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Virgin driver Timo Glock arrives at the paddock with his girl friend Isabell Reis

Bernie Eccleston walks on the grid before the race in Malaysia with Dato Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP stops at the pits to get prepared tyres

Another beautyful grid girl

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

After colliding with Hamilton's rear tyre, Alonso has to change the front wing in an unexpected stop at Ferrari pits in lap 46

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Two grid girls unfold the Malaysian national banner behind the safety car

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A Malaysian grid girl holds the German national banner

A colourful local dance group cheers the fans up for the formula one event

Looks like Michael Schumacher makes a serious phone call to ...

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel and race winner presents his trophy on the podium after the Malaysian Grand Prix

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes GP car after qualifying

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and second placed Jenson Button take a champagne shower after the Malaysian Grand Prix

Jarno Trulli talks to Alguersuari before drivers parade

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on in Red Bull pits

Lewis Hamilton in McLaren pits

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing greets his fans from parc ferme after qualifying

On Saturday evening, Lewis Hamilton and his father Anthony watch the busy team in the McLaren Mercedes pits

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Jenson Button of McLaren, Red Bull's race winner Sebastian Vettel and an unexpected third placed Nick Heidfeld of Renault

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel and race winner kisses his trophy on the podium after the Malaysian Grand Prix

On Saturday evening, Lewis Hamilton and his father Anthony discuss in front of the McLaren Mercedes pits

The Lotus Renault GP pitwall command center from above, Jenson Button passes by (Got him, Keith?;)

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Karthikeyan's HRT-Cosworth is returned from scrutineering

Michael Schumacher chats with Vitantonio Liuzzi and Narain Karthikeyan before drivers parade

A zoom of Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Third grid positioned Mark Webber gets out of the Red Bull-Renault car besides Renault's Petrov after Q3

Felipe Massa ends his stop at Ferrari pits

A last sip of champagne on the podium after the Malaysian GP for second placed Jenson Button of McLaren, Red Bull's race winner Sebastian Vettel and third placed Nick Heidfeld of Renault

Final podium ceremony group photo with Red Bull Racing's technical chief Adrian Newey, second placed Jenson Button of McLaren, Red Bull's race winner Sebastian Vettel and an unexpected third placed Nick Heidfeld of Renault

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Red Bull Racing's technical chief Adrian Newey takes a closer look at a Ferrai car

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

After colliding with Hamilton's rear tyre, Alonso has to change the front wing in an unexpected stop at Ferrari pits in lap 46

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel and race winner cheers on the podium after the Malaysian Grand Prix

A Red Bull-Renault is checked in parc ferme after qualifying

Sauber's Kamui Kabayashi with Rubens Barrichello of Williams

Sebastian Vettel enjoys a visit at the Red Bull pitwall

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher prepares for racing besides the busy Mercedes grid place

The race drivers group up with gifted kids for drivers parade, one is still busy ...

SM Nasarudin, CEO and executive chairman of NAZA Group with entourage

The international media is warmly welcomed at the Malaysian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel receives a quick service at Red Bull Racing pits

After colliding with Hamilton's rear tyre, Alonso has to change the front wing in an unexpected stop at Ferrari pits in lap 46

A Malaysian grid girl

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after the Malaysian GP

After the start, polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull leads the field through the first chicane

After colliding with Hamilton's rear tyre, Alonso has to change the front wing in an unexpected stop at Ferrari pits in lap 46

Jenson Button's McLaren Mercedes rolls to fourth grid position

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Bernie Ecclestone

The field passes turn one

Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull-Renault arrives at the front of the grid

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP ends the pit stop with fresh tyres

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Bernie Ecclestone chats with the Red Bull drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel in the paddock

Paul di Resta, Force India

Dr. Helmut Marko in Red Bull pits

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Jenson Button is serviced at McLaren pits

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Mercedes star Michael Schumacher has a good start and comes out in front of Webber and Kobayashi

Michael Schumacher stops at Mercedes GP pits

Nico Rosberg prepares for the race

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Second placed Jenson Button gets congrats from the outstanding winner Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel leads the race from pole position on and crosses the finish line again

After the start, polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull leads the field through the first chicane, Heidfeld squeezes into second position after a brilliant start

Vitaly Petrov's manager Oksana Kossatschenko watches the race in Lotus Renault GP pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

The steering wheel of a Lotus Renault GP car

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel leads the race from pole position on and takes the chequered flag for a second time after two races of the season so far

Red Bull Racing's technical director Adrian Newey watches the competitors carefully

Red Bull advisor Dr. Helmut Marko discusses with team boss Christian Horner and Toro Rosso's Franz Tost

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

After colliding with Hamilton's rear tyre, Alonso has to change the front wing in an unexpected stop at Ferrari pits in lap 46

Rubens Barrichello with Sebastian Vettel

Bernie Ecclestone and Michael Schumacher meet in the paddock

One lap after the start, Red Bull's Vettel already enlarges the gap to second positioned Heidfeld and chaser Hamilton

Photographers swarm around Sebastian Vettel whilst he talks to Red Bull engineer Rocquelin on the grid

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP stops at the pits to get prepared tyres

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Michael Schumacher listens to Mercedes GP race engineer Mark Slade

A zoom of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

After a not too good start, Nico Rosberg's Mercedes lines up in the middle of the field

Polesitter Vettel of Red Bull is still in the lead flanked by McLaren's Hamilton and after a great start both Lotus Renault GP cars on the outside

World Champion Sebastian Vettel and race winner showers Red Bull Racing's technical chief Adrian Newey with champagne after the Malaysian Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher listens to Vitantonio Liuzzi and Karthikeyan

Timo Glock and Nico Rosberg wait for the drivers parade

After colliding with Hamilton's rear tyre, Alonso has to change the front wing in an unexpected stop at Ferrari pits in lap 46

Felipe Massa receives a quick service at Ferrari pits

Sebastian Vettel receives a quick service at Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel receives a quick service at Red Bull Racing pits

Lewis Hamilton with Sebastian Vettel before drivers parade

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Sebastien Buemi's Toro Rosso-Ferrari is prepared on the grid before the race

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel and race winner receives a champagne shower from second placed Button on the podium after the Malaysian Grand Prix

Felipe Massa receives a quick service at Ferrari pits

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

A group shot of the grid girls

Aerodynamically shaped Malaysian grid girls

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button is serviced at McLaren pits

Kovalainen's grid girl

Felipe Massa's manager Nicolas Todt and father Luiz Antonio Massa in Ferrari pits

Fernando Alonso on Ferrari in parc ferme after Q3

The Red Bull pit wall command center during qualifying

While Adrian Newey celebrates the Red Bull victory with his mechanics, second placed Jenson Button on McLaren Mercedes already parks in parc ferme. The outstanding winner Vettel arrives from the backside.

