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Mark Webber, Jaguar, surrounded by main sponsor HSBC

Malaysian GP 2004: … click

Warming up the tyres was not really necessary

The second pit stop of Giancarlo Fisichella (clutch problems?)

Ralf Schumacher waits in BMW-Williams pits for his qualification time slot

Pit stop of Ralf Schumacher, Williams BMW

Ralf Schumacher expressing an unknown thought

Michael Schumacher, from BILD newspaper already claimed as World Champion the 7th time

Pit stop of Michael Schumacher

Jenson Button receives his first champagne shower as a race winner

Michael Schumacher listening to the remarks of his race engineer Chris Dyer

Pit stop of Michael Schumacher

Jarno Trulli discussing with Race Director Charlie Whiting

Pit stop of Juan Pablo Montoya

Ralf Schumacher, BMWWilliamsF1

Jenson Button, BAR Honda

Mark Webber heading to his pits on three wheels after being touched by Ralf Schumacher

The beautiful bachside of a Renault car

Juan Pablo Montoya preparing for Qualifying

Ross Brawn and the Ferrari pit crew celebrate Schumacher's victory after the 2004 Malaysian GP

Fernando Alsonso, Renault

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Sadness on the face of Mark Webber after the race

Malaysian GP 2004: Fernando Alonso posing for a Renault photographers contest ...

Felipe Massa, Sauber

Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren

Juan Pablo Montoya in deep concentration

Aiguns on the pitlane

The field squeezing through the first corner

Rubens Barrichello leading the crowd

BMW Sauber's Friday driver Sebastian Vettel

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari's World Champion

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld

Mika Salo

Giancarlo Fisichella

Pedro Diniz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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'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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jenson Button is serviced at McLaren pits

Jenson Button is serviced at McLaren pits

Jenson Button is serviced at McLaren pits

Paul di Resta stops at Force India pits

Paul di Resta stops at Force India pits

Adrian Sutil makes a stop at Force India pits

Nico Rosberg stops at Mercedes GP pits

Michael Schumacher stops at Mercedes GP pits

Felipe Massa ends his stop at Ferrari pits

Felipe Massa receives a quick service at Ferrari pits

Felipe Massa receives a quick service at Ferrari pits

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

Mark Webber ejects from Red Bull Racing pits

Lewis Hamilton receives a quick service at McLaren pits

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

Sebastian Vettel receives a quick service at Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel receives a quick service at Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel receives a quick service at Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel receives a quick service at Red Bull Racing pits

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

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

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

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

The field passes turn one

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso concentrates on the race ahead

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

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

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

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

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

Jenson Button's McLaren Mercedes rolls to fourth grid position

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

Nico Rosberg prepares for the race

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

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

Michael Schumacher listens to Mercedes GP race engineer Mark Slade

Michael Schumacher prepares for racing besides the busy Mercedes grid place

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

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

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

Kovalainen's grid girl

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

Aerodynamically shaped Malaysian grid girls

A Malaysian grid girl

A Malaysian grid girl holds the German national banner

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

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

Lewis Hamilton with Sebastian Vettel before drivers parade

Rubens Barrichello with Sebastian Vettel

Felipe Massa, Rubens Barrichello and Sebastien Buemi

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

Sauber's Kamui Kabayashi with Rubens Barrichello of Williams

Jarno Trulli talks to Alguersuari before drivers parade

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

Michael Schumacher listens to Vitantonio Liuzzi and Karthikeyan

Timo Glock and Nico Rosberg wait for the drivers parade

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

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

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

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

The rear side of a McLaren-Mercedes

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

The rear side of a Red Bull-Renault

The steering wheel of a Lotus Renault GP car

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

A Mercedes GP car's steering wheel

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes GP car after qualifying

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes GP car after qualifying

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fernando Alonso on Ferrari in parc ferme after Q3

The Red Bull pit wall command center during qualifying

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Karthikeyan's HRT-Cosworth is returned from scrutineering

