Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Fernando Alonso holds off Perez to win in Malaysia GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari




Alonso and Perez, exploit the opportunity and secure in a rain-dominated Malaysian Grand Prix victory and the sensational second place.

The Malaysian Grand Prix has brought the fans due to rains once again an unusual race. Once the conditions for the start of the race with a slightly damp track and raindrops were manageable yet, the rain intensity increased temporarily so that the race director was forced to first send the safety car on the track and then the Grand Prix at Sepang even to interrupt.


Lewis Hamilton completed the podium, with his McLaren team-mate Jenson Button outside the points after a disastrous race. Sebastian Vettel also failed to score due to a clash in traffic, though his Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber claimed fourth ahead of Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) and Bruno Senna (Williams).


Laps 50: Perez round hanging in the rear of Alonso - but a few corners later contributed an error slipped off the track and fell back by around five seconds. This broke off contact with the Ferrari driver and Perez accepted the invitation of his team to drive this important second place finish. In the penultimate round of Pastor Maldonado (Williams) retired with an engine problem in the off - Michael Schumacher inherited a championship point.


PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTSThe Malaysian Grand PrixSepang, Malaysia;56 laps; 310.408km;Weather: Mixed conditions.Classified:Pos  Driver        Team                       Time1.  Alonso        Ferrari                    2h44:51.8122.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +     2.2633.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +    14.5914.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    17.6885.  Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault              +    29.4566.  Senna         Williams-Renault           +    37.6677.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +    44.4128.  Vergne        Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    46.9859.  Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes       +    47.89210.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    49.99611.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +  1:15.52712.  Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:16.80013.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +  1:18.50014.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +  1:19.70015.  Massa         Ferrari                    +  1:39.30016.  Petrov        Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap17.  Glock         Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap18.  Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap19.  Maldonado     Williams-Renault           +    2 laps20.  Pic           Marussia-Cosworth          +    2 laps21.  Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps22.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +    2 lapsFastest lap: Raikkonen, 1:40.722Not classified/retirements:Driver        Team                         On lapKobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari               47Grosjean      Lotus-Renault                4World Championship standings, round 2:                Drivers:                    Constructors:             1.  Alonso        35        1.  McLaren-Mercedes           552.  Hamilton      30        2.  Red Bull-Renault           423.  Button        25        3.  Ferrari                    354.  Webber        24        4.  Sauber-Ferrari             305.  Perez         22        5.  Lotus-Renault              166.  Vettel        18        6.  Force India-Mercedes        97.  Raikkonen     16        7.  Williams-Renault            88.  Senna          8        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari          69.  Kobayashi      8        9.  Mercedes                    110.  Di Resta       7       11.  Vergne         4       12.  Hulkenberg     2       13.  Ricciardo      2       14.  Schumacher     1       All timing unofficial

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