Felipe Massa climbs out of the Ferrari car in parc ferme after Q3

Jarno Trulli's Lotus is shoved back to pits with clutch sensor problem.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg stops at Mercedes GP pits

A zoom of Vitaly Petrov's stop at Lotus Renault GP pits

A view in to the busy Ferrari pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Quick Nick Heidfeld in the Lotus sponsored Renault car besides Nico Rosberg's Mercedes arrive at parc ferme after Q3

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld's Renault car is checked by FIA stewards and Renault engineers after qualifying

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes car is prepared on 11th grid position

Franz Tost, Toro Rosso team boss

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg of Mercedes GP stops at the pits to get prepared tyres

Mark Webber at the Red Bull pitwall

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the right hand second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button backs to McLaren pits

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel and race winner presents his souvenirs from the Malaysian Grand Prix

Polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing takes his helmet off in parc ferme after qualifying

Vitantonio Liuzzi - HRT looks for sponsors with 'this could be you' on the side pod

Sebastian Vettel receives a quick service at Red Bull Racing pits

Mark Webber ejects from Red Bull Racing pits

Felipe Massa, Rubens Barrichello and Sebastien Buemi

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Paul di Resta stops at Force India pits

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

The rear side of a McLaren-Mercedes

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Paul di Resta stops at Force India pits

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes GP car after qualifying

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on in Red Bull pits

Sebastian Vettel jokes around with Dr. Helmut Marko in Red Bull pits

A Mercedes GP car's steering wheel

The rear side of a Red Bull-Renault

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Anthony Hamilton

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes car gets a load of dry ice

Sebastian Vettel talks with Red Bull race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin on the grid before the race

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel leads the race from pole position on and takes the chequered flag for a second time after two races of the season so far

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso concentrates on the race ahead

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel jumps on his car in parc ferme after the Malaysian GP

Polesitter Vettel of Red Bull is still in the lead flanked by McLaren's Hamilton and after a great start both Lotus Renault GP cars on the outside

Heikki Kovalainen's Lotus is prepared on the grid before the race

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Red Bull Racing's technical chief Adrian Newey carefully watches the well performing Renault works car

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Jenson Button is serviced at McLaren pits

Adrian Sutil makes a stop at Force India pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media behind parc ferme: on the right hand second qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Mark Webber as third on the grid

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld of Lotus Renault GP and Timo Glock of Virgin Racing

Lewis Hamilton receives a quick service at McLaren pits

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

After colliding with Hamilton's rear tyre, Alonso has to change the front wing in an unexpected stop at Ferrari pits in lap 46

Bernie Eccleston stands on the grid before the race in Malaysia with Dato Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia

Mark Webber watches the screens at the Red Bull pitwall command center

The Red Bull mechanics hug their winner Sebastian Vettel for his great achievement

After the start, polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull leads the field through the first chicane

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Red Bull's World Champion Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after the Malaysian GP

After the start, polesitter Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull leads the field through the first chicane

Michael Schumacher signs autographs under the lenses of eager TV cameras

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

BMW Sauber's Friday driver Sebastian Vettel

Anthony Davidson, BAR-Honda's 3rd driver

rear view mirror

race is stopped due to heavy downpour

race is stopped due to heavy downpour

race is stopped due to heavy downpour

race is stopped due to heavy downpour

race is stopped due to heavy downpour

race is stopped due to heavy downpour

Technical Director Giorgio Ascanelli

race is stopped due to heavy downpour

rear view mirror

race is stopped due to heavy downpour

race is stopped due to heavy downpour

race is stopped due to heavy downpour

Berger interviewed by ORF

Niki Lauda

Berger and Dennis

Niki Lauda

David Coulthard in his McLaren

Lauda

Malaysian GP 2000

Cora Schumacher

David Coulthard

Mika Salo passing the empty grandstands during a practice session

David Coulthard

Zoomy Ralf on the way to his next victory

Finally Champagne shower

Malaysian national costumes

handshaking with rival and brother

BMW Power strikes again

Trulli

Massa on his Sauber gained one point

Jenson Button rushing through the pit lane in his Renault

Ralf passing the pit lane signal

Mario Illien and Norbert Haug of McLarenMercedes chatting with Niki Lauda

Kimi Raikkonen zoomy

Norbert Haug following the screen

Barrichello's pitstop

Juan-Pablo Montoya

Ralf Schumacher during Qualifying setup

Allan McNish was close on his Toyota

During practice, David Coulthard had to push his car back to the pits on his own

The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur

Lonely Juan Pablo Montoya in front of a great panorama

Giancarlo Fisichella, Malaysia 2002

colourful flowers in the grid girl's hair

Thumbs up for Montoya

Sato in the pits

Williams' cockpit

Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren Mercedes

At the Malaysian GP 2005, the third placed Nick Heidfeld achieves his second F1 podium ever

Narain Karthikeyan

Mark Webber, BMW Williams

Having arrived in park fermé after a lonely race Raikkonen jumps out of the winning Ferrari

Second Jarno Trulli

The nose cone of a Brawn GP Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Williams, in front of Trulli on Toyota

Giancarlo Fisichella , Renault

Jacques Villeneuve ending his pit stop, pic 4 of 4

Timo Glock sprays champagne towards the BMW Sauber team

Brawn GP team's first group photo

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Favourite Raikkonen is being interviewed by Bob Constanduros, the entertaining and legendary on-circuit commentator at all Grands Prix

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Michael Schumacher is being interrogated by his brother Ralf and Florian Koenig of RTL

Father and son Todt on the way through pitlane

Giancarlo Fisichella lifting his wheel

Nick Heidfeld guides the BMW Sauber F1 car through heavy rain

Race stopped in lap 32

Winning Finn Kimi Raikkonen with physio Mark Arnall

A Toro Rosso nose cone with front wings

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Renault driver Nelson Piquet jr.

