Fernando Alonso holds off Perez to win in Malaysia GP

Alonso and Perez, exploit the opportunity and secure in a rain-dominated Malaysian Grand Prix victory and the sensational second place.

The Malaysian Grand Prix has brought the fans due to rains once again an unusual race. Once the conditions for the start of the race with a slightly damp track and raindrops were manageable yet, the rain intensity increased temporarily so that the race director was forced to first send the safety car on the track and then the Grand Prix at Sepang even to interrupt.

Lewis Hamilton completed the podium, with his McLaren team-mate Jenson Button outside the points after a disastrous race. Sebastian Vettel also failed to score due to a clash in traffic, though his Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber claimed fourth ahead of Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) and Bruno Senna (Williams).

Laps 50: Perez round hanging in the rear of Alonso - but a few corners later contributed an error slipped off the track and fell back by around five seconds. This broke off contact with the Ferrari driver and Perez accepted the invitation of his team to drive this important second place finish. In the penultimate round of Pastor Maldonado (Williams) retired with an engine problem in the off - Michael Schumacher inherited a championship point.

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The Malaysian Grand Prix
Sepang, Malaysia;
56 laps; 310.408km;
Weather: Mixed conditions.

Classified:

Pos  Driver        Team                       Time
 1.  Alonso        Ferrari                    2h44:51.812
 2.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +     2.263
 3.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +    14.591
 4.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    17.688
 5.  Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault              +    29.456
 6.  Senna         Williams-Renault           +    37.667
 7.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +    44.412
 8.  Vergne        Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    46.985
 9.  Hulkenberg    Force India-Mercedes       +    47.892
10.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    49.996
11.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +  1:15.527
12.  Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +  1:16.800
13.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +  1:18.500
14.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +  1:19.700
15.  Massa         Ferrari                    +  1:39.300
16.  Petrov        Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
17.  Glock         Marussia-Cosworth          +     1 lap
18.  Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault           +     1 lap
19.  Maldonado     Williams-Renault           +    2 laps
20.  Pic           Marussia-Cosworth          +    2 laps
21.  Karthikeyan   HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps
22.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +    2 laps

Fastest lap: Raikkonen, 1:40.722

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                         On lap
Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari               47
Grosjean      Lotus-Renault                4


World Championship standings, round 2:                

Drivers:                    Constructors:             
 1.  Alonso        35        1.  McLaren-Mercedes           55
 2.  Hamilton      30        2.  Red Bull-Renault           42
 3.  Button        25        3.  Ferrari                    35
 4.  Webber        24        4.  Sauber-Ferrari             30
 5.  Perez         22        5.  Lotus-Renault              16
 6.  Vettel        18        6.  Force India-Mercedes        9
 7.  Raikkonen     16        7.  Williams-Renault            8
 8.  Senna          8        8.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari          6
 9.  Kobayashi      8        9.  Mercedes                    1
10.  Di Resta       7       
11.  Vergne         4       
12.  Hulkenberg     2       
13.  Ricciardo      2       
14.  Schumacher     1       
       
All timing unofficial