2014 Malaysian Grand Prix (Mar 28 - 30)

Mercedes-Benz continued its stronghold on Friday while Renault once again struggled:

[QUOTE=Practice 1]Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap Laps
1. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m40.691s 19
2. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m40.843s +0.152s 20
3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m41.028s +0.337s 19
4. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m41.111s +0.420s 20
5. Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1m41.274s +0.583s 18
6. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 1m41.402s +0.711s 15
7. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m41.523s +0.832s 9
8. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m41.642s +0.951s 19
9. Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1m41.686s +0.995s 23
10. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1m41.830s +1.139s 22
11. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m41.923s +1.232s 14
12. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1m42.117s +1.426s 20
13. Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1m42.365s +1.674s 21
14. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 1m42.869s +2.178s 21
15. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m42.904s +2.213s 23
16. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1m43.825s +3.134s 18
17. Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1m45.775s +5.084s 24
18. Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1m46.911s +6.220s 10
19. Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1m51.180s +10.489s 5
20. Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 2
21. Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 2
22. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 4

[url="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/113123"]Malaysian GP: Lewis Hamilton fastest for Mercedes in practice one - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com[/url][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Practice 2]Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap Laps
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m39.909s 30
2. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m39.944s +0.035s 30
3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m39.970s +0.061s 30
4. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m40.051s +0.142s 32
5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m40.103s +0.194s 29
6. Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1m40.112s +0.203s 34
7. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1m40.276s +0.367s 29
8. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m40.628s +0.719s 28
9. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1m40.638s +0.729s 35
10. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m40.691s +0.782s 34
11. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 1m40.777s +0.868s 33
12. Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1m41.014s +1.105s 20
13. Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1m41.257s +1.348s 28
14. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 1m41.325s +1.416s 32
15. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m41.407s +1.498s 34
16. Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1m41.671s +1.762s 25
17. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m42.531s +2.622s 14
18. Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1m43.638s +3.729s 20
19. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1m43.752s +3.843s 29
20. Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1m45.703s +5.794s 31
21. Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 0
22. Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 0

[url="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/113128"]Malaysian GP: Nico Rosberg ends Friday on top for Mercedes - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com[/url][/QUOTE]

And now the qualifying that's scheduled in the middle of monsoon o'clock is rained out.. gasp!

Practice 3 was also dominated by Mercedes:

[quote=Practice 3]Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap Laps
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m39.008s 13
2. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m39.240s +0.232s 13
3. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m40.156s +1.148s 13
4. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m40.387s +1.379s 14
5. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m40.523s +1.515s 15
6. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1m40.686s +1.678s 14
7. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m40.736s +1.728s 14
8. Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1m40.781s +1.773s 20
9. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1m40.891s +1.883s 20
10. Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1m41.029s +2.021s 15
11. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 1m41.182s +2.174s 18
12. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 1m41.441s +2.433s 18
13. Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1m41.552s +2.544s 15
14. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m42.041s +3.033s 17
15. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m42.749s +3.741s 16
16. Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1m43.539s +4.531s 20
17. Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1m43.977s +4.969s 16
18. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1m44.170s +5.162s 18
19. Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1m44.457s +5.449s 12
20. Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1m46.015s +7.007s 7
21. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 2m05.555s +26.547s 4
22. Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 5

[url="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/113154"]Malaysian GP: Nico Rosberg fastest as Mercedes dominates - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com[/url][/quote]

Delayed because of monsoon conditions, there were few surprises in qualifying:

[quote=Qualifying]Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m59.431s
2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m59.486s +0.055s
3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 2m00.050s +0.619s
4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 2m00.175s +0.744s
5. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 2m00.541s +1.110s
6. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 2m01.218s +1.787s
7. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 2m01.712s +2.281s
8. Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 2m02.213s +2.782s
9. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 2m03.078s +3.647s
10. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 2m04.053s +4.622s
Q2 cut-off time: 1m36.811s Gap **
11. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 2m02.351s +3.310s
12. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 2m02.369s +3.328s
13. Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 2m02.460s +3.419s
14. Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 2m02.511s +3.470s
15. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 2m02.756s +3.715s
16. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 2m02.885s +3.844s
Q1 cut-off time: 2m01.689s Gap *
17. Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 2m02.074s +4.891s
18. Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 2m02.131s +4.948s
19. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 2m02.702s +5.519s
20. Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 2m03.595s +6.412s
21. Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 2m04.388s +7.205s
22. Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 2m04.407s +7.224s

[url="http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/113160"]Malaysian GP: Hamilton beats Vettel to pole at wet Sepang - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com[/url][/quote]