Wet Malaysia GP gives surprise win to Alonso

A wet Malaysia GP threw many surprises. Alonso came as the winner, though the Ferrari is no where among the top cars this year. He was followed by Sergio Perez in second place. Sergio Perez was within 2.2 seconds of Alonso and could have closed the gap if he didnt go wide.

The third place was taken up by Lewis Hamilton, who despite starting from the Pole again had the bad luck of losing out. He had a bad pit stop. His team mate and winner in Australia, Jenson Button banged into Narain Karthikeyan and had to change the nose of his car. That pushed him down the grid and out of the points paying position.

Just before the race started, the Rain Gods started pouring. All the cars were on intermediates, except for the full wet of a few cars. Narain Karthikeyan, due to this inspired choice of tyre was as high as 10th postion in the 8th lap. However, as we know that this HRT is far slower in pace than the other cars, it was never going to be a points giving finish even in such inclement weather. And Jenson Button's mistake and the resultant accident with Narain ensured that both of them had to have a pit stop.

Michael Schumacher who started in 3rd position spinned as he was hit from behind by Grosjean. And from that point onwards it was sure that he would remain in the midfield. However, he could score 10th position and his first points for the season. It was the first points for the Mercedes team as well, as Nico Rosberg finished in 13th position.

Narain Karthikeyan finished his race at 21st position, albeit 2 laps down. His team mate Pedro de la Rosa was 22nd.

Pos	Driver	Team	Laps	Race Time	Delay
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	2:44'51.812
2	Sergion Perez	Sauber	56	2:44'54.075	2.263
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	56	2:45'06.403	14.591
4	Mark Webber	Red Bull	56	2:45'09.500	17.688
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Lotus	56	2:45'21.268	29.456
6	Bruno Senna	Williams	56	2:45'29.479	37.667
7	Paul di Resta	Force India	56	2:45'36.224	44.412
8	J. Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	56	2:45'38.797	46.985
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	56	2:45'39.704	47.892
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	56	2:45'41.808	49.996
11	Sebastien Vettel	Red Bull	56	2:46'07.339	+1'15.527
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	56	2:46'08.640	+1'16.828
13	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	2:46'10.405	+1'18.593
14	Jenson Button	McLaren	56	2:46'11.531	+1'19.719
15	Felipe Massa	Caterham	56	2:46'29.131	+1'37.319
16	Vitaly Petrov	Marussia	55		+1 lap
17	Timo Glock	Caterham	55		+1 lap
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Williams	55		+1 lap
19	Pastor Maldonado	Marussia	54		+2 laps
20	Charles Pic	HRT	55		+1 lap
21	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	54		+2 laps
22	Pedro de la Rosa		54		+2 laps