Heavy rain causes the race to stop in lap 32, mechanics and engineers run to their cars on the grid

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Nick Heidfeld comes to BMW Sauber pits

Winning Ferrari driver Raikkonen crosses the finish line with two raised fists

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen

The brake disks of Robert Kubica's BMW Sauber F1 car are being cooled down whilst it is being reversed to pits

Vitantonio Liuzzi entering the pit lane half on grass (which led to a spin)

Lewis Hamilton out of pits

McLarens number one Lewis Hamilton in front of Trulli

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Raikkonens second pit stop in lap 38

Fernando Alonso curbing

A true BMW fan

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Felipe Massa puts his race helmet on

The steering wheel of a Brawn GP car, of course FIA-approved

Malaysia's national flag

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Massa's manager Nicolas Todt talks on the grid with Ferrari advisor Michael Schumacher

Entrepreneur and MidlandF1 team owner Alex Shnaider

Zoomy Juan Pablo Montoya

Nico Rosberg with physio Kai

Jean Alesi climbs out of his car after winning the Saturday Speedcar race

Jean Alesi takes the chequered flag in the Speedcar race

Close-up of Jenson Button steering

Bernie Ecclestone and Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi meeting Toyota bosses at the grid

Heikki Kovalainen puts his race helmet on

Cheering Ferrai fans on main grandstand

Malaysian Ferrari fans show their braces

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Our Lithuanian relative Harald Schlegelmilch carries a name which is very difficult to spell :)

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Heavy rain tyres also for Alonso at Renault pits

Nico Rosberg stops for a service in lap 29

As the race is stopped in lap 32, the pitwall gate is being opened and team crews rush to the grid

Nico Rosberg speeds away after a Williams pit service in lap 29

Heikki Kovalainen in McLaren Mercedes pits

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Nick Heidfeld sprays champagne

Jarno Trulli

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Still red lights for Adrian Sutil at pit lane exit

Talent Sebastian Vettel is being honored by a little slap on his shoulder from Bernie Ecclestone

Nick Heidfeld prepares for racing

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Ex Formula 1 and DTM driver Jean Alesi is one of the founders of the Speedcar series which hold races in Asia

Lewis Hamilton arrives at McLaren Mercedes pits

Adrian Sutil takes a wee dram of cool water

Zoom of Michael Schumacher

Jenson Button arrives at parc ferme after gaining second pole position in a row

Robert Kubica shakes his trophy for a well earned second place

Timo Glock chills down besides the grid with rock music

The fastest three drivers pose for the media after qualifying in parc ferme: Third positioned Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull (who is given a ten grid place penalty for accident in previous race), Brawn GPs polesitter Jenson Button and the second grid placed Jarno Trulli of Toyota

Mark Webber heads out of Red Bull Racing pits

Nick Heidfeld at BMW Sauber pits

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Nick Heidfeld entering his cockpit for grid presentation

Thoughful views of Mark Webber in Red Bull Racing pits

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Christian Klien finally retiring in lap 26 with dropped hydraulic pressure

Takuma Sato

BMW Williams crew giving fast service

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica brakes hard

A McLaren airgun with attached flange for wheel hub cap

Heidfelds second stop at BMW Sauber pits during lap 41

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Giancarlo Fisichella and Fernando Alonso celebrating their 1-2 victory with Renault team boss Flavio Briatore in parc fermé

Michael Schumacher leaving his filling station

Nick Heidfeld concentrated

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Toyota driver Jarno Trulli

Winner Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Nico Rosberg before retiring with engine failure in lap 6

Close-up on a fuel tank seal device

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Jenson Button of Honda

Rubens Barrichello in his Honda

Webber and Rosberg squeezing their Williams into the chicane, being pushed by Raikkonen and the rest

Fernando Alonso of Renault

A Honda steering wheel

Kubica seems a bit surprised as a bodyguard shovels space for a Malaysian VIP guest

Malaysian beauties line up for a ride ;-)

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Ferrari team principal Jean Todt with actress & partner Michelle Yeoh on the grid

Fernando Alonso

Massa waves at media after setting pole

... to suddenly unveil the most beautiful Malaysian girls who pose for the TV camera

Michael Schumacher with manager Wiilli Weber and his new physiotherapist Michael Marner

Cosworth commercial director Bernard Ferguson with Sam Michael, Williams technical director

The rear end of a BMW Sauber car

Champagne shower for Fisichella, Alonso and Button

Schumachers manager "Mr. 20%" Willi Weber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Ross Brawn, Honda's new technical director

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen's second pit stop in lap 41

Zoom of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica's second pit stop in lap 27, slight nose surgery recommended ;)

Nick Heidfeld needs a late first service in lap 22

Fernando Alonso's first pit stop in lap 18

Ferrari bees swarm around the red queen

Nick Heidfeld takes a seat

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Jenson Button

Rookie Lewis Hamilton talks with Vitantonio Liuzzi

Scuderia Toro Rosso

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso beset with microphones

Kimi Raikkonen's second pit stop in lap 41

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

'Smoking causes hair loss' ;)

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Kimi Raikkonen

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing, sets his car up

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Glock's grid girl

Scott Speed, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag and crosses the finish line

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, ploughs through a rainy pitlane

Race winner Sebastian Vettel cheers from the podium and celebrates his first victory of the season

Vitantonio Liuzzi sits at the pit wall command center of his Force India F1 Team

More berautiful girls

Formula One promotor Bernie Ecclestone takes his VIP guests, Malaysian politicians, around for a walk on the grid

A large sign marks Sutil's fourth grid position

Peter Sauber, former owner of the Sauber team, now advisor to BMW Sauber F1

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Robert Kubica, Renault

After the race was stopped by the race direction as undriveable in lap 32 due to heavy rain, the Ferrari crew convents around Raikkonen's car on the grid