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

A view in to the busy Ferrari pits

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

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton in McLaren pits

Jenson Button backs to McLaren pits

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

A zoom of Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A zoom of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on in Red Bull pits

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on in Red Bull pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel enjoys a visit at the Red Bull pitwall

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

Dr. Helmut Marko in Red Bull pits

Mark Webber at the Red Bull pitwall

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

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

Franz Tost, Toro Rosso team boss

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Paul di Resta, Force India

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Bernie Ecclestone talks with Anthony Hamilton

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

Michael Schumacher signs autographs under the lenses of eager TV cameras

Bernie Ecclestone and Michael Schumacher meet in the paddock

Bernie Ecclestone

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

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

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

Another beautyful grid girl

A group shot of the grid girls

The international media is warmly welcomed at the Malaysian Grand Prix

Technical Director Giorgio Ascanelli

rear view mirror

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

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

First laps of the Malaysian Grand Prix 1999: Both Ferrari's of Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine in the lead. Later on Schumacher will allow Irvine to pass him.

Anthony Davidson, BAR-Honda's 3rd driver

Media Centre

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Media Centre

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Mechanics work on a Lotus-Cosworth in their pits

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing, sets his car up

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

GP Malaysia 2001: Ralf Schumacher, BMW.Williams.F1

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, being serviced

Early laps of the Malaysian GP 2000, with both Ferraris heading for the lead. Michael Schumacher performes a nice drift into the 2nd corner after the start/finish line.

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

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

Petrov's Renault retired car

The rear wing of a Lotus-Cosworth car

Slick tyres on a Lotus-Cosworth car after a long hot race

Grainy slicks

Parc ferme

Parc ferme after the Malaysian Grand Prix

Race winner Vettel's Red Bull-Renault is being scrutineered after the victory

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

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

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

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

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel raises his first place trophy

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

Winner Sebastian Vettel cheers from the podium

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

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

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

Race winner Sebastian Vettel cheers in front of international photographers

Race winner Sebastian Vettel gets congrats from Red Bull team mate Mark Webber in parc ferme

Race winner Sebastian Vettel exits the Red Bull Renault in front of a crowd of pushing photographers around parc ferme

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

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

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, takes the chequered flag

Chandhok, Button and Alonso in a row

Adrian Sutil, Force India, in front of Hamilton who had no chance to overtake

Tommi signals Vettel his gap to Webber

The Red Bull command center

Lewis Hamilton end shis stop at McLaren pits

Lewis Hamilton stops at McLaren pits

Felipe Massa ejects from Ferrari pits

Felipe Massa ends his stop at Ferrari pits

Felipe Massa in Ferrari pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, performs a pit stop

Fans watch the race from a hill

Kamui Kobayashi's Sauber-Ferrari retires with engine problems

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Lucas di Grassi, Virgin Racing

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

Vitaly Petrov, Renault, with a pushing Hamilton in his neck

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

Felipe Massa in front of Ferrari team mate Alonso

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

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

The two Red Bull Renault take the lead to lap two

The start pack flows through first chicane

Early race leader Sebastian Vettel in front of Nico Rosberg and Kubica who row in as third and fourth

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

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

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

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

A Lotus mechanic carries a nose cone with large wings

Kubica's Renault is being prepared on sixth grid position

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

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

Nico Rosberg's Mercedes on second grid place

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

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

Physio Tommi Parmakoski holds the umbrella for Seb Vettel who concentrates before the race

Sebastian Vettel with a Red Bull engineer on the grid

Red Bull rider Sebastian Vettel is being interviewed by Kai Ebel besides the grid

Bernie Ecclestone welcomes VIP guests on the grid

Mercedes Grand Prix boss Ross Brawn concentrates on the grid

Mercedes Grand Prix boss Ross Brawn concentrates on the grid

Glock's grid girl

A grid girl

A large sign marks Sutil's fourth grid position

Welcome to Malaysia

Another grid girl holds the German national flag

Grid girls

Being grid girl is a hard word sometimes...

