the Malaysian grand prix

The second race of the 2014 formula 1 season happened last Saturday & Sunday, with eyes being on the Mercedes team leading into the race. This was because Nico Rosberg had won the previous GP thanks to the Mercedes powertrain, which had been developed far before the others. And sure enough, Lewis Hamilton (unable to finish in Melbourne) qualified in pole position on the grid, followed by Sebastien Vettel and then his teammate Nico Rosberg. qualifying rasults can be found at http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2014/915/7322/
the race started on sunday with the track at a boiling temperature and all of the cars deciding to start on the hard tyres. Not surprisingly, seven cars were unable to finish the race, with Sergio Perez being unable to start. Daniel Ricciardo was doing well until he was released from the pit lane with a loose wheel ans consequently broke down at the exit. He then received a drive-through penalty and was then pulled out of the race. This has been the second bad race for Ricciardo, who did so well in Melbourne before being disqualified and doing so well in Malaysia before his break down. Malaysia was the first race in which a Lotus car was able to finish a race, with Romain Grojean just missing out on a point in 11th, having spent the last laps fending off former teammate Kimi Raikkonen (12th). race results found at http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2014/915/
Mercedes ended up stealing the whole show thanks to their amazing powertrain, which was developed long before the other teams and therefore the most versatile, achieving a spectacular 1st and 2nd place finish, which Mercedes has not managed since 1955.
Bahrain to look foreward to on the 3-4 April to see if Mercedes may be onto a winning streak.

Nev