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, rides out to practice session

Felipe Massa in front of Ferrari team mate Alonso and chaser Button

Tim Routsis, Cosworth's Managing Director and Dato' Sri Anthony Francis 'Tony' Fernandes (Lotus Team Principal and head of Air Asia) with his drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Pit stop of Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Fans watch the race from a hill

Mark Webber practises a pit stop with the Red Bull pit crew

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lionheart Lewis Hamilton overtook both Toro Rossos, enlarging the gap to the Ferraris of Massa and Alonso and also team mate Button

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

A happy looking Mark Webber after setting the pole

Hispania Racing team mates Bruno Senna and Karun Chandhok walk to drivers briefing on Thursday

Felipe Massa in Ferrari pits

Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek and Malaysian 6th Prime Minister Dato Sri Mohd Najib take a close look at the Mercedes silver arrow in pits

The Malaysian security officers look cute, but they can be very serious, too

Becoming familiar with pole position, Red Bull mechanics hide the setup of their RBR-Renault's rear bodywork

An awe-struck young fan watches the former team mates Schumacher and Massa on their way to drivers briefing on Thursday

Sebastian Vettel in pits with Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner

A confident looking Bruno Senna and Lucas di Grassi return from drivers parade

Winner Sebastian Vettel cheers from the podium

FIA Race Director Charlie Whiting and FOM's Bernie Ecclestone

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, is being pushed to his marvelous second grid position

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

The two Red Bull Renault take the lead to lap two

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified happy Nico Rosberg, Mark Webber as polesetter in the middle and his Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel as third on the grid

Parc ferme

The start pack flows through first chicane

Vitaly Petrov, Renault, on pit lane

Red Bull Racing's chief designer Adrian Newey at pit wall command center

Narain Karthikeyan, Jordan

Williams' director of engineering Patrick Head

Michael Schumacher takes a close look at his opponents' cars in parc ferme after qualifying

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel raises his first place trophy

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Mark Webber in Red Bull pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Karun Chandhok, Hispania Racing

Lewis Hamilton finally overtakes a brave Petrov after a thrilling long fight on-track

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, during a practice session

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

BMW-Sauber engineers executing last electronics checks

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Glock's Toyota pit crew is prepared for the next service

Timo Glock changes to intermediate tyres at Toyota pits

Group photo after qualifying: On third position Kovalainen, polesitter Massa, second positioned Raikkonen

Kovalainen's McLaren Mercedes is being prepared on 14th grid position

Litter is being removed several times a day to keep everything clean and tidy

Sebastian Vettel watches the practice times with his Red Bull race engineer Guillaume Rocquelin

Michael Schumacher refueling in lap 45

Felipe Massa refills liquid besides grid

On Sunday before the race, Sebastian Vettel is being interviewed by German TV presenter Ralf Schumacher who replaces Niki Lauda until his full recovery from a hip operation

Jenson Button´s dad John in (anyway usual) extraordinary good mood after Friday morning session

Bridgestone tyres quite used

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW-Sauber

Timo Glock and Nick Heidfeld spray champagne towards the BMW Sauber team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher in the second before exiting his pit

Robert Kubica enters BMW Sauber pits during Q3

The start field squeezes through first chicane, Jenson Button in front (behind Rosberg and Trulli who passed already)

A close look through a Toro Rosso rear end

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, being serviced

Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima

A friendly Malaysian track marshal waves at the reflecting photographer Rainer W. Schlegelmilch

Massa and Hamilton march to drivers parade, being followed by Fisichella and Alonso

Wheelspin on slick tyres of Sebastien Buemi's Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg is being pushed in his Williams car to fourth grid position

Christijan Albers, Midland

Lithuanian GP2 driver Harald Schlegelmilch wheelspins off in his Trident Racing car

McLaren engineers feeding Kimi's car with electronic helpers

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jarno Trulli made his 1st pit stop in lap 20

Massa's Ferrari car on an unfamiliar 16th grid place

Pit stop of Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Michael Schumacher in the pits after Friday morning qualification session

Robert Kubica at BMW Sauber F1 pits during Q3

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP

Bird of paradise Moko poses with two girls at the Malaysian pitwall, on right hand Jenson Button's girlfriend Jessica Michibata

Pit stop of Jacques Villeneuve, BMW Sauber (image 2 of 4)

David Coulthard, Nick Heidfeld and Christian Klien

Being backed up by his father Anthony, Lewis Hamilton returns from press conference after his statement regarding the disqualification at Melbourne

Champagne shower

Emotional final podium group shot, let alone a personal thumbs up from sunnyboy Hamilton

Technical Director Sam Michael checks weather state at Williams pit wall

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher is still closely linked to Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld, BMW-Sauber

Giorgio Ascanelli, technical director of Toro Rosso

Michael Schumacher on his way back from drivers presentation, being chased by an RTL TV camera

Pit stop of Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella being interviewed

TV presenter and Ex F1 driver Christian Danner in his Speedcar

Fernando Alonso crosses the finish line

On grid shortly before the race, Robert Kubica puts his helmet on

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

A sun-drenched Honda rear wing

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Jacques Villeneuve, Sauber Petronas

Joyful Fernando Alonso on podium's second place

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Familiar expression on Trullis face

Close-up on a Honda exhaust weldseam

Zoom of Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

MidlandF1 driver Christijan Albers

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Nico Rosberg's helmet faces the grid

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Alex Wurz, Williams

Nick Heidfeld concentrates before the race

Lewis Hamilton in front of Felipe Massa

Sebastien Buemi's Toro Rosso lost the front wing ...