Malaysian beauties smile for Rainer

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

Sebastian Vettel cliques with Webber and Rosberg

Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel enjoy the drivers parade with beautiful Malaysian girls and gifted children

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

Webber, Rosberg and Schumacher during drivers parade

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

Pedro de la Rosa, Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber and Rubens Barrichello walk to drivers parade

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

Nico Hulkenberg and Timo Glock

Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton exchange jokes before the drivers parade

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

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

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

Venerable local VIP smile for a sponsor group photo

Bosses chat on Sunday morning - Ross Brawn, principal of Mercedes GP, Ferrari's Stefano Domenicali and Mercedes GP sports director Ron Meadows

Nico Rosberg in Mercedes GP pits

Sebastian Vettel after qualifying in a good mood as always

A happy looking Mark Webber after setting the pole

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, ploughs through a rainy pitlane

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

Sebastian Vettel waits in pits for qualification's third part

Adrian Newey, Christian Horner and Dr. Helmut Marko at Red Bull Racing's pit wall

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Karun Chandhok, Hispania Racing

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

A storm cloud builds up above the race track

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

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

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

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

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Robert Kubica, Renault, during a rainy first qualification session

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, on a wet track

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

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

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

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

A zoomed Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Karun Chandhok, Hispania Racing

Robert Kubica, Renault

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lucas di Grassi, Virgin Racing

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing, brakes with smoking tyres

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Robert Kubica, Renault

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, rides out to practice session

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, goes out to practice session

Lewis Hamilton stops at McLaren Mercedes pits during practice

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, during a practice session

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Vitaly Petrov, Renault, on pit lane

Robert Kubica, Renault

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, in pit lane

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, boosts through pit lane

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, watches the practice times

Mercedes Sport Director Norbert Haug in pits

Nico Rosberg in Mercedes GP pits

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

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

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India F1 Team

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, on the way to his pits

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams, in the pitlane

Williams' director of engineering Patrick Head

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing, rushes through pit lane

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing, squeezes his helmet on

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

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber in Red Bull pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

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

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, rushes through pitlane

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

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on

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

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

Red Bull advisor Dr. Helmut Marko listens to Sebastian Vettel

More berautiful girls

The Ferrari pit crew practises a pit stop on Thursday

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

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

FIA Race Director Charlie Whiting and FOM's Bernie Ecclestone

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)

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

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

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

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

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

A friendly safety officer guards the paddock

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

Mika Salo, Sauber

Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari

Ross Brawn, Honda's new technical director

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

Bijou designer Moko shows his collection of rings

Jenson Button waves to the audience

Jenson Button celebrates his pole position

Jenson Button celebrates his pole position

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

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

The nose cone of a Brawn GP Mercedes

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

Timo Glock sprays champagne towards the BMW Sauber team

Still red lights for Adrian Sutil at pit lane exit

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

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

Race stopped in lap 32

Nick Heidfeld guides the BMW Sauber F1 car through heavy rain

Timo Glock end his pit stop with a wheelie

Nick Heidfeld out of BMW Sauber F1 pits

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

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

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

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

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

Nico Rosberg's helmet faces the grid

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

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

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Nick Heidfeld comes to BMW Sauber pits

Michael Schumacher is still closely linked to Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Wheelspin on slick tyres of Sebastien Buemi's Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel heads out of Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Close-up of Jenson Button steering

Brawn GP team's first group photo

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

Felipe Massa reports his swimming experiences to his race engineer

Michael Schumacher on the grid with Felipe Massa

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

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

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

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

Nick Heidfeld sprays champagne

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

Champagne shower

Third placed Timo Glock cheers at his fans from podium

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nelson Piquet jr. lifts off from Renault F1 pits

Heavy rain tyres also for Alonso at Renault pits

Lewis Hamilton out of pits

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton arrives at McLaren Mercedes pits

Pit stop of Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Timo Glock changes to intermediate tyres at Toyota pits

Rain clouds build up above a tidy pitlane

Nick Heidfeld at BMW Sauber pits

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

Pit stop of Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Rubens Barrichello in Brawn GP pits

