2010 Malaysian GP: Victory Finally Arrives For Sebastian Vettel

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Published: April 5, 2010

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When it rains in Malaysia, it pours, and after last year’s torrential downpour turned the track into a swimming pool and washed out the rest of the race, this year’s was a stark contrast.

A Red Bull on pole, but this time, no reliability issues. Sebastian Vettel finally got the win he deserved by winning round three of the Formula One World Championship.

The young German brought his car home to a relatively comfortable win over teammate Mark Webber, who started on pole for Sunday’s race. Vettel started third, but stormed past both Nico Rosberg and Webber at the first corner.

Although the Australian was on Vettel’s tail for half of the race, he couldn’t quite catch up. After three races and three pole positions for Christian Horner’s outfit, Vettel should really be on 75 points, but reliability issues have hampered his first two races.

Now he is back on course in the championship, level with Fernando Alonso, and two points behind Felipe Massa .

The main talk of this weekend, however, was probably along the lines of what the weather had to offer at Sepang , with last year being a complete wash out. This time, however, there was not a single drop to be found, even after Bernie Ecclestone was so sure that the rain would arrive at 4:15 exactly.

With no rain, another question could finally be answered. Can the new regulations give more action on track and force drivers to actually overtake each other? If so, could they do it, since a primary concern surrounds the fact that these cars can’t overtake after they pull up to the back of each other.

Qualifying formulated a method to answer that question.

The heavens opened, which meant that due to a bad call from both McLaren and Ferrari, both teams were at the very back of the grid. A perfect scenario to see whether the two biggest teams on the grid could silence the critics.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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