behind being unable to avoid run into the back of the pair. All 4 drivers are out of the race! Schumacher had to take to the grass and has lost alot of positions.

              13/58 It begins to rain and Alonso is a sitting duck, he is being passed for fun out there. He manages to make it round to the end of the lap to pit in 10th place and a huge 52 seconds behind race leader Hamilton.

              15/58 Alonso appears to have pitted too early! The track is too dry for the intermediate tyres Fernando switched too early and already blisters are starting to appear. Amazingly race leader Hamilton over laps Alonso.

              17/58 Nico Rosberg has a problem and has had to retire from the race. Out of the top 4 teams only 3 out of the 8 drivers remain....amazing.

              23/58 Safety Car Deployed! Indian driver Narian Karthikeyan crashed his HRT at turn 5. Alonso pits for wet tyres while everyone else is using intermediates.

              26/58 Safety Car pits. Race Order as follows Lewis Hamilton, Heidfeld, Kobayashi, Alguersuari, Di Resta, Barrichello, Perez, Sutil, Schumacher, Maldonaldo, Petrov, Buemi, Alonso, Glock, Kovalainen, Liuzzi, D'ambrosio, Trulli

              31/58 Alonso passes Buemi, Petrov and Maldonaldo all in the same lap to move upto 10th. Next up is Schumacher in 9th just under 10 seconds ahead.

              35/58 Alonso overtakes 9th placed Schumacher. Gap to 8th placed Sutil is 25.301 Seconds

              47/58 Alonso pits for a set of intermediates with 11 laps to go. He was only 3.401 seconds behind Sutil before he made his stop!

              50/48 Fernando Alonso is now lapping over 4 seconds a lap faster than the leaders! He should have made the switch to intermediates a long time ago.

              52/58 Sutil can do nothing to stop Alonso from taking away his 8th position. Perez up next but he is 31.028 infront! Surely Fernando cannot reduce that sort of gap in only 6 laps.

              54/58 Kobayashi, Alguersuari, Di Resta and Barrichello all pit from high positions for fresh tyres and come out in 4th-7th. Barrichello only leads Alonso by 7 seconds

              55/58 Perez pits from 3rd and comes out just infront of Alonso but 2 corners later and the spaniard is already past!

              56/58 Alonso passes Barrichello and Di Resta and moves upto 5th. 10.435 Seconds behind 4th placed Alguersuari.

              57/58 Alonso reduces the gap to 3.458 but it is not enough.

              58/58 Lewis Hamilton wins the Australian Grand Prix! Nick Heidfeld is 2nd for Renault and Kamui Kobayashi 3rd for Sauber. Hamilton fully deserved the win with a faultless drive. Alonso showed great strength and determination to get himself back up the order after a terrible opening round of pitstops. Amazingly Red Bull and Mercedes score no points this weekend. Who would have predicted that?


              Hamilton crossing the finish line
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              Race Classification

              Driver/Team/Nationality/Grid Position/Time
              1.L Hamilton/Mclaren/English/04/1:29:35:702
              2. N Heidfeld/Renault/German/08/ +1 lap
              3.K Kobayashi/Sauber/Japanese/10/ +1 lap
              4.J Alguersuari/Toro Rosso/Spanish/11/ +1 lap
              5.F Alonso/Ferrari/Spanish/04/ +1 lap
              6.P DiResta/Force India/Scottish/15/ +1 lap
              7.R Barrichello/Williams/Venezuelan/16/ +1 Lap
              8.S Perez /Sauber/Mexican/12/ +1 lap
              9.A Sutil/Force India/German/17/ +2 laps
              10.V Petrov/Renault/Russian/09/ +2 laps
              11.M Schumacher/Mercedes/German/06/ +2 laps
              12.S Buemi/Toro Rosso/Swiss/13/ +2 laps
              13.P Maldonaldo/Williams/Venezuelan/18/ +2 laps
              14.T Glock/Virgin/German/19/ + 3 laps
              15.H Kovalainen/Lotus/Finnish/20/ + 4 laps
              16.V Liuzzi/HRT/Italian/24/ + 4 laps
              17.J D’ambrosio /Virgin/German/23/ +4 laps
              18.J Trulli/Lotus/Italian/22/ +4 laps
              19. N Karthikeyan/HRT/Italian/21/DNF
              20.N Rosberg/Mercedes/German/14/DNF
              21.S Vettel/Red Bull Racing/German/05/DNF
              22.M Webber/Red Bull Racing/Australian/03/DNF
              23.F Massa/Ferrari/Brazilian/07/DNF
              24.J Button/Mclaren/English/02/DNF