Sebastien Bourdais in Toro Rosso pits

Adrian Sutil receives a fast service at Force India pits

Technical Director Sam Michael checks weather state at Williams pit wall

Jarno Trulli out of Panasonic Toyota pits

Pit stop of Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Pit stop of Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP

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

Nico Rosberg, Williams

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

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

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

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

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

Nico Rosberg, Williams, in front of Trulli on Toyota

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fernando Alonso chats besides the grid with his physio Fabricio Borra

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

Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel in a thoughtful moment

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

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

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

Felipe Massa refills liquid besides grid

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

Nico Rosberg with physio Kai

Nico Rosberg, Williams

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

Timo Glock climbs out of the Toyota at third grid place

Another handsome Malaysian lady at Timo Glock's grid place

Barrichello's Malaysian grid girl enjoys the late afternoon

Malaysia's national flag

Cheering Ferrai fans on main grandstand

Malaysian Ferrari fans show their braces

A true BMW fan

The drivers greet from the drivers parade truck

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

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

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

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

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

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

Robert Kubica shoots out of BMW Sauber F1 pits during Q3

Robert Kubica at BMW Sauber F1 pits during Q3

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

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

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

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Ferrari mechanics in pits during qualifying

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

Sebastien Buemi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1, flies over the curbs

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen in McLaren Mercedes pits

Lewis Hamilton is being pushed to McLaren Mercedes pits

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Adrian Sutil rushes through pitlane

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Mark Webber heads out of Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel heads out of Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Webber's car is being prepared in Red Bull pits

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on in Red Bull Racing pits

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

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

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

Thoughful views of Mark Webber in Red Bull Racing pits

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

Kimi Raikkonen signs a Ferrari cap

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

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

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

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

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica concentrates on a timing monitor

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

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

Renault mechanics roll the car to scrutineering on Thursday

A mechanic's goggles on a pit crew protective helmet

Renault's lollipop with LED signals

Dry ice cools the brake disks down

Ferrari advisor Michael Schumacher arrives at the paddock

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

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

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

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

Giorgio Ascanelli, technical director of Toro Rosso

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

Monsoon above McLaren hospitality

Cats and dogs rain at McLaren today

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

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

Mika Hakkinen and Michael Schumacher joke together during press conference

Michael Schumacher's back since his leg-breaking accident at the British GP in July 1999

After weeks of being less than impressive the Ferraris - or at least Schumacher's car - were suddenly fast again giving the team a 1-2 at the Malaysian GP 1999

The parc fermé for the remaining contestants

A close look through a Toro Rosso rear end

Giancarlo Fisichella walks back after retiring in lap 32

Thumbs up for Montoya

Giancarlo Fisichella, Malaysia 2002

Fernando Alonso

Heinz-Harald Frentzen

McLaren-Mercedes drivers line-up: David Coulthard, test driver Alex Wurz and Mika Hakkinen

Johnny Herbert cuts the cake before his last Grand Prix race

Michael Schumacher and his Ferrari team celebrate the winning of the Constructor's title 2000

Raikkonens second pit stop in lap 38

Ferrari mechanics perform Michael's second pitstop during the Malaysian Grand Prix 2002

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

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

Cheering red Ferrari team group photo

Happy Ferrari team group photo

The fenced parc fermé surrounded by cheering team members

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

Heidfelds second stop at BMW Sauber pits during lap 41

Heidfelds second stop at BMW Sauber pits during lap 41

Raikkonens second pit stop in lap 38

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

Nico Rosberg stops for a service in lap 29

Kubica exits pits in lap 21 after his first stop

Kubica pits in lap 21 for his first stop

Kubica pits in lap 21 for his first stop

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

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

Felipe Massa puts his race helmet on

Nick Heidfeld concentrates before the race

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

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

Malaysian grid girls await the drivers for parade

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Mathias Lauda

Renault driver Fernando Alonso

BMW Sauber F1 Team presentation

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Toro Rosso rider Sebastien Bourdais