On grid shortly before the race, Robert Kubica puts his helmet on

The race is finished without chequered after 32 laps, Heidfeld celebrates his second place on grid already

Kubica exits pits in lap 21 after his first stop

BMW Sauber team group photo

Nick Heidfeld watching qualification session times in his pit

Pole position for Felipe Massa

Second half of start field squeezes through first chicane

Toyota team principal Tsutomu Tomita

A proud Jean Todt with his polesetter Felipe Massa

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Kimi Raikkonen is the first to change to heavy wets at Ferrari pits in lap 18

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg

A Force India awaits scrutineering

BMW Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder jokes around with ex-F1 drivers and old comrades JJ Lehto and Johnny Herbert

Nelson Piquet jr. lifts off from Renault F1 pits

New Ferrari ace Felipe Massa burning some rubber of his Bridgestones

The fenced parc fermé surrounded by cheering team members

Dry ice cools the brake disks down

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Heidfelds second stop at BMW Sauber pits during lap 41

The start field approaches second corner, both Ferraris in the lead with Kubica third and Weber in fourth position

Sebastian Vettel in discussion with Red Bull Racing advisor Dr. Helmut Marko

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld in a better position

Raikkonens second pit stop in lap 38

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Heidfelds second stop at BMW Sauber pits during lap 41

Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen talks with Willy Rampf, the Technical Director of the BMW Sauber F1 Team

Jenson Button, Honda

Williams technical director Sam Michael

Fernando Alonso waves his fans

Ferrari steering wheel

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

In lap 26 Christian Klien's 1st refueling stop, soon to retire after two unplanned stops in lap 1 and 4 after crashing his suspension at Raikkonen's car

Jean Todt and Kimi Raikkonen stand relaxed on the lawn besides the grid, obviously looking forward to the race

Alonso jumps between the two Silver Arrows in parc fermÈ

The two Finns Kimi Raikkonen and Heikki Kovalainen walk to drivers parade

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alsonso already far ahead

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Ferrari's carbon fibre suspension

BMW Sauber pit crew practices pit stops

... which is quickly rescued by an alert Malaysian track marshal ...

New tyre regulations for now one and only supplier Bridgestone

Tyres are being marked as spare wheels by spray and stencil

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Malaysian grid girls practice for their great day

Raikkonens manger David Robertson with his son Steve and Ferraris Head of Motor Sport Press Office Luca Colajanni attentively watch the times screen in Ferrari pits.

Glock's Toyota and Heidfeld's BMW Sauber in parc ferme after the abandoned race, surrounded by their team crews during podium ceremony

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Kubica pits in lap 21 for his first stop

Takuma Sato, Super Aguri

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Physiotherapists have to carry bulky stuff around in these days, but Jo Leberer obviously manages averything as an experienced professional

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Jean Alesi sits in a Speedcar racecar

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Happy Ferrari team group photo

Nico Rosberg, Williams

McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh explains the disqualification of Hamilton to the international media

A Force India carbon fibre detail

Michael Schumacher

Third Nick Heidfeld

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

A happy Timo Glock gives thumbs up after a short but difficult race

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jacques Villeneuve being fit into his cell with seatbelts

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

A storm cloud builds up above the race track

Mechanics work on a Lotus-Cosworth in their pits

Kamui Kobayashi's Sauber-Ferrari retires with engine problems

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, rushes through pitlane

Schumacher's Mercedes under cover after the race, just retired after 9 laps with a lost wheel nut

The annual season's start group photo of the whole BMW Sauber F1 team

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A Malaysian TV presenter groups with the grid girls for a special take

Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton exchange jokes before the drivers parade

This kind security guard opened the door to the photographer's room always with a smile

Lucas di Grassi, Virgin Racing

Third placed Timo Glock cheers at his fans from podium

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes sits on an unexpected second grid place whilst Webber's Red Bull-Renault is being pushed to pole position

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button and Karun Chandhok take a young fan to drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton stops at McLaren pits

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes is being equipped on second grid position

Champagne shower

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, boosts through pit lane

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Jenson Button zooms through pitlane on the way to his second pit stop in lap 22

Anthony Davidson setting pace with the fastest lap in the last minute of 2nd practice on Friday

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, watches the practice times

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing, rushes through pit lane

Felipe Massa in front of Ferrari team mate Alonso

Polesetter Mark Webber stands in his Red Bull-Renault in parc ferme, besides him just arriving his team mate Vettel and Mercedes GP's Nico Rosberg at the back

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, cheers with his trophy for a well earned third place

Team boss Ross Brawn thinks at Mercedes' pit wall command center

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on in Red Bull Racing pits

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing, squeezes his helmet on

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing

Sauber mechanics return the Sauber-Ferrari car after a rainy Q3's scrutineering

Red Bull chief designer Adrian Newey is being champagne-showered by race winner Sebastian Vettel, second placed Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg after the podium ceremony

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mercedes Sport Director Norbert Haug in pits

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, on a wet track

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Heidfeld ends his second stop at BMW Sauber pits in lap 41 of the Malaysaian GP 2008

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Christian Klien

Lewis Hamilton end shis stop at McLaren pits

Felipe Massa ends his stop at Ferrari pits

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes on second grid place

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing, brakes with smoking tyres

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica is being prepared for the grid formation

Heikki Kovalainen, Renault

Bijou designer Moko shows his collection of rings

A friendly safety officer guards the paddock

Pit stop of Jacques Villeneuve in lap 41, pic 1 of 4 ...

Whilst Vettel collects his gadgets, Mark Webber receives congratulations in parc ferme

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Hamilton and Alonso try hard to manage the rain and to reach the second qualifying session

Juan Pablo Montoya leading two BMWs

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen makes his way through paddock

Welcome to Malaysia

Red Bull's Dr. Helmut Marko takes a sip of energy

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Adrian Sutil rushes through pitlane

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Lucas di Grassi, Virgin Racing

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Scuderia Ferrari

The rear wing of a Lotus-Cosworth car

Karun Chandhok, Hispania Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Venerable local VIP smile for a sponsor group photo

Bernie Ecclestone visits the Mercedes GP pits for a photo call with Nick Fry, Ross Brawn and Dato Sri Mohd Najib, Malaysian 6th Prime Minister

Kamui Kobayashi's Sauber-Ferrari on 9th grid place

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Tommi signals Vettel his gap to Webber

Kubica's Renault is being prepared on sixth grid position

Team bosses Christian Horner (RBR), Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren) and Bob Fernley (Force India), walk through the paddock in a good mood (together with Peter Sauber and Christian Danner at the back)

