Malaysian F1 GP Report - 28th to 30th March 2014

Friday 1st Free Practice Results

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1.	L. Hamilton	Mercedes	01:40.691	19
2.	K. Raikkonen	Ferrari	01:40.843	20
3.	N. Rosberg	Mercedes	01:41.028	19
4.	J. Button	McLaren	01:41.111	20
5.	K. Magnussen	McLaren	01:41.274	18
6.	J. Vergne	Toro Rosso	01:41.402	15
7.	S. Vettel	Red Bull	01:41.523	9
8.	N. Hulkenberg	Force India	01:41.642	19
9.	F. Massa	Williams	01:41.686	23
10.	V. Bottas	Williams	01:41.830	22
11.	F. Alonso	Ferrari	01:41.923	14
12.	D. Ricciardo	Red Bull	01:42.117	20
13.	A. Sutil	Sauber	01:42.365	21
14.	D. Kvyat	Toro Rosso	01:42.869	21
15.	E. Gutiérrez	Sauber	01:42.904	23
16.	J. Bianchi	Marussia	01:43.825	18
17.	M. Ericsson	Caterham	01:45.775	24
18.	M. Chilton	Marussia	01:46.911	10
19.	K. Kobayashi	Caterham	01:51.180	5
20.	S. Perez	Force India	no time	2
21.	P. Maldonado	Lotus	no time	2
22.	R. Grosjean	Lotus	no time	4

Friday 2nd Free Practice Results

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1.	N. Rosberg	Mercedes	01:39.909	30
2.	K. Raikkonen	Ferrari	01:39.944	30
3.	S. Vettel	Red Bull	01:39.970	30
4.	L. Hamilton	Mercedes	01:40.051	32
5.	F. Alonso	Ferrari	01:40.103	29
6.	F. Massa	Williams	01:40.112	34
7.	D. Ricciardo	Red Bull	01:40.276	29
8.	J. Button	McLaren	01:40.628	28
9.	V. Bottas	Williams	01:40.638	35
10.	N. Hulkenberg	Force India	01:40.691	34
11.	J. Vergne	Toro Rosso	01:40.777	33
12.	K. Magnussen	McLaren	01:41.014	20
13.	A. Sutil	Sauber	01:41.257	28
14.	D. Kvyat	Toro Rosso	01:41.325	32
15.	E. Gutiérrez	Sauber	01:41.407	34
16.	S. Perez	Force India	01:41.671	25
17.	R. Grosjean	Lotus	01:42.531	14
18.	M. Chilton	Marussia	01:43.638	20
19.	J. Bianchi	Marussia	01:43.752	29
20.	M. Ericsson	Caterham	01:45.703	31

Saturday 3rd Free Practice

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1.	N. Rosberg	Mercedes	01:39.008	13
2.	L. Hamilton	Mercedes	01:39.240	13
3.	K. Raikkonen	Ferrari	01:40.156	13
4.	S. Vettel	Red Bull	01:40.387	14
5.	N. Hulkenberg	Force India	01:40.523	15
6.	D. Ricciardo	Red Bull	01:40.686	14
7.	F. Alonso	Ferrari	01:40.736	14
8.	F. Massa	Williams	01:40.781	20
9.	V. Bottas	Williams	01:40.891	20
10.	S. Perez	Force India	01:41.029	15
11.	D. Kvyat	Toro Rosso	01:41.182	18
12.	J. Vergne	Toro Rosso	01:41.441	18
13.	A. Sutil	Sauber	01:41.552	15
14.	E. Gutiérrez	Sauber	01:42.041	17
15.	R. Grosjean	Lotus	01:42.749	16
16.	P. Maldonado	Lotus	01:43.539	20
17.	M. Chilton	Marussia	01:43.977	16
18.	J. Bianchi	Marussia	01:44.170	18
19.	M. Ericsson	Caterham	01:44.457	12
20.	K. Kobayashi	Caterham	01:46.015	7
21.	J. Button	McLaren	02:05.555	4
22.	K. Magnussen	McLaren	no time	5

