"Roberto G." (roberto-g)
03/30/2014 at 06:29 • Filed to: None
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"Roberto G." (roberto-g)
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After the jump.
Lewis Hamilton Britain Mercedes-Mercedes 56 laps 1hr 40m 25.974s
Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes +00m 17.3s
Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault +00m 24.5s
Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari +00m 35.9s
Nico Hulkenberg Germany Force India-Mercedes +00m 47.1s
Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes +00m 83.6s
Felipe Massa Brazil Williams-Mercedes +00m 85.0s
Valtteri Bottas Finland Williams-Mercedes +00m 85.5s
Kevin Magnussen Denmark McLaren-Mercedes +1 lap
Daniil Kvyat Russia Toro Rosso-Renault +1 lap
Romain Grosjean France Lotus-Renault +1 lap
Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari +1 lap
Kamui Kobayashi Japan Caterham-Renault +1 lap
Marcus Ericsson Sweden Caterham-Renault +2 laps
Max Chilton Briton Marussia-Ferrari +2 laps
Rtd. Daniel Ricciardo Australia Red Bull-Renault 49 laps completed
Rtd. Esteban Gutierrez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari 35 laps completed
Rtd. Adrian Sutil Germany Sauber-Ferrari 32 laps completed
Rtd. Jean-Eric Vergne France Toro Rosso-Renault 18 laps completed
Rtd. Jules Bianchi France Marussia-Ferrari 8 laps completed
Rtd. Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Lotus-Renault 7 laps completed
Dns. Sergio Perez Mexico Force India-Mercedes Did not start
Lewis Hamilton took a dominant victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix as he led home team-mate Nico Rosberg in a Mercedes one-two.
Having taken pole position, Hamilton was never threatened and drove a faultless race to win by 17.3 seconds. Rosberg had to withstand pressure from Sebastian Vettel mid-way through the race, with the Red Bull finishing third but over seven seconds behind the second Mercedes.
Fernando Alonso was fourth after passing Nico Hulkenberg late on, with both benefitting from a disastrous race for Daniel Ricciardo who dropped out of contention due to a pit stop error from Red Bull.
Ricciardo's eventual retirement left Jenson Button sixth, just ahead of the squabbling Williams pair of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas as Massa ignored team orders to allow his team-mate past to attack the McLaren. Kevin Magnussen and Daniil Kvyat rounded out the top ten, with Romain Grosjean completing the race for Lotus just 2.2s off the points.
At the start of the race, Hamilton got away strongly off the line and Rosberg slotted in to second place, holding off the two Red Bulls. Contact between Jules Bianchi and Pastor Maldonado saw both spin at Turn 4, while Kimi Raikkonen picked up a puncture on lap two when Magnussen tapped his right rear and dropped to the back of the field.
Magnussen was painfully slow with a damaged front wing, dropping behind Button and then holding up the Williams pair behind him. He eventually pit for a new front wing at the end of lap nine, but was immediately hit with a five second stop/go penalty which he was able to take at his next pit stop.
Bianchi was given a five second stop/go penalty for the Maldonado clash, while the latter had to retire his car at the end of lap seven and Bianchi followed suit on the next lap. Jean-Eric Vergne was next to retire as he pulled in to the Toro Rosso pit on lap 18 having been running well off the pace.
Hamilton was able to pull out a ten-second lead over his team-mate and manage his pace from there, while Rosberg never appeared under serious threat from Vettel but struggled to open up the five-second gap Mercedes requested. After the second round of stops, Vettel was right on the back of the Mercedes but unable to use DRS to attack as Adrian Sutil stopped on the inside of the final corner.
Drops of rain threatened to mix up the race but failed to materialise in to any substantial showers, and Rosberg pulled away from Vettel, while Alonso closed up on the sister Red Bull. Alonso's job was done for him as Ricciardo soon dropped out of contention when he was released from a pit stop with a loose front left wheel and had to be pushed back in to the pit box.
To emphasise the length of the stoppage, Ricciardo rejoined as Alonso lapped him, and it appeared that the front wing had been damaged during the pit stop as it broke on one side and cut a whole in to Ricciardo's front right tyre. Having limped back to the pits, Ricciardo was then hit with a 10 second stop/go penalty to complete a miserable few laps for him.
The top three settled down but there was late action further down in the points. Having briefly led around the first pit stops during a long opening stint, Hulkenberg was looking to two-stop but was unable to hold off Alonso in the closing laps and had to settle for fifth.
Button was a long way adrift in sixth place and had the two Williams for close company, but any threat from behind was negated by Massa ignoring the message “Valtteri is faster than you” – reminiscent of the Ferrari team orders message in Germany four years ago – and the two fought to the line with Massa finishing ahead.
After the race, Vettel told his Red Bull team over the radio that “We are not yet where we want to be, but we will get there”, as he reflected on a race in which the two Mercedes' scored maximum points for the first time since returning to the sport in 2010.
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El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
> Roberto G.
03/30/2014 at 07:45 |
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Mercedes will screw Rosberg if it will come to Rosberg vs Hamilton for the title.
Also Mercedes apparently screwed McLaren with the engine it delivered. Come on Honda!!
And I wonder if Ferrari is screwing Kimi, for the way he left them lest time.
TrekHuis
> El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
03/30/2014 at 08:44 |
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McLaren is now an other customer of the Mercedes engine, before they got them for free because they helped Mercedes with developing the engine, and using the chrome silver arrow livery for marketing. But to make it worse, McLaren is already developing a new engine with Honda for 2015, so how would you feel in Mercedes shoes ? A company is using your brand new tech and idea's that they can later on implement in the new Honda engines, because your contract ran until 2015.
SnowBallin
> Roberto G.
03/30/2014 at 08:53 |
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This table makes me very happy
maxknee
> El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
03/30/2014 at 10:48 |
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why would ferrari screw with kimi just because of his actions in 2008?
desertdog5051
> Roberto G.
03/30/2014 at 12:34 |
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Thank you for the in depth results. Did not watch myself.