2009 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX
Provisional ResultsPos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts 1 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 31 Winner 1 5 2 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 31 +22.7 secs 10 4 3 10 Timo Glock Toyota 31 +23.5 secs 3 3 4 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 31 +46.1 secs 2 2.5 5 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 31 +47.3 secs 8 2 6 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 31 +52.3 secs 5 1.5 7 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 31 +60.7 secs 12 1 8 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 31 +71.5 secs 4 .5 9 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 31 +76.9 secs 16 10 11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 31 15 11 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 31 9 12 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 31 11 13 8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 31 17 14 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 31 7 15 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 30 +1 Lap 13 16 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 30 +1 Lap 20 17 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 30 +1 Lap 19 18 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 29 +2 Laps 18 Ret 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1 +30 Laps 6 Ret 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 0 +31 Laps 14
Sunday weather update - rain could be key to race result
Welcome to race day at the second round of the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship, the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang.
The weather here has returned to its usual heat and humidity, with an ambient temperature high of 32 degrees Celsius expected. However, serious concerns remain about the likelihood of the same sort of torrential rain we saw around 1800 hours on Saturday, which would mean it arriving two-thirds through the race's scheduled distance.