Saturday Qualifying Results

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1.	L. Hamilton	Mercedes	01:59.431	22
2.	S. Vettel	Red Bull	01:59.486	20
3.	N. Rosberg	Mercedes	02:00.050	23
4.	F. Alonso	Ferrari	02:00.175	22
5.	D. Ricciardo	Red Bull	02:00.541	20
6.	K. Raikkonen	Ferrari	02:01.218	21
7.	N. Hulkenberg	Force India	02:01.712	23
8.	K. Magnussen	McLaren	02:02.213	20
9.	J. Vergne	Toro Rosso	02:03.078	23
10.	J. Button	McLaren	02:04.053	22
11.	D. Kvyat	Toro Rosso	02:02.351	16
12.	E. Gutiérrez	Sauber	02:02.369	16
13.	F. Massa	Williams	02:02.460	16
14.	S. Perez	Force India	02:02.511	15
15.	V. Bottas	Williams	02:02.756	17
16.	R. Grosjean	Lotus	02:02.885	17
17.	P. Maldonado	Lotus	02:02.074	8
18.	A. Sutil	Sauber	02:02.131	7
19.	J. Bianchi	Marussia	02:02.702	8
20.	K. Kobayashi	Caterham	02:02.595	8
21.	M. Chilton	Marussia	02:02.388	8
22.	M. Ericsson	Caterham	02:02.407	7

Starting Grid for Malaysian Grand Prix

1. L. Hamilton

Mercedes Grand Prix

2. S. Vettel

Red Bull

3. N. Rosberg

Mercedes Grand Prix

4. F. Alonso

Ferrari

5. D. Ricciardo

Red Bull

6. K. Raikkonen

Ferrari

7. N. Hulkenberg

Force India F1

8. K. Magnussen

McLaren

9. J. Vergne

Scuderia Toro Rosso

10. J. Button

McLaren

11. D. Kvyat

Scuderia Toro Rosso

12. E. Gutiérrez

Sauber

13. F. Massa

Williams

14. S. Perez

Force India F1

15. R. Grosjean

Lotus Renault

16. P. Maldonado

Lotus Renault

17. A. Sutil

Sauber

18. V. Bottas

Williams

19. J. Bianchi

Marussia

20. K. Kobayashi

Caterham

21. M. Chilton

Marussia

22. M. Ericsson

Caterham

Race Results

Hamilton's 1st win of the new season, was clearly in a league of his own as he romped away from team mate Nico Rosberg, with a convincing win of over 17 seconds.

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, managed to finish 3rd to secure his first podium of the season, over 24 seconds behind Hamilton, after starting second on the grid.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
1.	L. Hamilton	Mercedes	1:40:25.974
2.	N. Rosberg	Mercedes	+17.313
3.	S. Vettel	Red Bull	+24.534	+7.221
4.	F. Alonso	Ferrari	+35.992	+11.458
5.	N. Hulkenberg	Force India	+47.199	+11.207
6.	J. Button	McLaren	+1:23.691	+36.492
7.	F. Massa	Williams	+1:25.076	+1.385
8.	V. Bottas	Williams	+1:25.537	+0.461
9.	K. Magnussen	McLaren	+1 Lap
10.	D. Kvyat	Toro Rosso	+1 Lap
11.	R. Grosjean	Lotus	+1 Lap
12.	K. Raikkonen	Ferrari	+1 Lap
13.	K. Kobayashi	Caterham	+1 Lap
14.	M. Ericsson	Caterham	+2 Laps
15.	M. Chilton	Marussia	+2 Laps
	Did not finish
16.	D. Ricciardo	Red Bull	+7 Laps
17.	E. Gutiérrez	Sauber	+21 Laps
18.	A. Sutil	Sauber	+24 Laps
19.	J. Vergne	Toro Rosso	+38 Laps
20.	J. Bianchi	Marussia	+48 Laps
21.	P. Maldonado	Lotus	+49 Laps
22.	S. Perez	Force India	+56 Laps