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Round 2 - MALAYSIA, Sepang - Race Results
Conditions: dry, overcast; Air 35-37°C, Track 49-52°C
| Position |
Driver |
Car (Tyres) |
Time/Retirement |
Laps |
Pitstops |
| 1 |
Fernando ALONSO |
Renault (M) |
1h 31m 33.736s |
56 |
2 |
| 2 |
Jarno TRULLI |
Toyota (M) |
+ 0m 24.327s |
56 |
2 |
| 3 |
Nick HEIDFELD |
Williams BMW (M) |
+ 0m 32.188s |
56 |
2 |
| 4 |
Juan Pablo MONTOYA |
McLaren Mercedes (M) |
+ 0m 41.631s |
56 |
2 |
| 5 |
Ralf SCHUMACHER |
Toyota (M) |
+ 0m 51.854s |
56 |
2 |
| 6 |
David COULTHARD |
Red Bull Cosworth (M) |
+ 1m 12.543s |
56 |
2 |
| 7 |
Michael SCHUMACHER |
Ferrari (B) |
+ 1m 19.988s |
56 |
2 |
| 8 |
Christian KLIEN |
Red Bull Cosworth (M) |
+ 1m 20.835s |
56 |
2 |
| 9 |
Kimi RAIKKONEN |
McLaren Mercedes (M) |
+ 1m 21.580s |
56 |
3 |
| 10 |
Felipe MASSA |
Sauber Petronas (M) |
+ 1 lap |
55 |
2 |
| 11 |
Narain KARTHIKEYAN |
Jordan Toyota (B) |
+ 2 laps |
54 |
2 |
| 12 |
Tiago MONTEIRO |
Jordan Toyota (B) |
+ 3 laps |
53 |
2 |
| 13 |
Christijan ALBERS |
Minardi Cosworth (B) |
+ 4 laps |
52 |
2 |
| Not classified |
| Ret |
Rubens BARRICHELLO |
Ferrari (B) |
Tyre wear |
49 |
3 |
| Ret |
Giancarlo FISICHELLA |
Renault (M) |
Accident |
36 |
1 |
| Ret |
Mark WEBBER |
Williams BMW (M) |
Accident |
36 |
1 |
| Ret |
Jacques VILLENEUVE |
Sauber Petronas (M) |
Spin |
26 |
1 |
| Ret |
Jenson BUTTON |
BAR Honda (M) |
Engine |
2 |
0 |
| Ret |
Anthony DAVIDSON |
BAR Honda (M) |
Engine |
2 |
0 |
| Ret |
Patrick FRIESACHER |
Minardi Cosworth (B) |
Spin |
2 |
0 |
Notes:
All drivers got away cleanly. Button had good start and passed Raikkonen into Turn 1 at the end of the first lap to take 6th only for his engine to start losing fluids immediately afterwards. Friesacher spun off into retirement on Button's oil. Davidson, in his first race for BAR, pulled over with an engine fire on Lap 3 with Button pulling over shortly afterwards. So 3 laps down, 3 cars gone!
Alonso pulling away steadily from Trulli and Fisichella. Coulthard got past Klien at start but both lost places and are back in 8th and 9th. JPM in 10th with the two Ferraris in 11th (Barrichello) and 13th (Schumacher)!
Raikkonen off track in sector 1 with right rear puncture shortly after first pitstop, limps back to the pits on three wheels for a new tyre. Slight damage to the floor of the car but OK to continue.
Montoya and Barrichello manage to get past the Red Bulls in the pitstops. Villeneuve locked up under braking for turn 1 and spins off into the gravel trap - a dismal weekend for the Canadian.
Fisichella much slower in second stint. Barrichello also suffering with tyre wear and holding up the two Red Bulls. Ralf Schumacher tries to go down the inside of Webber, both run wide and Heidfeld sneaks through. The battle continues through the next few corners and ends with Heidfeld in front of Ralf.
Coulthard passes Barrichello round the outside of turn 5, Klien is all over the back of the Ferrari and gets past into turn 14. Webber takes the struggling Fisichella for 3rd, Fisichella darts down the inside to try and retake the place into turn 14 but drifts wide and into Webber taking both out of the race.
That puts Heidfeld up to 3rd, Ralf 4th, Montoya 5th, Coulthard 6th, Klien 7th and Michael Schumacher finally into the points in 8th.
Montoya takes 4th from Ralf in the second round of pitstops. Barrichello retires from race with extreme tyre wear - the first definitive casualty of the new tyre regulations. Michael Schumacher takes 7th from Klien - both Red Bulls still in the points, but Raikkonen closing fast on Klien to try and salvage a point from a disappointing afternoon.
He doesn't make it past and all cars hold their places until the end of the race. A dominant performance from Alonso all weekend sees him take his 2nd career win and Trulli secures Toyota's first ever podium finish.
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