              Fastest Lap: 1:28:677 L Hamilton
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              • Jam_Van_Dam
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                Australian Grand Prix
                Post Race Aftermath

                Drivers Championship Standings

                1. L Hamilton 25 Pts
                2. N Heidfeld 18
                3. K Kobayashi 15
                4. J Alguersuari 12
                5. F Alonso 10
                6. P Di Resta 8
                7. R Barrichello 6
                8. S Perez 4
                9. A Sutil 2
                10. V Petrov 1

                Constructors Championship Standings

                1. Mclaren 25 Pts
                2. Renault 19
                3. Sauber 19
                4. Toro Rosso 12
                5. Ferrari 10
                6. Force India 10
                7. Williams 6



                Driver comments

                Lewis Hamilton 1st: That's more like it baby. I dominated the race from start to finish nobody even got close! The fact i overlapped everyone shows just how good it was. This is gonna be my year i can feel it!

                Nick Heidfeld 2nd: I'm very happy to get 2nd place for myself and the team. Coming here we knew we could compete for a good amount of points but we thought the podium would be just out of reach. However there were several retirements and we took advantage of them.

                Kamui Kobayashi 3rd: 1st ever podium is honour for me and team. It feel good finish 3rd unbelievable. We work so hard and now it pay off. It been a dream for long time and now it true.

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                Fernando Alonso 5th: In a way it's good to have salvaged 10 points from the weekend after the position we were in half way through the race but at the same time it's frustrating for us knowing we had the pace to win but that's racing! We go to Malaysia knowing we need to improve and i'm sure we will do that!

                Sebiastian Vettel DNF: Well what can i say. I feel i should be on the top step of the podium. I was fastest all through practice, was unlucky in qualifying and then today i get taken out the race by Massa and Button. It was a bad day for me, my team mate Mark and the team but i'll make sure the same doe's not repeat in Malaysia!
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                • bhurst99
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                  You did all 58 laps. Very impressive. I don't have the mental stamina to do that many laps of a race. My wander begins to wander and all of a sudden I'm off the track for no good reason.
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                  • Jam_Van_Dam
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                    Re: Numero Uno Fernando Alonso 2 Time F1 World Champion

                    Originally posted by bhurst99
                    You did all 58 laps. Very impressive. I don't have the mental stamina to do that many laps of a race. My wander begins to wander and all of a sudden I'm off the track for no good reason.
                    I always do 100% race distance unless it's career mode i'll normally just do 20/30%. Not sure if i could do 90 minute football matches though lol. If only there were a few more laps i would have got 2nd
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                    • Jam_Van_Dam
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                      Kuala Lumpur
                      2011 Formula 1 Malaysian Grand Prix


                      Friday Free Practice Session 1
                      Lewis Hamilton 1:33:187 1st
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                      Fernando Alonso 1:33:187 2nd
                      Felipe Massa 1:33:217 4th


                      Championship leader Lewis Hamilton was fastest in the first practice session of the weekend in Malaysia beating 2nd placed Fernando Alonso by 0.082. The Mclaren driver started in the best way possible after winning the Australian Grand Prix last week by topping the time sheets here today and is sure to be a major contender here for the rest of the weekend. Ferrari seemed to be happy with their pace as their drivers finished 2nd and 4th respectively meanwhile reigning world champion Sebiastian Vettel could only manage 6th almost half a second behind Hamilton
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                      • Jam_Van_Dam
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                        Kuala Lumpur

                        2011 Formula 1 Malaysian Grand Prix


                        Friday Free Practice Session 2

                        Fernando Alonso 1:31:758 1st
                        Felipe Massa 1:32:298 5th



                        Spaniard Fernando Alonso came out on top in the 2nd practice session today. Alonso was comfortably faster than anyone else and was 0.355 seconds ahead of Red Bull driver Sebiastian Vettel while his team mate was in 3rd another tenth adrift. Lewis Hamilton could only manage 4th after running in 2nd for most of the session.
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                        • Jam_Van_Dam
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                          Kuala Lumpur

                          2011 Formula 1 Malaysian Grand Prix


                          Saturday Free Practice Session 3

                          Fernando Alonso 1:31:118 1st
                          Felipe Massa 1:31:449 6th




                          Fernando Alonso was once again fastest in today's 3rd and final practice session before qualifying. He led current world champ Vettel who was 2nd just like yesterday however this time the gap was reduced and there was only 0.123 seconds. Mclaren pair Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button were 3rd and 4th. Alonso had to following to say when asked about qualifying. "Obviously it's nice to be in 1st but we don't know how the others are doing in terms of fuel loads so we have to wait and see but for sure we will be competitive and hopefully we can fight for pole!".
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                          • Jam_Van_Dam
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                            Malasyian Grand Prix Qualifying


