The Malaysian Grand Prix was won by Jenson Button of Brawn Mercedes team as the race was red-flagged with 24 laps to go after the weather conditions made it impossible to continue racing. A downpour hit the already chaotic event and the race stewards decided to deploy the safety car. Even behind the safety car, it was impossible to drive and it was decided to stop the race.

As 75% of the race distance was not completed, half the points were awarded to all point scorers. Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber was fortunate to score the 2nd place while Timo Glock of Toyota, who’d driven an exceptional race, finished in 3rd place. Ferrari had another off day today as both their drivers failed to score any points.

While Massa was already struggling to get into points following yesterday’s incident, his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen threw an almost certain 5th place finish as a result of disastrous strategy. With no signs of rain on track, the team decided to put Kimi on full wet weather tires. The gamble didn’t pay off and Kimi lost around 20 seconds in his first lap after pit-stop.

The final order for Malaysian GP:

Jenson Button  		Brawn-Mercedes
Nick Heidfeld 		BMW Sauber
Timo Glock 		Toyota
Jarno Trulli 		Toyota
Rubens Barrichello 	Brawn-Mercedes
Mark Webber 		RBR-Renault
Lewis Hamilton 		McLaren-Mercedes
Nico Rosberg 		Williams-Toyota
Felipe Massa 		Ferrari
Sebastien Bourdais 	STR-Ferrari
Fernando Alonso 	Renault
Kazuki Nakajima 	Williams-Toyota
Nelsinho Piquet 	Renault
Kimi Räikkönen 		Ferrari
Sebastian Vettel 	RBR-Renault
Sebastien Buemi 	STR-Ferrari
Adrian Sutil 		Force India-Mercedes
Giancarlo Fisichella 	Force India-Mercedes
Robert Kubica 		BMW Sauber
Heikki Kovalainen 	McLaren-Mercedes