Again Renault has given an exceptional sample of the potential of its R25 model, with Fernando Alonso literally squashing to its rivals in the Great Prize of Malaysia, disputed in Sepang.
Ample already dominating in Melbourne, the French cars monopolized the sessions of classification with Alonso in pole, and the winner of Australia Giancar it Fisichella in 3º.

Alonso secured a solid victory and affirmed that Renault is the equipment to beat. His Fisichella companion wasted very important points

“It has been a very demanding race and Physically has been once in podio when I have really noticed it with greater hardness. But to win here is a fantastic sensation and to do it of the form we have obtained that it, demonstrating that we are competitive in any type of circuit. Everything has gone well of principle to aim: the car, the motor and the Michelin tires. My greater gratefulness to all the equipment: they have done a work fantastic east winter in Enstone, Viry and also Michelin in Clermont-Ferrand. At this moment yes I believe that we have real options to fight by the world-wide title”, commented the Alonso Spanish.
Without doubts that the Great Malayan Prize represented an enormous one defied for the trustworthiness of the motors, that were used for the second time followed as it establishes the new regulation, and especially for the tires that had to support to an overwhelming heat product of extreme temperatures.

Released without incidents in Sepang. Both red points are neither the more nor less than the Ferrari almost at the end of the squad. Inexplicable?

Once released the race, nobody could do to him against the Renault de Alonso. The Spanish itched in followed end of surprising the Toyota of Jarno Trulli, and its companion Giancar it Fisichella. There were no incidents in the starting, but passed hardly two returns.
There he was when the Honda motors of the BAR of Button and Davidson, this last reemplazante of Sato, were broken at the same time. Although the BAR had demonstrated a slight improvement during the weekend, the trustworthiness of Honda threw all the hopes by the hut. The English equipment not yet has secured to no passed point two dates.
With Alonso saved in the end, 2º Trulli was in charge to administer the advantage took that it to Fisichella, that at no moment could roll around his coequiper Alonso.

Trulli lead its Toyota to the maximum and obtained first podio for the Japanese house. The 2005 it seems to be to the aim the year of takeoff of Toyota

Unlike Melbourne, where Trulli made a good classification but immediately it began to be delayed, here in Sepang the Italian was brilliant like his car, marking very competitive times finally to secure the best result of Toyota in his short demurrage in F1.
“I sallied excellent and I could maintain my easily second position behind Fernando and being in front of Giancar it. Thence, I had an absolutely free race of problems and could control to the cars that came behind me. I want to thank for to all in the Toyota equipment and all the engineers and mechanics to them, as much of here as of Colony, by to have given a car to me with which I could obtain first podio of Toyota. It was a huge result and I am certainly is the beginning of great things. Weekend with the rules of tires and motors was a true east challenge, since the extreme heat makes the very difficult things to the pilots. Luca Marmorini and its equipment have done an absolutely exceptional work in the motor since we did not have problems of reliability in any of the two first races of the season”, mentioned Trulli.
His companion Ralf Schumacher also did a good race, fighting of bloody way by position until crossing the goal in 5º location, just behind his ex- companion of Williams Juan Pablo Montoya.

Fascinating fight between the Williams de Webber and Heidfeld. Ralf made a dangerous maneuver to try to exceed the German of Williams

The race of Malaysia surely will not be most exciting to the aim of the calendar, but it showed to passages entertained in the substitute positions the leadership imposed by the demolisher Fernando Alonso. Fisichella, Webber, Heidfeld and R. Schumacher were the actors of the most exciting passage of the race, when both disputed 3º, 4º, 5º and 6º put.
The outcome of this battle was not the best one for Webber and Fisichella. Italian, the very obstinate one by the way, resisted to lose the position with Webber until removing it from track in the last curve of the circuit, in turn 36. Although the Australian left space him, Fisichella demanded the breaking losing the tail of its Renault to hit with the Williams de Webber. The Italian must have thought more about the points than he lost, that in an absurd maneuver to recover a already lost position …