                            Q3

                            1. S Vettel 1:29:794
                            2. J Button 1:29:986
                            3. F Alonso 1:30:277
                            4. L Hamilton 1:31:019
                            5. S Perez 1:31:045
                            6. M Webber 1:31:367
                            7. K Kobayashi 1:31:519
                            8. N Heidfeld 1:31:534
                            9. N Rosberg 1:31:894
                            10. F Massa 1:31:953


                            Q2 11-17 Petrov, Alguersuari, Buemi, Schumacher, Barrichello, Maldonaldo, Di Resta


                            Q1 18-24 Sutil, Karthikeyan, Liuzzi, Kovalainen, Trulli, Glock, D'Ambrosio

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                            Sebastian Vettel stormed to his first pole position of the season in Malaysia by setting a lap time of 1:29:794. Only Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso could get within a second of the German’s time to line up 2nd and 3rd respectively. The surprise of the session though was both Sauber’s making it into Q3 as Sergio Perez will qualified 5th while team Kamiu Kobayashi will start 7th. Lewis Hamilton who qualified 4th was far from impressed with his position. “Well I don’t know what happened but it’s obvious the team will have to fix it because there is no way I am over a second slower than Jenson.
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                            • Jam_Van_Dam
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                              Malaysian Grand Prix
                              Race Day


                              JH: Hello i am Jake Humphreye and i am along side my broadcast partners Eddie Jordan and David Coulthard. We have just came out of the Mclaren as you can see behind and they reckon they can win today from 3rd and 4th on the grid.

                              EJ: Well Jake they are currently leading both championships and that's the way they will want to be when they leave Malaysia here tonight. With both cars starting on the 2nd row of the grid they have a great chance to do that!

                              DC: Let's not forget Jenson won here back in 2009 so we know is more than capable in these conditions and Lewis is leading the championship and is in great for so they both have a good chance of taking the win today!.





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                              Race lap by lap

                              1/56 Good start by Vettel sees him retain the lead meanwhile a good start by Alonso has him leapfrog Button up into 2nd.

                              2/56 Race order by end of lap 1 Vettel, Alonso, Button, Hamilton, Webber, Perez, Heidfeld, Massa, Buemi, Alguersuari. Alonso overtakes Vettel going into turn 1 but runs wide at turn 2 and the germans immediatley takes back his position. Fernando though get's straight behind the Red Bull and uses the slipstream and round the outside of Sebiastian into turn 3 to once again lead the race! Great racing from the these 2.

                              5/56 Alonso sets the fastest lap of the race 1:36:556 and is beginning to pull away from Vettel. The gap is 4.121 seconds.

                              7/56 Webber overtakes Hamilton for 4th place going into the last corner. Button is all over the back of Vettel now and looks much faster than the German.

                              13/56 Vettel is out!!! The german has slowed down and parked his car at the side of the track, disaster for himself and Red Bull. Alonso pits from the lead with a gap of 7 seconds to 2nd placed Button! Championship leader Lewis Hamilton also pits from 4th Both drivers have made the switch to prime tyres, Alonso comes out in 7th while Hamilton rejoins 11th

                              14/56 Button pits and comes out only 5 seconds behind Alonso! The Englishman has definitely gained time by staying out a lap later. Webber now leads the race for Red Bull.

                              15/56 Webber now fighting his way through some backmarkers and losing alot of time, he is sure to be furious that the team decided not to pit him on the last lap. Meanwhile Button is now less than 3 seconds behind Alonso. Jenson is certainly doing better on the these harder prime tyres.

                              17/56 Webber is out!!!!! It looks similar to the problem Vettel had. This is 2nd race in a row that both Red Bull drivers have failed to score points. Horrible start to the season for the reignin drivers and constructors champions!

                              21/56 Button has lost alot of time overlapping the backmarkers and now finds himself a full 10 seconds behind race leader Fernando Alonso. With Hamilton in 3rd and Massa 4th Ferrari and Mclaren are currently holding onto the top 4 places which is even worse news for Red Bull.

                              30/56 Hamilton and Massa both pit from 3rd and 4th respectively. Looks like they were getting held up Button. They rejoin 11th and 12th. Nico Rosberg moves up into 3rd place for Mercedes.

                              31/56 Hamilton and Massa collide! Hamilton is out of the race and Massa has lost alot of time by the looks of it. Mclaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh looks furious on the pit wall.