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

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

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Toyota driver Jarno Trulli

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

Champagne bath on podium

A FOM TV camera man is being showered by three spurts of champagne

Champagne rain

Champagne shower

Champagne shower

Robert Kubica shakes his trophy for a well earned second place

Winner Kimi Raikkonen raises his trophy

A view at the rear of Hamiltons McLaren Mercedes

Kubica pits in lap 21 for his first stop

Kubica pits in lap 21 for his first stop

Nico Rosberg stops for a service in lap 29

Nico Rosberg stops for a service in lap 29

Raikkonen in Ferrari pits during 18th lap, taking the lead from teammate Massa

Alonso enters Renault pits in lap 22

Raikkonens second pit stop in lap 38

Raikkonens second pit stop in lap 38

Heidfelds second stop at BMW Sauber pits during lap 41

Heidfelds second stop at BMW Sauber pits during lap 41

Takuma Sato, Super Aguri

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa lifts a wheel of his Ferrari

Toro Rosso rider Sebastian Vettel in front of Sutil and Sato

McLarens Kovalainen in front of Coulthard, Alonso and Piquet

McLarens number one Lewis Hamilton in front of Trulli

Hamilton behind Webber in the middle of the followers

Start field comes around first corner, both Ferraris in front, Trulli pushes Heidfeld out of line

Felipe Massa puts his race helmet on

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

Heikki Kovalainen puts his race helmet on

Lewis Hamilton walks to grid with his physio Adam Costanzo

Familiar expression on Trullis face

Adrian Sutil takes a wee dram of cool water

Timo Glock chills down besides the grid with rock music

Sebastian Vettel with a wet towel besides the grid

Sebastian Vettel cools down besides the grid with a damp towel

Nico Rosberg

Nick Heidfeld puts his helmet on

Nick Heidfeld prepares for racing

Heidfelds jacked-up BMW Sauber on its grid position

Father and son Todt on the way through pitlane

Sebastian Vettel should become sponsored by a toothpaste company

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

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

Jenson Button escorted by Kazuki Nakajima

Nelson Piquet jr walks to drivers parade, Alonso behind him

Malaysian Ferrari fans

Finnish fans

Bernie Ecclestone speaks with Trullis manager Lucio Cavuto

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

Massa waves at media after setting pole

Fourth grid position for Robert Kubica

The Ferrari pits during qualifyication session part 3

Robert Kubica enters BMW Sauber pits during Q3

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Red Bull rider Mark Webber passes the lotos-leaf looking grandstand

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Jenson Button, Honda

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica brakes hard

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Jenson Button, Honda

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Jenson Button, Honda

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Zoom of Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Zoom of Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Renault driver Nelson Piquet jr.

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica leaves pits quickly

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

A Force India awaits scrutineering

Proud father Niki Lauda

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

TV presenter and Ex F1 driver Christian Danner in his Speedcar

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

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

Jean Alesi takes the chequered flag in the Speedcar race

Jean Alesi sits in a Speedcar racecar

Jean Alesi sits in a Speedcar racecar

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

Yeah, we love to see one of us racing!

GP2 racer Harald Schlegelmilch

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

Close-up on a Honda exhaust weldseam

Close-up on a fuel tank seal device

A Honda steering wheel

A sun-drenched Honda rear wing

Sebastian Vettels name at the side of the Toro Rosso cockpit

A Toro Rosso steering wheel

A Toro Rosso nose cone with front wings

Tyres are being marked as spare wheels by spray and stencil

A small sticker tells more than one story about Ferraris succeedings

The rear end of a BMW Sauber car

A Renault carbon fibre safety cell

A McLaren airgun with attached flange for wheel hub cap

A Force India carbon fibre detail

Kingfisher branded rear wings of a Force India car

A Force India nose cone tip

A Force India steering wheel

Toro Rosso rider Sebastian Vettel

Honda driver Jenson Button

Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima

Williams driver Nico Rosberg

Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen

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.