Mark Webber becomes infuriated with Fisichella after the Italian wore to it. Giancar it recognized his error

“I sallied good and I could mark a reasonable rate, and after the first shutdown I was in search of Fisichella, that was restraining me much, as if their tires were spent. It had to Ralf behind me and it knew that it could advance to me at any time. We had a fight lasts but I could be placed ahead. Then, when they lacked 20 returns I attacked, it again. Their tires were every time worse I advanced and it in curve 14, leaving much space him. When Giancar it wine by the interior in the following curve knew that it would be difficult to him to restrain in the dirty part. I returned to the clean part and I believe that Giancar it restrained behind schedule too much, blocked the wheels to him and hit my car”, thought Webber.
But the frustration of Williams by the incident of Webber, evaporated with fantastic 3º put obtained by Nick Heidfeld. In his second race with Williams the German lead satisfactorily and obtained one deserved location in podio.

Heidfeld was more prudent than its Webber companion and finished in podio. The Williams still was express but far from Renault

“I am very happy, this one was the race more exciting than I have had in F1. I pressed hard from the beginning because position had to overcome from my 10ª and made a good race with some exciting advancements. He was really very funny. At many moments I was surrounded in fights with other two cars and were good fights, but in the end I could obtain it. The car responded well and also to the BMW motor and the Michelin tires. Also, as he is habitual in a warm race and you do not want that it happens to you, I had a problem with the water bottle from the first returns, which did the most difficult things to me”, it ended up saying the Heidfeld German.

Again Red Bull shone. The experience of took it to Coulthard to 6º put. Klien did not lose footstep to him and it stayed in the points

Other people's to this situation they were the pilots of Red Bull Racing, who for the second time consecutive crossed the goal in the zone of points. The Scot fought in the beginning to arm divided with Rubens Barrichello of the race, but he has not had problems in behind maintaining Michael Schumacher. The last point has been for Christian Klien that managed to avoid that Kimi Räikkönen snatched 8º to him position.
“Another great result for the equipment. Now we have eleven points, so we already surpassed the mark of Jaguar in all the season last in only two races. To both they did it very well pilots, we tried that Christian surpassed Michael Schumacher, but could not be. Both pilots deserved this result, as well as the equipment and Cosworth by their reliability. Now we must maintain to us thus, the today yield demonstrates the potential of the car”, declared Christian Horner, Director of Red Bull Racing.
That to say very little of Ferrari, because. The cars of Maranello were not nor a shade than they were the past season. As much Schumacher as Barrichello fought with an unstable and little quick car. In the end Rubens retired whereas Michael I conclude 7º to more than 1 minute of Alonso. For the F2004M this surely has been its last race, and unjustly it has been transformed into a bitter goodbye.

The multiple Schumacher champion as soon as he can with Massa. The German deposits all hopes in the new car of Ferrari, the F2005

“There are no excuses after a race like this one. After the classification, we knew that it would be a race in which we would have to recover positions, but we did not do it. We were surpassed by our rivals, who demonstrated to be stronger. Until now we gained many things thanks to our work in equipment and of our collaborators, so we will have to be well united to give return this. Again, this demonstrates the difficult thing that it is to win. We know that we have all the average ones to arrive at the success. Our desire to win and to work hard continue being the same of always. We had glided to make three days of tests the next week in Mugello to follow with the development of the F2005 and the Bridgestone tires. After these tests, we will make a decision as far as the program from the new car”, expressed Jean Todt, Director.
Of McLaren much cannot either be added. Juan Pablo Montoya did what could and finished 4º. His Räikkönen companion recovered of pinchazo that it control to the bottom of the lot, to conclude 9º.
To this height of the events already nobody doubt that the Renault is the cars to beat. But the Renault equipment does not have either to trust. Although there is a reality that is impossible to disguise; as much McLaren as Ferrari and BAR are several steps below the French machines. Williams and Toyota only seem to follow the wake of the mark of the rhombus.