2011 Malaysian GP Review: Flawless Vettel Dominates Dominates Sepang

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Published: April 10, 2011

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Sebastian Vettel won his second race of the season with an ease that for most part of the season he was on his own. Even better for this victory was that his championship rivals from last season, Hamilton and Alonso, could only finish sixth and seventh.

Though it was a good race for Vettel, his teammate Webber had a mixed race but eventually managed to finish fourth, fighting it out hard for that place. Not a dream start to the season for Webber, but he will take it. Red Bull looks strong and if they could solve their KERS issue they can run away with the championship this season.

Jenson Button finished second and though he never looked like he was challenging Vettel, this was a good result for the British driver, as the season is 19 races long and this finish is good for him in terms of his standing in his team itself and also with regard to the driver’s championship.

Button did similarly last season and was in contention for the title until the penultimate race of the season. Also he seems more suited to the Pirelli tires than his teammate Hamilton.

Ferrari came into this weekend not expecting to challenge Red Bulls for a win, but they were ready to challenge for podium places and Alonso during various stages of the race was set for that, but due to various races it never materialized and he could only finish sixth while teammate Massa improved to finish fifth. Not a great finish, but finishing ahead of Alonso and a much improved show by him should restore some faith in him by the team.

Renault had Vitaly Petrov on podium after the last race, and this time they had Nick Heidfeld who had a stunning race to finish third. Renault’s decision to replace Kubica with Heidfeld has been vindicated and Heidfeld was the driver of the race and was actually second during the early stages of the race after an amazing start. Petrov also had a good race till he crashed out b...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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