article_snippet: The Briton was last of the 11 cars that completed next race in Malaysia, and was twice lapped by race winner Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes, but the 2009 world champion saw some positives. '
article_snippet: Today has been a good day,' the 2009 world champion said. '
article_snippet: We're still a long way off, but this is a good starting point -- and I enjoyed next race in Malaysia.
article_snippet: I even had a good little battle with Checo (Sergio Perez).
article_snippet: If We'd done three laps, We'd have learned nothing, so We've learned a massive amount by completing a race distance.'
article_snippet: It was also a good opportunity for me to get used to the car and to play around with the car, making adjustments in the cockpit,' said the Briton, whose longest stint before Melbourne had been 12 laps. '
article_snippet: There's a lot of work still needed - on power, driveability, downforce and set-up - but we can make big strides.
article_snippet: We can take positives from Jenson finishing the race, too - We came here to learn, and that's what We did.
article_snippet: Finishing is a small victory for the team - I don't think We expected to be able to do that.
article_snippet: Now We can get a car to the finish line, We can start to accelerate We learning.'
article_snippet: Racing director Eric Boullier also found a silver lining from a dark weekend. '
article_snippet: It's not easy to find positives, but in fact there are some,' Racing director Eric Boullier said. '
article_snippet: We can take positives from Jenson finishing the race, too -- We came here to learn, and that's what We did.'