At the post race press confrence Kimi Raikkonen was true to his nickname of the iceman. The flying Finn (sorry Mika Hakkinen 
) calmly replied to questions about the ‘tough’ race and said that it wasn’t too bad in Malaysia. His teammate Felipe Massa meanwhile had to retire when he went onto the gravel earlier in the race on lap 32.During the last race it looked like Kimi was uncomfortable without the traction control, but it looks like Massa is more uncomfortable without the tractions control. Kimi ran an almost perfect race, he could have overtaken Felipe on the 1st lap itself but decided to hold back and let his pit strategy do the overtaking for him. He lapped exceptionally well during his in lap and that sheer pace made overtaking Massa look like a piece of cake.
Lewis Hamilton was sort of robbed of a possible podium finish when his pitstop didnt goto plan and his pitstop got extended due to a problem in one of his wheels. He eventually finished 5th His teammate however finished on the podium in third place. Robert Kubica of BMW meanwhile finished second putting in another strong performance for the BMW team. Force India’s Giancarlo Fisichella got a nice 12th place finish much better than what most people would have expected from the ex-Spyker F1 team.
Final Result of the formula one Malaysian Grand Prix 2008
| Pos | Driver | Nat | Team | Time |
| 1 | Kimi Raikkonen | FIN | Ferrari | 31:18.6 |
| 2 | Robert Kubica | PL | BMW Sauber | 19.57 |
| 3 | Heikki Kovalainen | FIN | McLaren-Mercedes | 38.45 |
| 4 | Jarno Trulli | I | Toyota | 45.832 |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | GB | McLaren-Mercedes | 46.548 |
| 6 | Nick Heidfeld | D | BMW Sauber | 49.833 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | AUS | Red Bull-Renault | 01:08.1 |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | E | Renault | 01:10.0 |
| 9 | David Coulthard | GB | Red Bull-Renault | 01:16.2 |
| 10 | Jenson Button | GB | Honda | 01:26.2 |
| 11 | Nelson A. Piquet | BR | Renault | 01:32.2 |
| 12 | Giancarlo Fisichella | I | Force India-Ferrari | -1 lap |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | BR | Honda | -1 lap |
| 14 | Nico Rosberg | D | Williams-Toyota | -1 lap |
| 15 | Anthony Davidson | GB | Super Aguri-Honda | -1 lap |
| 16 | Takuma Sato | J | Super Aguri-Honda | -2 laps |
| 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | J | Williams-Toyota | -2 laps |
| DNF | Sebastian Vettel | D | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
| DNF | Felipe Massa | BR | Ferrari | |
| DNF | Adrian Sutil | D | Force India-Ferrari | |
| DNF | Timo Glock | D | Toyota | |
| DNF | Sebastien Bourdais | F | Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
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Navtej Kohli
26 Mar 08 at 9:03 am
To be honest, I was quite a boring race, not much excitement when you were there (I was there), like you say, Massa made a terrible mistake and lost 8 precious point for the team..
Hamilton claimed that his water supply was not functioning therefore disturb his performance, not sure how true was it..
He was struggling to get pass Trulli, but he failed. It will be more interesting if Alonso were at the back of Trulli. I am not a fan of Alonso, but he did a good job passing Coulthard and manage to secure point once again..
horiyochi
27 Mar 08 at 9:50 am