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2009 Malaysian Grand Prix Race day at Sepang
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Lap 26: Timo Glock is flying in the Toyota. The German is in eighth place on intermediate tyres, and is as much as seven seconds per lap faster than the leaders.
Lap 25: Webber doesn't give up and tracks the McLaren. He impressively tries to retake sixth from Hamilton. The pair are swapping places in a display of great racing.
Webber beautifully reclaims sixth ahead of Lewis.
Webber beautifully reclaims sixth ahead of Lewis.
Lap 24: It is Button from Rosberg, Trulli, Barrichello, Heidfeld and Hamilton.
Lap 24: Lewis Hamilton runs in seventh and he sends a move up the inside of Mark Webber. Lewis is through and up to sixth place at Turn 1.
Lap 23: The Red Bull of Webber has way more grip than Hamilton and takes the place from the McLaren.
Lap 23: Flashes of lightning can be seen as the race continues.
Kimi Raikkonen tells his team on the radio that his wet tyres are completely destroyed. The Finn is currently 14th.
Kimi Raikkonen tells his team on the radio that his wet tyres are completely destroyed. The Finn is currently 14th.
Lap 23: Lewis Hamilton is up to sixth as he was able to make his first fuel stop at the same time as taking wets.
Lap 23: The rain is still light and patchy at the moment.
Lap 23: In come the field for wet tyres. It is a mad scramble in the pitlane.
Lap 23: The pack follows him down the pit lane.
Lap 23: Button is in for full wet tyres.
Lap 23: Alonso is off! He's thrown away that fuel advantage with an off in Turn 6.
Lap 22: Jenson Button leads as rain begins to fall.
Lap 22: Adrian Sutil is also very, very slow on the circuit as the frontrunners continue to lap reasonably quickly.
Lap 22: Fernando Alonso remains fifth and has the advantage of several more laps of fuel in the Renault.
He will be very well placed if he can make a single stop for fuel and rain tyres.
He will be very well placed if he can make a single stop for fuel and rain tyres.
Lap 21: We think Giancarlo Fisichella also took on full wets. His sector times are also horrendously slow and he is losing several seconds per sector.
Lap 21: Barrichello takes dry, soft tyres and he slots back in fourth behind Button, Rosberg and Trulli.
Lap 21: Sebastien Bourdais pits from 11th place, but more importantly Kimi Raikkonen is dropping down the field like a stone on his full wet tyres.
The Finn is 15th and falling down the order. Bourdais also took on full wet tyres.
The Finn is 15th and falling down the order. Bourdais also took on full wet tyres.
Lap 21: Rubens Barrichello pits from the lead. What tyres will he take?
Lap 20: There are some drops of rain around the circuit but nothing of significance just yet.
Lap 20: Brawn GP go for soft, dry tyres and Button resumes ... way ahead of Rosberg and Trulli.
Lap 20: Giancarlo Fisichella pits from 14th and is followed in straight afterwards by his team-mate Adrian Sutil, as the skies get ever-darker over the circuit.
As yet, still no rainfall.
As yet, still no rainfall.
Lap 20: Button pits from the lead.
Lap 20: Those full wet tyres will soon be destroyed unless it rains immediately.
Lap 19: Kimi Raikkonen pits from fifth and takes full wet tyres in a huge gamble by Ferrari!
Lap 19: Felipe Massa's race engineer, Rob Smedley, tells his driver that a lot of people are coming into the pits and that they will benefit if it rains.
Down at Ferrari, they are already getting wet tyres out.
Down at Ferrari, they are already getting wet tyres out.
Lap 19: Button continues for yet another lap as he sets a sensational 1:36.641 in clear air.
Lap 19: Jenson Button is flying up front as he tries to take the advantage of running longer than Trulli and Rosberg.
Lap 18: Trulli also takes the softer dry tyres and resumes behind Rosberg in fourth.
Lap 18: Trulli pits from the lead, handing the advantage to Jenson Button.
Lap 17: Mark Webber pits his Red Bull from sixth, taking the softer dry tyres.
Lap 17: Timo Glock has pitted from eighth place in the Toyota. He rejoins well down the order. Adrian Sutil has also been in for his first stop of the day, and the German rejoins the race at the back of the field.
Lap 17: The skies continue to darken as rain moves in on the circuit.
Jarno Trulli now leads, with Jenson Button now tailing close behind the Toyota.
Jarno Trulli now leads, with Jenson Button now tailing close behind the Toyota.
Lap 17: As we mentioned before the start of the race, many of those in the second half of the field have started with heavy fuel loads. This will give them much more flexibility if the rain does hit the circuit, and they can make their decisions accordingly, rather than need to pit now.
Lap 16: Rosberg takes the softer tyres and resumes in fourth.
Lap 16: Nico Rosberg pits from the lead.
Lap 16: Jenson Button sets the fastest lap a 1:37.555. The pole sitter does have slightly more fuel onboard than the two in front.
Lap 16: Lewis Hamilton is now promoted to ninth, following that stop by Vettel. Heidfeld is tenth, Massa 11th, Piquet 12th and Nakajima in 13th place.
Lap 15: Vettel takes on soft tyres in a 10.7 second pitstop. He rejoins in 17th and last of the remaining runners in the race.
Lap 15: Nico Rosberg continues to lead from Trulli and Button but all three will need to pit in the next couple of laps.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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