Ferrari driver Felipe Massa with his manager Nicolas Todt

McLaren Mercedes driver Heikki Kovalainen

Williams driver Nico Rosberg

Robert Kubica watches a sceen at the pitwall command center

BMW Sauber pit crew practices pit stops

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

Williams technical director Sam Michael

Force India team principal Colin Kolles

An potentially delighted Renault F1 boss Flavio Briatore

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

Sir Jackie Stewart japes with Stefan Johansson and Johnny Herbert

Johnny Herbert and Stefan Johansson chat with Sir Jackie Stewart

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

FIA executives Herbie Blash and Charlie Whiting

David Coulthard, Nick Heidfeld and Christian Klien

Winning Finn Kimi Raikkonen with physio Mark Arnall

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

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

An experienced looking Malaysian marshal

Ladies pose for photographers as live Petronas advertising

Malaysian beauties line up for a ride ;-)

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

Malaysian grid girls smile for the TV camera

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

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

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

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

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

Kimi Raikkonen takes seat in his Ferrari

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

Kimi Raikkonen's second pit stop in lap 41

Anthony Davidson, BAR-Honda test driver

Nick Heidfeld

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

Dancing arm in arm, the new McLaren dream team

Alonso jumps between the two Silver Arrows in parc fermÈ

Kimi Raikkonen's second pit stop in lap 41

Kimi Raikkonen's second pit stop in lap 41

Kimi Raikkonen's second pit stop in lap 41

Heikki Kovalainen's second pit stop in lap 39

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

Nick Heidfeld needs a late first service in lap 22

Fernando Alonso ends his first pit stop in lap 18

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

Fernando Alonso's first pit stop in lap 18

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

Fernando Alsonso already far ahead

Lewis Hamilton in front of Felipe Massa

Start field scramble, nearly all cars wear soft pneus

Zoom of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

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

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Ferrari bees swarm around the red queen

Filigree Ferrari rear suspension

Ferrari's carbon fibre suspension

Ferrari steering wheel

Carefully shaped Ferrari front wings

BMW Sauber team group photo

Fernando Alonso beset with microphones

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

New tyre regulations for now one and only supplier Bridgestone

Michael Schumacher arrives at paddock with his manager Willi Weber

Deserved champagne shower for the busy mechanics

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

Parc fermé from above

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

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

Fernando Alonso crosses the finish line

Massa chases Heidfeld in final race stage

Ralf Schumacher's first pit stop in lap 19

Lewis Hamilton's second pit stop in lap 38

Lewis Hamilton's second pit stop in lap 38

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

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

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

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

Nick Heidfeld needs a late first service in lap 22

Nick Heidfeld needs a late first service in lap 22

Second half of start field squeezes through first chicane

Rocket man Lewis Hamilton overtakes Massa in second Ferrari

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

Felipe Massa, thoughtful

Felipe Massa besides the grid

Kimi Raikkonen's car without wheels at its grid position

Engineers have shut each opening of Alonso's car

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

Final mechanical and electronical adjustments on the grid

Nick Heidfeld at his grid position

Nick Heidfeld shortly before rolling out to grid formation

Nick Heidfeld takes a seat

Robert Kubica sits in his BMW Sauber car

Robert Kubica is being prepared for the grid formation

Robert Kubica awaits his run-out

Giancarlo Fisichella in a very rare Hispano Suiza

Nick Heidfeld in a better position

Fernando Alonso waves his fans

Thumbs up from Felipe Massa

An unusual view into Raikkonen's cockpit

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

Ice man Raikkonen already collects coolness for the hot race

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

Rookie Lewis Hamilton talks with Vitantonio Liuzzi

Robert Kubica and Fernando Alonso on their way to drivers parade

A proud Jean Todt with his polesetter Felipe Massa

Pole position for Felipe Massa

Ferrari pit crew performs a qualifying pit stop

Soft-tyred Ralf Schumacher of Toyota during qualifying

Jenson Button, Honda

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Scott Speed, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Adrian Sutil, Spyker

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Alex Wurz, Williams

Jenson Button, Honda

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Mark Webber, RBR

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld locks up his left front wheel

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Honda's Rubens Barrichello

Jenson Button, Honda

Zoom of BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Heikki Kovalainen, Renault

