First it was Nico Rosberg winning in Australia and now it is Lewis Hamilton winning in Malaysia – it has been a good start to the 2014 Formula One racing season for Team Mercedes. After Rosberg won in Australia to open the season last month, Hamilton followed up by winning on the Sepang track in Malaysia this weekend, taking the the 2014 Malaysia Grand Prix title by 17.3 seconds over his teammate, Rosberg. Third place went to three-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel – 24.5 seconds further back – as Red Bull continued to sort through various mechanical issues keeping them from being competitive so far in 2014.
The 1-2 finish from Mercedes was the first for the team since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix.
Now it is back to Bahrain for the third race of the 2014 season at the familiar Sakhir track, on April 6, 2014.
2014 Malaysian Grand Prix Results:
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
56 1:40:25.974 1 25
2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
56 +17.3 secs 3 18
3 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault
56 +24.5 secs 2 15
4 14 Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
56 +35.9 secs 4 12
5 27 Nico Hulkenberg
Force India-Mercedes
56 +47.1 secs 7 10
6 22 Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
56 +83.6 secs 10 8
7 19 Felipe Massa
Williams-Mercedes
56 +85.0 secs 13 6
8 77 Valtteri Bottas
Williams-Mercedes
56 +85.5 secs 18 4
9 20 Kevin Magnussen
McLaren-Mercedes
55 +1 Lap 8 2
10 26 Daniil Kvyat
STR-Renault
55 +1 Lap 11 1
11 8 Romain Grosjean
Lotus-Renault
55 +1 Lap 15
12 7 Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
55 +1 Lap 6
13 10 Kamui Kobayashi
Caterham-Renault
55 +1 Lap 20
14 9 Marcus Ericsson
Caterham-Renault
54 +2 Laps 22
15 4 Max Chilton
Marussia-Ferrari
54 +2 Laps 21
Ret 3 Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull Racing-Renault
49 Retired 5
Ret 21 Esteban Gutierrez
Sauber-Ferrari
35 Gearbox 12
Ret 99 Adrian Sutil
Sauber-Ferrari
32 Power unit 17
Ret 25 Jean-Eric Vergne
STR-Renault
18 Turbo 9
Ret 17 Jules Bianchi
Marussia-Ferrari
8 Accident damage 19
Ret 13 Pastor Maldonado
Lotus-Renault
7 Power unit 16
DNS 11 Sergio Perez
Force India-Mercedes
0 Gearbox 14