Malaysia 2009

That was the shortest race I've ever seen. It just was a bad idea to start the Malaysia race this late. I was surprised they got away with it for the qualifying yesterday. They couldn't be that lucky twice.
But Jenson got and deserved his second win in the second race of the season. So I sure as hell won't complain. Even if the red flag means that he'll only get 5 points instead of 10.

( results )

Jenson had a pretty bad start but fought his way back from 4th to 3rd very quickly. And honestly, I even thought that him not leading from the start would make things a little more interesting. Last week I was pretty nervous during the race because that victory felt so important because we didn't know yet what Brawn GP really were capable of. But this week I was more relaxed. I knew that Jenson still had a very good chance of winning and otherwise he'd manage a podium finish. And he did win again. Under rather odd circumstances but it's still a victory. His face, when he was told that the race wouldn't be restarted and he had won, was great. *g* I still have no idea, though, how he managed to stay in front of Glock after changing from intermdiates back to wet tyres. He must have had a hell of a lap there which just proves that he's still amazing in the rain.

It was also great to see quite a bit of Mark for a change. Firstly, because he was constantly running through the rain after the race had been stopped to talk to every single one of the other drivers. And secondly and more importantly, because he finished 6th. I'd like to see some more top 8 and, preferably, top 3 finishes by him in the future. Jenson and Mark on the podium together at least once this year, that'd be great.

Malaysia 2009

That was the shortest race I've ever seen. It just was a bad idea to start the Malaysia race this late. I was surprised they got away with it for the qualifying yesterday. They couldn't be that lucky twice.
But Jenson got and deserved his second win in the second race of the season. So I sure as hell won't complain. Even if the red flag means that he'll only get 5 points instead of 10.

( results )

Jenson had a pretty bad start but fought his way back from 4th to 3rd very quickly. And honestly, I even thought that him not leading from the start would make things a little more interesting. Last week I was pretty nervous during the race because that victory felt so important because we didn't know yet what Brawn GP really were capable of. But this week I was more relaxed. I knew that Jenson still had a very good chance of winning and otherwise he'd manage a podium finish. And he did win again. Under rather odd circumstances but it's still a victory. His face, when he was told that the race wouldn't be restarted and he had won, was great. *g* I still have no idea, though, how he managed to stay in front of Glock after changing from intermdiates back to wet tyres. He must have had a hell of a lap there which just proves that he's still amazing in the rain.

It was also great to see quite a bit of Mark for a change. Firstly, because he was constantly running through the rain after the race had been stopped to talk to every single one of the other drivers. And secondly and more importantly, because he finished 6th. I'd like to see some more top 8 and, preferably, top 3 finishes by him in the future. Jenson and Mark on the podium together at least once this year, that'd be great.