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa practices a pit stop, brakes being cooled down

Kimi Raikkonen rides out at Friday morning practice

Peter Sauber closely watches a Ferrari

Scuderia Ferrari

Panasonic Toyota

Honda

Scuderia Toro Rosso

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

Mario Theissen, BMW Motorsport Director

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

BMW Sauber's stubbly Nick Heidfeld

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

German rookie Nico Rosberg, Williams

Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella being interviewed

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Safety car racer Bernd Mayländer

'Smoking causes hair loss' ;)

Kimi Raikkonen, in front his manager David Robertson

Kimi Raikkonen makes his way through paddock

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

Jenson Button with his new girlfriend Florence Brudenell-Bruce

Confident Felipe Massa with girlfriend Rafaela Bassi

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

Pit lane marshal guards BMW Sauber's pit wall

Grid girl with Malaysian national flag

Grid girl with Malaysian national flag

Malaysian grid girls practice for their great day

Ferrari drivers Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine at the drivers parade lap before the start of the Malaysian GP 1999

Michael Schumacher

After the 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello and Ross Brawn wear red wigs to celebrate the Italian team's victory in the Constructors' Championship

Malaysian GP 2001

Malaysian GP 2002

Malaysian GP 2000

Malaysian GP 2000

Malaysian GP 1999

Malaysian GP 1999

Malaysian GP 1999

Jacques Villeneuve ending his pit stop, pic 4 of 4

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

David Coulthard

Connie Montoya waiting for her favorite driver

Malaysian grand stand roof

Race track architect Hermann Tilke

Jos Verstappen

Giancarlo Fisichella

Nick Heidfeld passing the Malaysian landmark

Juan Pablo Montoya

Ron Dennis with Niki Lauda

Juan Pablo Montoya

Cool Jarno Trulli

Renault pit stop

Sweating Fernando Alonso

Jarno Trulli

Flavio with his "blue boys"

Malaysian GP 2003

Malaysian beauties

Barrichello congratulating Alonso

Kimi Raikkonen passing his cheering team

Starting field

Kimi Raikkonen

Rubens Barrichello cooling down

Michael Schumacher

All cars locked away in parc fermŽ

Jarno Trulli

Michael Schumacher

Rubens Barrichello wiping sweat

Jenson Button

Rubens Barrichello in a colorful scenery

Joyful Fernando Alonso on podium's second place

A proudly grinning Giancarlo Fisichella presenting his trophy

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

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

Michael Schumacher leaving his filling station

Michael Schumacher with a busy crew surrounding him

Michael Schumacher refueling in lap 45

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

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

Christian Klien finally retiring in lap 26 with dropped hydraulic pressure

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

Giancarlo Fisichella in front of the Malaysian national flag

Juan Pablo Montoya leading two BMWs

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

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

Giancarlo Fisichella leading the herd into second corner

Nico Rosberg receiving last helpful hands before the race

McLaren engineers feeding Kimi's car with electronic helpers

BMW-Sauber engineers executing last electronics checks

Nick Heidfeld entering his cockpit for grid presentation

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

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

Zoom again of Giancarlo Fisichella

Zoomy Juan Pablo Montoya

Zoom of Michael Schumacher

Christian Klien

Jenson Button

Kimi Raikkonen

Giancarlo Fisichella lifting his wheel

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

Vitantonio Liuzzi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Giancarlo Fisichella , Renault

Jenson Button of Honda

Fernando Alonso of Renault

New Ferrari ace Felipe Massa burning some rubber of his Bridgestones

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW-Sauber

Kimi Raikkonen in the silver arrow

Takuma Sato in the new Super Aguri Honda

Rubens Barrichello in his Honda

MidlandF1 driver Christijan Albers

Winner Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault

Scott Speed in his Toro Rosso

Michael Schumacher in the second before exiting his pit

Takuma Sato

Michael Schumacher

Toyota team principal Tsutomu Tomita

Nick Heidfeld, BMW-Sauber

Jacques Villeneuve, BMW-Sauber

Nico Rosberg before retiring with engine failure in lap 6

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

Packing together the catering equipment for Australia

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

Champagne shower for Fisichella, Alonso and Button

Giancarlo Fisichella kissing his well-deserved trophy

Giancarlo Fisichella and Fernando Alonso squeezing their godfather Flavio Briatore