Fernando Alonso ends his first pit stop in lap 18

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag, crosses the finish line and celebrates his first victory of the season

A mechanic's goggles on a pit crew protective helmet

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Zoom again of Giancarlo Fisichella

Race winner Sebastian Vettel jumps from the Red Bull Renault car in parc ferme

Red Bull chief designer Adrian Newey and race winner Sebastian Vettel enjoy congratulations from the team members at parc ferme fence

Bernie Ecclestone enters his car in front of caterer Karlheinz Zimmermann's cabin

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel in pits with Christian Horner and Dr. Helmut Marko

Webber, Rosberg and Schumacher during drivers parade

After start Nico Rosberg on Williams passes the first chicane in front of Trulli, Button and Raikkonen, Alonso far left hand

BMW Sauber F1 Team presentation

Rain clouds build up above a tidy pitlane

Robert Kubica successfully returns to track from a second pit stop in lap 27 with an exchanged nose cone

Robert Kubica's second pit stop in lap 27, new nose nearly attached

Heikki Kovalainen's second pit stop in lap 39

Takuma Sato in the new Super Aguri Honda

Kimi Raikkonen in the silver arrow

Another handsome Malaysian lady at Timo Glock's grid place

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Webber in 4th position chasing 3rd placed Alonso until being interrupted by his pitstop in lap 14

Giancarlo Fisichella leading the herd into second corner

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

A proudly grinning Giancarlo Fisichella presenting his trophy

Soft-tyred Ralf Schumacher of Toyota during qualifying

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Cats and dogs rain at McLaren today

In a tidy BMW Sauber pits, Heidfeld waits for roll out to installation lap

Giancarlo Fisichella in front of the Malaysian national flag

Policeman Hambazi and his motorbike colleagues attend the 10th Malaysian Grand Prix

Both Ferraris stick close to the rear of Hamilton's McLaren

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Timo Glock end his pit stop with a wheelie

Johnny Herbert and Stefan Johansson chat with Sir Jackie Stewart

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A Toro Rosso steering wheel

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg receiving last helpful hands before the race

A small sticker tells more than one story about Ferraris succeedings

Dancing arm in arm, the new McLaren dream team

Filigree Ferrari rear suspension

Youngster Sebastian Vettel teases Kubica about the surprised expression on his face when he was suddenly stopped by a bodyguard

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen

Press surrounds McLaren's 'most successful newcomer' Lewis Hamilton who is already wearing a World Champion's cap ;)

Pit stop of Jacques Villeneuve, pic 3 of 4 ...

Carefully shaped Ferrari front wings

Scott Speed in his Toro Rosso

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel gives an interview to TV presenter Kai Ebel of RTL

Jenson Button celebrates his pole position

Giancarlo Fisichella being rewarded for his patience for a victory in 2005 with reaching a beautiful 1-2 for Renault

Sebastian Vettel heads out of Red Bull Racing pits

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

As the race is stopped in lap 32, team crews rush through the monsoon curtain to the grid

Giancarlo Fisichella in a very rare Hispano Suiza

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW-Sauber

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld rolls off from a late first service in lap 22

Michael Schumacher with a busy crew surrounding him

Winner Giancarlo Fisichella shaking his fist on his way to parc ferme

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Fernando Alonso during his second pitstop

On grid shortly before the race, Robert Kubica puts his helmet on

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Malaysian GP 2000

The Start

Happy marshals on their way home

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen one lap after his pitstop returning straight to pits with flat tire

Mark Webber leading Ralf Schumacher

Flavio Briatore after race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Ferrari crewmen training pit stops

Heidfelds jacked-up BMW Sauber on its grid position

Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello

An potentially delighted Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore

Lewis Hamilton shows up on the screens of the media center on Thursday

Super Aguri fans

Mark Webber of WilliamsF1

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Renault's Nelson Piquet jr. in front of Nakajima, Bourdais and Fisichella

Ferrari advisor Michael Schumacher arrives at the paddock

Yeah, we love to see one of us racing!

Jenson Button, Honda

Mario Theissen and Burkhard Goeschel of BMW

Proud father Niki Lauda

McLaren Mercedes driver Heikki Kovalainen

Williams driver Nico Rosberg

Toro Rosso rider Sebastien Bourdais

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A Renault carbon fibre safety cell

A Force India steering wheel

Malaysian Ferrari fans

Malaysian grid girls smile for the TV camera

Fourth grid position for Robert Kubica

Raikkonens second pit stop in lap 38

A view at the rear of Hamiltons McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld puts his helmet on

Jean Alesi sits in a Speedcar racecar

Winner Kimi Raikkonen raises his trophy

FIA executives Herbie Blash and Charlie Whiting

Nelson Piquet jr walks to drivers parade, Alonso behind him

The start field approaches second corner, both Ferraris in the lead

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Ferrari and McLaren drivers will start together from the back, too :)

Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber are being interviewed on the grid

Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder chats with Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, 2007 still test driver to the BMW Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel after qualifying in a good mood as always

Felipe Massa ejects from Ferrari pits

Robert Kubica, Renault, during a rainy first qualification session

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel overtakes his pole setting team mate Webber on the outside of first turn after the start

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, on the green in the last turn during a rainy Q1

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Red Bull driver Mark Webber, chief designer Adrian Newey, race winner Sebastian Vettel and a happy third placed Nico Rosberg

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Jenson Button parks his McLaren Mercedes in the gravel during the wet Q1 session

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel takes the lead over from teammate Webber in the first chicane whilst the already catching up Ferraris and Hamilton peek into first corner

Nico Hulkenberg and Timo Glock

Bernie Ecclestone watches Schumacher's Mercedes being set up on eighth grid position

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg in Mercedes GP pits

Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek and Malaysian 6th Prime Minister Dato Sri Mohd Najib take a close look at the Mercedes silver arrow in pits

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams, in the pitlane

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and second placed Red Bull team mate Mark Webber shake hands during podium ceremony

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Mercedes Grand Prix boss Ross Brawn concentrates on the grid

Red Bull chief designer Adrian Newey enjoys congratulations from the mechanics at parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica, Renault

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team, in front of his team mate

Chandhok, Button and Alonso in a row

Another grid girl holds the German national flag

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes VIP guests on the grid

Sebastian Vettel cliques with Webber and Rosberg

Sebastian Vettel with a Red Bull engineer on the grid

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Giancarlo Fisichella and Fernando Alonso squeezing their godfather Flavio Briatore

Kimi Raikkonen checking how cockpit fits

Yuji Ide of Super Aguri

1 - 2 for BMW, Michael just has arrived

Toyota driver Jarno Trulli

World champion 1982 with Williams, Keke Rosberg, now introducing his son

Nico Rosberg, Williams

What a sweet pretty gift for Nicks baby daughter!

