Kimi Raikkonen strolls to victory in the Malaysian GP. Lewis Hamilton,
winner of the season's first race in Australia last weekend, finishes fifth to
retain the lead in the drivers' championship.

SHOW: SEPANG, MALAYSIA (MARCH 23, 2008) (FOM)

Kimi Raikkonen cruised to victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix on
Sunday (March 23) to put Ferrari back on the winning track and slash Lewis
Hamilton's lead to three points.
    The world champion failed to finish last weekend's season-opener in
Australia but the Finn's 16th grand prix victory was sealed when he took the
lead from team mate Felipe Massa at the first set of pitstops.
    BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica finished second, the best result of his
Formula One career to date, and McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen was third with
team mate Hamilton having to settle for fifth.
    Massa's race came to an end on lap 31 when the Brazilian, who started
on pole position with Raikkonen alongside on an all-Ferrari front row, spun
out at turn eight and could not escape the gravel trap.
    "It was a pretty easy race from that first pitstop really,"
said Raikkonen.
    "We had quite a difficult weekend in Australia and we were not 100
percent sure it was going to be any different here.
    "But everything worked perfectly. This is a good start to the
season for us and we're in a pretty good position."
    Hamilton, who started ninth on the grid after he and Kovalainen
collected five place penalties for impeding rivals in qualifying, finished
behind Italian Jarno Trulli who took a fine fourth place for Toyota.
    Nick Heidfeld (BMW), Mark Webber (Red Bull) and Spain's double world
champion Fernando Alonso (Renault) collected the rest of the points.
    Hamilton, who won in Melbourne, was fifth at the end of the first lap
but could not find a way past Australian Webber.
    Problems in removing the McLaren's right front wheel at the first
pitstop cost Hamilton 20 seconds and ultimately wrecked his chances of
catching the leaders.
    "I was pushing Mark for a long, long time but being behind someone
is extremely difficult so it doesn't matter how much quicker you are, it makes
it extremely difficult to get past," said the Briton.
    "And then we were in with a good shot for third place and then we
had the wheel gun at the pitstop."
    Hamilton leads the championship with 14 points after two races, ahead
of Raikkonen and Heidfeld with 11. Massa has yet to score a point.

Results:
1. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)     Ferrari         1:31:18.555
2. Robert Kubica (Poland)       BMW Sauber       +00:19.570
3. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland)  McLaren           00:38.450
4. Jarno Trulli (Italy)         Toyota            00:45.832
5. Lewis Hamilton (Britain)     McLaren           00:46.548
6. Nick Heidfeld (Germany)      BMW Sauber        00:49.833
7. Mark Webber (Australia)      Red Bull          01:08.130
8. Fernando Alonso (Spain)      Renault           01:10.041
9. David Coulthard (Britain)    Red Bull          01:16.220
10. Jenson Button (Britain)      Honda             01:26.214
11. Nelson Piquet (Brazil)       Renault           01:32.202
12. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Force India           1 lap
13. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil)  Honda                 1 lap
14. Nico Rosberg (Germany)       Williams              1 lap
15. Anthony Davidson (Britain)   Super Aguri           1 lap
16. Takuma Sato (Japan)          Super Aguri          2 laps
17. Kazuki Nakajima (Japan)      Williams             2 laps
r. Sebastian Vettel (Germany)  Toro Rosso           17 laps
r. Felipe Massa (Brazil)       Ferrari              26 laps
r. Adrian Sutil (Germany)      Force India          51 laps
r. Timo Glock (Germany)        Toyota               55 laps
r. Sebastien Bourdais (France) Toro Rosso           55 laps
(rank: r = retired, nc = not classified)  Fastest Lap: Nick Heidfeld,
1:35.366, lap 55

Championship standings:
Drivers:
1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren         14
2. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari         11
3. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber       11
4. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) McLaren      10
5. Robert Kubica (Poland) BMW Sauber         8
6. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Williams           6
7. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault           6
8. Jarno Trulli (Italy) Toyota               5
9. Kazuki Nakajima (Japan) Williams          3
10. Sebastien Bourdais (France) Toro Rosso    2
11. Mark Webber (Australia) Red Bull          2
12. David Coulthard (Britain) Red Bull        0
13. Jenson Button (Britain) Honda             0
14. Nelson Piquet (Brazil) Renault            0
15. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Force India  0
16. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Honda         0
17. Anthony Davidson (Britain) Super Aguri    0
18. Takuma Sato (Japan) Super Aguri           0

Constructors:
1.  McLaren      24
2.  BMW Sauber   19
3.  Ferrari      11
4.  Williams      9
5.  Renault       6
6.  Toyota        5
7.  Red Bull      2
8.  Toro Rosso    2
9.  Honda         0
10. Force India    0
11. Super Aguri    0