Malaysian GP – Malaysian rain shows its hand

Sepang, 22 March – The most interesting Malaysian Grands Prix have always been those affected by the changeable weather. In Sepang the rain arrives bang on time and that included this afternoon, as it appeared 40 minutes into the 90 of the session, affecting the long runs being carried out on dry tyres. Therefore the order on the time sheet was set in the first dry part, with Kimi Raikkonen fastest in 1.36.569 in the Lotus, ahead of Sebastian Vettel (1.36.588) in the Red Bull. Scuderia Ferrari took third and fourth places with Felipe Massa (1.36.661) and Fernando Alonso (1.36.985) respectively. The two men began by completing set-up work on both tyre compounds, the Orange P Zero Hard and the White Medium, before starting a long run interrupted by rain. In the final half hour the track began to dry and cars went out on the Intermediates and finally back on slicks, with no effect on the fastest laps.

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