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

Jarno Trulli made his 1st pit stop in lap 20

Mark Webber on his 1st pit stop in lap 14

Mark Webber, Williams

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari

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

Jacques Villeneuve on his way to grid

Jacques Villeneuve being fit into his cell with seatbelts

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

What a sweet pretty gift for Nicks baby daughter!

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

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

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

Schumachers manager "Mr. 20%" Willi Weber

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

Fans from Malaysia presenting their self-made funny Ferrari flag

Malaysian Kimi fans

Super Aguri fans

Giancarlo Fisichella and Fernando Alonso after visiting the Paddock Club

Mario Theissen and Burkhard Goeschel of BMW

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

Mark Webber

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

Christijan Albers, Midland

Juan Pablo Montoya passing the impressive Sepang track landmarks

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Christian Klien, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Juan Pablo Montoya, McLaren-Mercedes

Jenson Button, Honda

Yuji Ide of Super Aguri

Jarno Trulli of Toyota

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Juan Pablo Montoya in his McLaren-Mercedes

Nico Rosberg getting ready for the start

Kimi Raikkonen checking how cockpit fits

Jacques Villeneuve on the grid

US talent Scott Speed of Scuderia Toro Rosso

Ralf Schumacher in the Toyota pit watching times

Nick Heidfeld watching qualification session times in his pit

William´s new hope Nico Rosberg

Jenson Button of Honda

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

Michael Schumacher in the pits after Friday morning qualification session

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

Happy marshals on their way home

Track marshal performing a lunch break nap

Malaysian paddock garbage disposal truck

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

Prof. Dr. Mario Theissen, director of BMW Motorsport

Entrepreneur and MidlandF1 team owner Alex Shnaider

Toyota technical director Mike Gascoyne

Juan Pablo Montoya of McLaren

Toyota driver Jarno Trulli

Mark Webber of WilliamsF1

Iceman Kimi Raikkonen of McLaren

Michael Schumacher in one of his countless interviews

Toyota´s Ralf Schumacher

Red Bull test driver Robert Doornbos

BMW Sauber test driver Robert Kubica

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

Jenson Button and Mark Webber walking through the pitlane

Michael's second pitstop, Malaysia 2002

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

Irvine's Jaguar out of the pits

Kimi Raikkonen zoomy

Sato in the pits

Mario Illien and Norbert Haug of McLarenMercedes chatting with Niki Lauda

Ralf passing the pit lane signal

BMW Power strikes again

Williams' cockpit

colourful flowers in the grid girl's hair

Finally Champagne shower

Montoya's pitboard

handshaking with rival and brother

1 - 2 for BMW, Michael just has arrived

Juan-Pablo Montoya

Zoomy Ralf on the way to his next victory

Malaysian national costumes

Ralf Schumacher during Qualifying setup

With Ralf Schumacher winning the Malaysian GP 2002, the BMW Williams team scores a 1-2 in the Malaysian Grand Prix and takes the lead in the FIA Formula 1 Constructors' World Championship

Jenson Button rushing through the pit lane in his Renault

Lonely Juan Pablo Montoya in front of a great panorama

Mika Salo passing the empty grandstands during a practice session

Allan McNish was close on his Toyota

Massa on his Sauber gained one point

Norbert Haug following the screen

The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur

Malaysian GP 2000

Fernando Alonso during his second pitstop

The Start

Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello

Flavio Briatore after race

Trulli

Second Jarno Trulli

Narain Karthikeyan, Jordan

Narain Karthikeyan

David Coulthard after the hot race

Jacques Villeneuve, Sauber Petronas

Jarno Trulli

Fernando Alonso curbing

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Michael Schumacher, Malaysian GP 2003

Third Nick Heidfeld