                              32/56 1 lap later after his collison with Hamilton, Felipe Massa sets the fastest lap of the race 1.34.545. I think it's safe to say there was no damage done to his Ferrari!

                              34/56 Alonso pits for the second time a 8 second lead over Button who also pits but there seems to be a problem getting the left front tyre off Alonso's car. Now other cars are coming into the pits and Alonso has to wait until he can be safely released. That has cost him a huge amount of time and now Button is right behind him!

                              34/56 Button attempts a move on Alonso at turn 4 but Fernando closes the door on the Mclaren driver!

                              35/56 Button once again moves for a move on Alonso this time at turn 2 however he does not judge it properly and hit's the back of the Ferrari! Both drivers come off the track and have to rejoin. Alonso still leads but both Rosberg and Massa have got past Button! The top 4 cars are seperated by less than 5 seconds!

                              42/56 Fernando Alonso fastest lap 1.34.238

                              43/56 Massa pits from 3rd place for the 3rd time. Strange decision as almost everyone was expected to do only 2 stops.

                              44/56 Button gets good acceleration coming out the last turn and gets side by side with Rosberg before overtaking the young German and moving up into 2nd.

                              45/56 Alonso responds to Button's pace by setting the fastest lap of the race 1.34.198. Massa though instantly smashes that time with a 1.34.038 with his fresh tyres.


                              46/56 Alonso responds again and does a 1:33:999. Will anyone be able to repsond to that? Fernando leads Button by 6 seconds. Once Massa fights back with an amazing 1:32:558. Can anbody beat that? Massa is flying out there in 8th position.

                              47/56 Massa goes fastest again with a 1:32:118. He is lapping almost 2 seconds a lap faster than his team mate.

                              50/56 Massa overtakes Schumacher for 7th place and now has it eyes set on the Sauber of Perez in 6th.

                              53/56 Massa takes the position from Perez and is now up into 6th.

                              54/56 Massa makes another great overtaking move this time on Petrov and moves up to 5th.

                              56/56 Unbelievable just as Alonso is starting his final lap his front left tyre has blew and the car is all over the place. Alonso almost has a full lap to go until the finish. This surely hands the win to Jenson Button but where can Alonso finish?

                              56/56 Jenson Button wins after a dramatic ending to Malaysian Grand Prix after a tyre failure on the last lap cost Fernando Alonso the victory. Alonso led for almost the entire race and was 8 seconds infront of Button as he crossed the line for the final lap before disaster struck for him and the team. He somehow though managed to get the car to the end and secure 2nd position ahead of Nico Rosberg in 3rd.


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                              Race Classification

                              Driver/Team/Nationality/Grid Position/Time
                              1.J Button/Mclaren/English/02/1:31:21:385
                              2.F Alonso/Ferrari/Spanish/03/ +7.840
                              3.N Rosberg/Mercedes/German/09/ +8.735
                              4. N Heidfeld/Renault/German/08/ +9.292
                              5.F Massa/Ferrari/Brazilian/10/ +9.658
                              6.V Petrov/Renault/Russian/11/ +10.662
                              7.S Perez /Sauber/Mexican/05/ +13.674
                              8.M Schumacher/Mercedes/German/14/ +13.880
                              9.J Alguersuari/Toro Rosso/Spanish/12/ +29.223
                              10.K Kobayashi/Sauber/Japanese/07/ +42.265
                              11.S Buemi/Toro Rosso/Swiss/13/ +43.251
                              12.P DiResta/Force India/Scottish/17/ +50.014
                              13.R Barrichello/Williams/Venezuelan/15/ +51.327

                              14.A Sutil/Force India/German/18/ +59.790

                              15.P Maldonaldo/Williams/Venezuelan/16/ +1:01:880
                              16. N Karthikeyan/HRT/Italian/19/ +3 laps
                              17.T Glock/Virgin/German/23/ +3 laps
                              18.V Liuzzi/HRT/Italian/20/ +3 laps
                              19.J D’ambrosio /Virgin/German/24/ +3 laps
                              20.H Kovalainen/Lotus/Finnish/21/ +3 laps
                              21.J Trulli/Lotus/Italian/22/ +3 laps
                              22.L Hamilton/Mclaren/English/04/DNF
                              23.M Webber/Red Bull Racing/Australian/06/DNF
                              24.S Vettel/Red Bull Racing/German/01/DNF

                              Fastest Lap: 1:32:118 F Massa
                              Last edited by Jam_Van_Dam; 04-19-2012, 09:40 AM.
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