Ferrari managed to finish third (Raikkonen) and fifth (Massa) in a McLaren dominated Malaysian GP on Sunday. Australian Mark Webber finished in tenth place for Red Bull Ferrari.

Fernando Alonso brought McLaren their first victory since 2005 on Sunday, as the world champion won the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang. However, it was team mate Lewis Hamilton who provided the key as the young star moved ahead of both Ferraris on the opening lap on his way to second place.

Hamilton withstood intense pressure from Felipe Massa in the opening stages, having gone around the outside of the Brazilian in Turn 2 on the first lap. He then fended off the close attentions of a rapidly-closing Kimi Raikkonen, who took third place just 0.7s behind the McLaren.

Massa dropped behind Raikkonen and BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld after making a mistake in a failed bid to re-pass Hamilton early on. From there he was unable to recover and eventually came in fifth, three seconds down on Heidfeld.

Giancarlo Fisichella took sixth place for Renault, ahead of Toyota’s Jarno Trulli, while Heikki Kovalainen fought back from his Melbourne disappointment to score his first world championship point in eighth.

In Italian: Sepang, trionfo tutto McLaren

Nel GP della Malesia domina Alonso davanti a Hamilton: la Ferrari si deve accontentare del 3° posto di Raikkonen. Heidfeld 4°, Massa 5° ma autore di due esitazioni che ne hanno compromesso la gara.

 Doveva essere una Pasqua ferrarista, è stata invece una Pasqua tutta d’argento. Quello delle McLaren, dominatrici del GP della Malesia disputatosi oggi a Sepang. Ha vinto Fernando Alonso davanti a un sempre più convincente Lewis Hamilton; il Cavallino si è dovuto accontentare del terzo posto di Kimi Raikkonen e l’altra rossa, quella di Felipe Massa che scattava dalla pole, è arrivata quinta, dietro alla BMW del regolare Nick Heidfeld. In zona punti anche Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli e Heikki Kovalainen.

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