that made driving impossible & dangerous. With 24 laps still left the skies
opened up on the Sapang circuit & stopped the race with Spanish Driver
FERNANDO ALONSO skidding out at that precise moment with slicks on
to go back onto the track & be halted in at 11th place. It was pure bad luck
for Fernando as he made a brilliant start from 9th place to get into the 3ºrd
position to see the water take him backwards.
(photo: Alonso reuters/elmundo.com)
With less than 75% of the laps done & the race suspended, the pilots take half
points & the position from were they were called in. That gave this final result:
1. Jensen Button
2. Nick Heidfeld
3. Timo Glock
& 11. Fernando Alonso
(photo: Alonso - efe/elmundo.es)
Overall Drivers Classification (after 2 races):
1. Button 15 pts 2. Barrichello 10pts 3.Trulli 8pts …6. Fernando Alonso 4pts
Crazy race & in some sense not understandable, as the race time 17.00 is well
known to be the precise moment of the day that storms habitually take place
in Malaysia. The pressure from International TVs (European in most cases) to
accommodate better watching hours has played a negative part in the outcome,
an issue that needs to be further analyzed & studied in the future.
Next race: CHINA 19 April
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