Juan Pablo Montoya in his McLaren-Mercedes

US talent Scott Speed of Scuderia Toro Rosso

Prof. Dr. Mario Theissen, director of BMW Motorsport

An unusual view into Raikkonen's cockpit

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Rocket man Lewis Hamilton overtakes Massa in second Ferrari

Engineers have shut each opening of Alonso's car

Mario Theissen, BMW Motorsport Director

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Massa chases Heidfeld in final race stage

Deserved champagne shower for the busy mechanics

German rookie Nico Rosberg, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Adrian Sutil, Spyker

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Jenson Button with his new girlfriend Florence Brudenell-Bruce

Final mechanical and electronical adjustments on the grid

Jenson Button, Honda

Nick Heidfeld needs a late first service in lap 22

Nick Heidfeld shortly before rolling out to grid formation

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

A lonely winner on an empty track (but crowded pitwall at McLaren)

Kimi Raikkonen, in front his manager David Robertson

Kimi Raikkonen's car without wheels at its grid position

Thumbs up from Felipe Massa

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Start field scramble, nearly all cars wear soft pneus

Honda's Rubens Barrichello

Sitting - and not moving - drivers make photographers happy :)

Nick Heidfeld at his grid position

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica's second pit stop in lap 27

Nick Heidfeld needs a late first service in lap 22

Zoom of BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica

Lewis Hamilton's second pit stop in lap 38

Confident Felipe Massa with girlfriend Rafaela Bassi

Robert Kubica's second pit stop in lap 27 nearly finished

Jackie Stewart explains F1 to his VIP guests, members of the legendary band 'Earth, Wind & Fire'

Jenson Button, Honda

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica sits in his BMW Sauber car

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso's first pit stop in lap 18, note Ron Dennis giving signs about bad radio connection

Kimi Raikkonen rides out at Friday morning practice

Peter Sauber and his wife Christiane arrive in paddock on Friday morning

Ferrari pit crew performs a qualifying pit stop

Lewis Hamilton's second pit stop in lap 38

Grid girl with Malaysian national flag

Kimi Raikkonen's second pit stop in lap 41

Alonso raises his trophy, besides him McLaren boss Dennis, team mate Hamilton and ex-Mercedes driver Raikkonen

Safety car racer Bernd Mayländer

Kimi Raikkonen's second pit stop in lap 41

Fernando Alonso chats besides the grid with his physio Fabricio Borra

Pit stop of Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Malaysian paddock garbage disposal truck

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Robert Kubica comes to BMW Sauber F1 pits at qualifying's third part

Robert Kubica and a fan at BMW Sauber F1 pits :)

McLarens Kovalainen in front of Coulthard, Alonso and Piquet

Jenson Button, Honda

With modest assistance if his manager Hans-Bernd Kamps, Timo Glock speaks with a Toyota race engineer

Lewis Hamilton is being pushed to McLaren Mercedes pits

The start field in the first corner after Alonso rushed down also the two Williams and a McLaren and proceeded from 7th to 3rd position

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Kingfisher branded rear wings of a Force India car

Michael Schumacher is being interrogated by his brother Ralf and Florian Koenig of RTL

After qualifying the front liners arrive at park fermé: Second grid place for Raikkonen, pole position for Massa

Continuous communicating Mercedes Motorsport director Norbert Haug shakes hands on the grid with Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel

On Sunday before the race, Sebastian Vettel is being interviewed by German TV presenter Florian Koenig and Ralf Schumacher

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg stops for a service in lap 29

Timo Glock out of car, being caressed for third place after race was abandoned

Rubens Barrichello in Brawn GP pits

Former team owner Dr. Giancarlo Minardi, who sold his long time challenging Minardi team in 2005 to Red Bull CEO Dietrich Mateschitz, who established the Toro Rosso team in Formula 1 in 2006

Flood light illluminates the waiting cars on a wet grid after the race was stopped

GP2 racer Harald Schlegelmilch

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Jenson Button, Honda

Common face Ralf Schumacher, temporary replacement to Niki Lauda as RTL TV presenter during his recovery from a hip operation, chats with Red Bull advisor Dr. Helmut Marko

Nico Rosberg stops for a service in lap 29

Giancarlo Fisichella and Fernando Alonso after visiting the Paddock Club

Lewis Hamilton walks to grid with his physio Adam Costanzo

Iceman Kimi Raikkonen of McLaren

Brawn GP's Jenson Button in front of Alonso und team mate Barrichello

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica concentrates on a timing monitor

Honda driver Jenson Button

Barrichello's Malaysian grid girl enjoys the late afternoon

Packing together the catering equipment for Australia

The drivers greet from the drivers parade truck

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1, flies over the curbs

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen at BMW Sauber's pitwall command center

Renault's lollipop with LED signals

Two hours after the race the whole Ferrari crew waits patiently for the other teams to roll their cars back from FIA scrutineering so that they can get ready for the group photo shooting

After start Nico Rosberg on Williams takes first corner in front of Trulli, Button and Raikkonen

Toyota´s Ralf Schumacher

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Jenson Button and Mark Webber walking through the pitlane

... and his cousin on the manually balanced multifunctional amphibic oversize wing rescue vehicle

The Ferrari pits during qualifyication session part 3

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP

Jenson Button waves to the audience

Jenson Button of Honda

Jenson Button celebrates his pole position

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Mark Webber on his 1st pit stop in lap 14

The three winning cars of the Malaysian Grand Prix lined up in a very tidy parc fermé

