Chinese Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won today's Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai in the McLaren with the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber finishing second and third respectively. Webber had started the race from eighteenth on the grid.

Hamilton's teammate Jenson Button finished fourth, Nico Rosberg finished fifth in the Mercedes, the Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso finished sixth and seventh respectively, Rosberg's teammate Michael Schumacher finished eighth, Vitaly Petrov finished ninth in the Renault, while Kamui Kobayashi rounded out the points in the Sauber by finishing tenth.

Hamilton ended up winning late in the race by passing Vettel on the 52nd lap out of 56 while Hamilton's teammate made a boneheaded move during the pit stops by stopping in front of the Red Bull garage. Perhaps he still thought he was World Champion. Nevertheless, I really don't know what was going through his mind when he decided to do that.

The results leave Vettel still in the championship lead with 68 points, Hamilton with 47, Button with 38, Webber with 37, Alonso with 26, Massa with 24, Petrov with 17, Heidfeld with 15, and Rosberg with 10. Red Bull maintain their lead in the Constructor's race with 105 points, McLaren with 85, Ferrari with 50, Renault with 32, and Mercedes with 16.

The next race will be in three weeks time with the Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul. On to Turkey.

Malaysian Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won today's Malaysian Grand Prix in the Red Bull with Jenson Button in the McLaren finishing second and Nick Heidfeld finishing third in the Renault. Vettel's teammate Mark Webber finished fourth, the Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso finished fifth and sixth respectively, Kamui Kobayashi in the Sauber finished seventh, Button's teammate Lewis Hamilton finished eighth after being assessed a 20-second penalty which dropped him from seventh place, Michael Schumacher in the Mercedes finished ninth, while Paul diResta in the Force India finished tenth for the second straight race (and second career F1 race).

The question hovering above the 56-lap race at the Sepang Circuit in Kuala Lampur was whether or not the race would be marred by rain but was able to dodge that bullet for the most part. Vettel was never really challenged for the race lead after starting from pole position but was not necessarily a boring race.

With the results of this race, Vettel remains the leader of the Driver Championship with 50 points, Button at 26 points, Hamilton with 24, Webber with 22, Alonso with 20, Massa with 16, and Heidfeld with 15 points. Red Bull maintain their lead in the Constructor's Championship with 72 points, McLaren with 48, Ferrari with 36, and Renault with 30.

The next race is the Chinese Grand Prix next week in Shanghai. On to China.