This season, a quarter of the grid are former F1 World Champions. The racing has been dynamic and exciting, especially during the race at Sepang where it seemed tactics were everything. Jenson Button destroyed his front wing in a collision with Narain Karthikeyan and Vettel finished out of the points! (A fact I am secretly loving.) Hamilton, my favourite driver, has had both pole positions after the qualifying sessions but has failed to convert either into a win and has come 3rd in both races. Michael Schumacher (wow, that doesn't come up as mis-spelled - shows how fantastic and well known this guy is. Grew up hearing his name almost every Sunday, he's my second favourite) still managed to pick up a point this race after a devastating spin in the early stages of the race, seems he still could be "the rain master". Romain Grosjean is a very exciting prospect at Lotus. He qualified 3rd in Australia but fell to sixth at the start and retired after a collision with Maldonado on the second lap which broke his front-right suspension. In Malaysia he was in Q3 again and started P6. He got off the line brilliantly with a really effective use of KERS, overtaking both the red bulls and Schumacher to get third place after the first corner. Unfortunately, after the collision with Schumacher, Grosjean spun again, ending up in the gravel and withdrawing again in the first few laps of the race.
A brilliant race by Perez allowed him to finish 2nd, even challenging the World Champion Alonso at points for pole. Alonso won well however, assisted by Ferrari's amazing sub-3-seconds pit stops. Tyre choices were all important in the really difficult conditions this week with some really interesting tactical decisions made during the race. Looking forward to more action in China :D
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