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld out of BMW Sauber F1 pits

Toro Rosso rider Sebastian Vettel in front of Sutil and Sato

Juan Pablo Montoya passing the impressive Sepang track landmarks

Felipe Massa gets ready besides the grid, seemingly being motivated by his manager Nicolas Todt

Sponsors watch out! In Malaysia the branding of umbrellas becomes an interesting business on the grid

Sebastien Buemi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Sir Jackie Stewart japes with Stefan Johansson and Johnny Herbert

Sebastian Vettel should become sponsored by a toothpaste company

Michael Schumacher in one of his countless interviews

Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren Mercedes

Parc ferme after the Malaysian Grand Prix

Winner Fernando Alonso passing his cheering team

Juan Pablo Montoya of McLaren

Track marshal performing a lunch break nap

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Jenson Button, Honda

Nick Heidfelds 100th race anniversary cake and a bunch of hungry photographers

Giancarlo Fisichella kissing his well-deserved trophy

Mark Webber, Williams

Jarno Trulli of Toyota

Nico Rosberg getting ready for the start

William´s new hope Nico Rosberg

Dr. Mario Theissen and Peter Sauber hand the anniversary present over to Nick Heidfeld who celebrates his 100th F1 race

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Jacques Villeneuve on his way to grid

Mark Webber

Toyota technical director Mike Gascoyne

Red Bull test driver Robert Doornbos

Both Williams being towed back after the race with blown-up engines

Super Aguri-Honda drivers Takuma Sato and Yuji Ide being followed by Felipe Massa and Jacques Villeneuve during a drivers pitwalk

Peter Sauber with his wife and a pice of cake (baked to celebrate Heidfelds 100th race anniversary)

Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren-Mercedes

Christian Klien, Red Bull Racing

Jacques Villeneuve hurries through the paddock, accidentially with a Heidfeld cap

Ralf Schumacher in the Toyota pit watching times

Chris Dyer, Ferrari race engineer and responsible for Michael Schumachers red ady

Stop-and-go penalty for Rubens Barrichello in lap 36 for speeding in the pitlane

Jacques Villeneuve on the grid

BMW Sauber test driver Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber's stubbly Nick Heidfeld

Rocket man Lewis Hamilton starts from fourth position and already gains one position after first corner, overtaking both Ferraris in a daredevil manoeuvre

Felipe Massa besides the grid

Teams bring their cars to FIA technical scrutineering on Thursday evening: Renault ...

Giancarlo Fisichella with soft tyres, marked with a white stripe, a new FIA regulation to differentiate them from the other tyre type with harder rubber mixture

Ice man Raikkonen already collects coolness for the hot race

Honda

Robert Kubica and Fernando Alonso on their way to drivers parade

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Ralf Schumacher's first pit stop in lap 19

Grid girl with Malaysian national flag

Pit lane marshal guards BMW Sauber's pit wall

Peter Sauber closely watches a Ferrari

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa practices a pit stop, brakes being cooled down

Robert Kubica awaits his run-out

Nick Heidfeld locks up his left front wheel

Mark Webber, RBR

Ferrari's Felipe Massa with both Honda drivers Barrichello and Button

Panasonic Toyota

Felipe Massa, thoughtful

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Felipe Massa besides the grid with father and son Todt (Ferrari and Felipe's boss Jean Todt, his son Nicolas is Felipe's manager)

Drunk with joy and success, Alonso and Hamilton embrace each other in parc fermé

Parc fermé from above

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Malaysian grid girls await the drivers for parade

Helpful hand from FOM TV crew hold the Malaysian flag ...

Jenson Button shakes his trophy for his second victory in a row

Sebastien Bourdais in Toro Rosso pits

Polesetter Jenson Button points out an important fact, probably his loyal sponsor

Felipe Massa lifts a wheel of his Ferrari

Ladies pose for photographers as live Petronas advertising

Robert Kubica shoots out of BMW Sauber F1 pits during Q3

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Raikkonens second pit stop in lap 38

Felipe Massa puts his race helmet on

Williams driver Nico Rosberg

The Union Jack besides Jenson Button's name tags the Brawn GP car

Renault mechanics roll the car to scrutineering on Thursday

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld in front of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Robert Kubica watches a sceen at the pitwall command center

The Honda team's new principal Ross 'The Brain' Brawn

Sebastian Vettel cools down besides the grid with a damp towel

Third placed Kovalainen and second Kubica leave parc fermé in direction to the holy stairs leading to the podium ceremony

Force India team principal Colin Kolles

Swedish racer Stefan Johansson gives thumbs-up to his old friend Rainer (see also www.sjwatch.net)

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, in front of Renault's Alonso

David Coulthard and his fiance Karen Minier meet the Scottish legend Sir Stewart

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen takes seat in his Ferrari

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Timo Glock climbs out of the Toyota at third grid place

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Ferrari mechanics in pits during qualifying

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

New German Toyota driver Timo Glock enters the paddock with physio Axel Thielmann and team manager Richard Cregan

Zoom of Rubens Barrichello, Honda

An experienced looking Malaysian marshal

The Ferrari pit crew tests pits stops and presumably the new signaling system with Kimi Raikkonen

Bernie Ecclestone speaks with Trullis manager Lucio Cavuto

Monsoon above McLaren hospitality

Ferrari advisor Michael Schumacher watches the action in pits during qualifying, his long time follower and Ferrari photographer Ercole Colombo watches, too

Sebastian Vettel in a thoughtful moment

After the race was stopped by the race direction as undriveable in lap 32 due to heavy rain, the Ferrari crew convents around an car on the grid

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, ends his qualification pit stop

Kimi Raikkonen signs a Ferrari cap

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Sebastian Vettels name at the side of the Toro Rosso cockpit

Adrian Sutil receives a fast service at Force India pits

The Toyota crew gathers around Glock's car on the grid

Jarno Trulli out of Panasonic Toyota pits

Sebastian Vettel heads out of Red Bull Racing pits

Webber's car is being prepared in Red Bull pits

Niki's son Mathias Lauda appreciates a blow of cooled air before the Speedcar race