Part of the crowd at watching the Malaysian Grand PrixFerrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland
won the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang Formula
One circuit yesterday..(23/03/08/ S.S.KANESAN/The Star)
Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finlandspeed his way to win the Malaysian Grand Prix at the
Sepang Formula One circuit yesterday..
Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finlandwith the winning tropy while second place BMW Sauber
Formula One driver Robert Kubica of Poland looks on after
the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang Formula One
circuit yesterday. Raikkonen won the race, Kubiaca
finished second and Kovalainen was third.
(23/03/08/ S.S.KANESAN/The Star)
Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen ofFinland raises his fists after winning the Malaysian
Grand Prix at the Sepang Formula One circuit
(23/03/08/ S.S.KANESAN/TheStar)
REIGNING world champion Kimi Raikkonen could not have chosen a better venue to spark a fight-back for Ferrari in the F1 World Championships.
It was at the Sepang F1 Circuit in 2003 where Raikkonen bagged his first Grand Prix victory and the Finn repeated the feat by winning the 10th edition of the Petronas Malaysian F1 Grand Prix in commanding fashion yesterday.
While Raikkonen romped to a trouble-free victory, winning the 56-lap race by nearly 20 seconds, his McLaren rival, Lewis Hamilton, endured a torrid afternoon.
Hamilton, winner of the season-opening Australian GP last week, finished in fifth place after a pit-stop mistake by his crew delayed him by nearly 20 seconds.
Polish driver Robert Kubica gave BMW Sauber their first ever podium finish in Sepang in second place behind Raikkonen. He finished the race in 1'31:38.155 and it was his career best performance in F1 thus far.
Heikki Kovalainen restored some pride for the battered McLaren when he fought his way to third place in 1'31:57.005 after starting from eighth on the grid.
But the day certainly belonged to his more illustrious Finnish compatriot, who was in a class of his own.
Raikkonen took the lead after the first pit stop from Brazilian team-mate Felipe Massa, who later spun off on the 30th lap.
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