When You Get to the Bottom You Go Back to the Top
The sun shines on Lewis Hamilton as he faces up to Eau Rouge during the Belgian Grand Prix weekend. Hamilton made the most of a slow-starting Mark Webber at the beginning of the race, and held onto the lead throughout – hoisting himself back to the top of the driver’s championship.
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Escaping the Shower
Mark Webber and Adrian Newey make a run for it during the Red Bull celebrations, whilst Vettel stays in place – soaking up the champagne storm. Red Bull managed a strong 1-2 victory, whilst the race was free of any rain or showers. The weather forecasts were wrong again.
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April Showers
Michael Schumacher drives through the rain during a very wet qualifying session in Malaysia. We saw some big names drop out early in qualifying today, with both Ferrari drivers and Hamilton failing to make it out of Q1, whilst Button beached his car in the gravel unable to participate in Q2. Schumacher made it through to the top ten shootout, and finished the day 8th overall. Webber took pole position.
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Good Friday
Lewis Hamilton reflects on a busy day of Free Practice in Malaysia. Hamilton led both sessions of the day, with Button close behind him, showing some real strong performance from the McLaren team. The question mark over the weather for the rest of the weekend will be throwing some doubt into his mind, but at least Lewis knows he has the pace to get the job done.
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I’ve Got a Silver Machine
Nick Heidfeld takes to the streets of Kuala Lumpur for a Mercedes GP demo. The German was driving a Mercedes Benz W196, whilst Schumacher and Rosberg participated in F1 cars. The build up to the Malaysian race continues, with everyone keeping an eye on the weather – so far it has rained every day. What will the weekend bring?
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Trouble Looming
Nico Rosberg circles the Sepang International Circuit under darkening skies during the Malaysian GP in 2009. The race only lasted 31 laps after the heavens opened and the rain started to pour. Jenson Button won the race, but in an unusual fashion – stopped on the grid, waiting for a restart that never happened. Half points were awarded.
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Four Abreast
Nick Heidfeld, Juan Pablo Montoya, Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher run wheel to wheel during the Malaysian Grand Prix in 2005. They almost finished the race in that order as well, although Massa fell behind Schumacher to finish 10th, Schumi 7th, Montoya 4th, whilst Heidfeld picked up the last place on the podium.
Shining Bright, Shining White
Jenson Button celebrates his win with some shaken up champagne, and some sparkling white overalls. The McLaren driver has been congratulated by his teammate, Lewis Hamilton, who says that every driver wants to win the race and get up on the top step of the podium, but if they don’t win, they want it to be their teammate instead.
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Trouble Overhead
A fantastic overhead shot shows the chaos of the opening lap. Vettel makes a good getaway, whilst Alonso gets tangled up with Button and knocks Schumacher for six as well. Alonso and Schumi would be knocked to the back of the pack, where they would spend the rest of the afternoon making up positions. Button, meanwhile, went on to secure victory.
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Out of Position
Mark Webber extracts himself from the car after qualifying in Australia today. Webber finished second in front of his home crowd, whilst teammate Sebastian Vettel took the top spot for the second race in a row, qualifying on pole position. Fernando Alonso, the race winner from Bahrain, lines up third on the grid.
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