A race like a battle
Monsoon rains in Malaysia: In the chaos of Sepang has Jenson Button prevented BrawnGP a German double victory and won after Rennabbruch. Nick Heidfeld and Timo Glock were washed after tactical masterpieces, who finished second and third.
As a big winner in the memorable race went out in the BMW-Sauber Nick Heidfeld and Timo Glock in the Toyota, which slipped to second and third place. Glock had changed shortly before the big rain on intermediates and was so for some time the fastest man on the course, sometimes eight seconds per lap faster than the competition started.
Heidfeld had a full tank at the start and could remain so for the longest time on the track until his first pit stop. He could not decide alone on the right tires, while others who came in earlier, and had raised him wrong then again in the box. A pit stop cost a total of about 25 seconds. Drivers had used the chaos of Sepang four pit stops, Heidfeld only one.
Curious: It was only in the dry Heidfeld was told that he had even landed in front of Glock. Also to the surprise of his boss, who had to complain early in the third round out of the Robert Kubica. "I have only discovered at the award ceremony that Nick is second," said Theissen.
While Lewis Hamilton world champion was able to operate under its Reuegestandnis because of the affair lies in seventh place with Australia hardly mitigation, Ferrari enjoyed clear rounds with the next one again fiasco. "A race like a battle," said Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug: "Anyone who thought in these terms his car on the street, is now a hero."
Nico Rosberg had bad luck, who had led the field for some early rounds and was seen at the end of eighth. Sebastian Vettel, from returning to start due to a 10 ranks from number 13 came from, not about 15th place out. Adrian Sutil was 17th as Force India led.
had the last Rennabbruch due to rain, it gave in Australia in 1991. At that time, after 14 rounds of 81 final. Now that the second World Championship race was abandoned because of heavy rain in the sauna of Sepang and dusk 24 laps to go, get all the drivers, only half of the points.
The driver himself set about to, that was discontinued by 17 time clock started racing. After nearly an hour interruption agreed to the race and told the Grand Prix was over. The scoring was carried out according to the state of 33 rounds.
The race had started well from a German perspective. Rosberg raced from fourth place to the top, button fell back to fourth place and delivered a Überholduell by the double world champion Fernando Alonso. Glock lost four positions and was a first eighth. Heidfeld were next, the disciplinary reasons after his accident in Australia Vettel and Hamilton.
The pit stop in the 13th round opened Vettel Round, who had earlier expected to rain, and two laps later made Rosberg hold. Both returned with dry tires on the course, also Button. Not so Kimi Raikkonen: Ferrari's official car equipped with rain tires, but initially remained dry. After the qualification of Felipe Massa gambled away with 16th place the next tactical Ferrari fiasco with consultant Michael Schumacher in the pits.
As the storm went off 36 minutes after start of the race, Raikkonen desperately radioed: "My tires are broken." Busy in the pit lane in the 22 Round: the still not equipped with rain tires car came into the pit lane. Only Glock decided to use the so-called intermediate - and this was rinsed briefly after the first half of the race to the top.
But the rain got stronger, the safety car was in the 32th Round out. Vettel flew off, the electronics failed, the engine went out. Others followed. The race stewards decided on a break. "It's like a sauna with infusion," said Haug. "There is now a struggle against darkening darkness, said BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen after the race was started in the late afternoon local time. And was not added.
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