sebastian vettel, tears in his eyes, a smile wide on his face, waved the ferrari flag high, his joy unconfined millions around the world shared his moment of triumph, be they scuderia fans or not even lewis hamilton, who was prowling around in disappointment at coming second, could understand why for, finally, the vice like grip of his mercedes team had been prised open at a steamy malaysian grand prix sebastian vettel (centre) celebrates his malaysian grand prix victory as lewis hamilton (left) and nico rosberg stand in the background  vettel (centre) holds up his trophy as hamilton and rosberg applaud the german for his impressive victory  vettel shows his delight at winning the second race of the 2015 formula one season in malaysia  vetel crosses the finishing line and gives the fistpump as ferrari team members celebrate by the side of the track  vettel is mobbed by his team in parc ferme after ending ferrari's 34 race drought in formula one  1 sebastian vettel (germany) ferrari 1:41:05793  2 lewis hamilton (great britain) mercedes +00:08569  3 nico rosberg (germany) mercedes gp+00:12310  4 kimi raikkonen (finland) ferrari +00:53822  5 valtteri bottas (finland) williams +01:10409  6 felipe massa (brazil) williams +01:13586  7 max verstappen (netherlands) toro rosso +01:37762  8 carlos sainz (spain) toro rosso 1 lap  9 daniil kvyat (russia) red bull 1 lap  10 daniel ricciardo (australia) red bull 1 lap  11 romain grosjean (france) lotus 1 lap  12 felipe nasr (brazil) sauber ferrari 1 lap  13 sergio perez (mexico) force india 1 lap  14 nico hulkenberg (germany) force india 1 lap  15 roberto merhi (spain) manor marussia 3 laps  r pastor maldonado (venezuela) lotus 47 laps  r jenson button (great britain) mclaren 41 laps  r fernando alonso (spain) mclaren 21 laps  r marcus ericsson (sweden) sauber ferrari 0 laps  ns will stevens (great britain) manor marussia  (rank: r = retired, nc = not classified, ns=not started) fastest lap: nico rosberg, 01:42062, lap 43 vettel was right when he said he won the race ‘fair and square’, ferrari having outpaced the previously impregnable mercedes machines over 56 absorbing laps now a sport that has developed an impressive aptitude for navel gazing, especially after the procession at melbourne a fortnight earlier when a mercedes one two was expected to presage a period of total silver arrows dominance, can rest from its self loathing criticism, at least for a while the victors’ joy and the losers’ pain were equally piquant in the circumstances for vettel, it was the fulfilment of the dream of a lifetime he had won in the shiny red car of ferrari, the team he grew up worshipping as a boy, he watched over the fence as michael schumacher drove around fiorano, the test track at the team headquarters in maranello, an industrial town in northern italy as blandly functional as detroit, michigan but it houses the spiritual legacy of enzo ferrari and all that is poetic about the world’s most famous car ‘i remember when the gate opened in maranello and it was like a dream coming true,’ said vettel ‘i am speechless’ you would have needed a heart as hard as flint not to be swept along as he screamed over the team radio: ‘thank you, thank you forza ferrari’ this was the 40th win of vettel’s career, but his first for the scuderia in only his second race for the team since leaving red bull f1 stats provided by f1 stat blog  vettel is soaked by champagne as the bottles are cracked open on the podium after the race  the grid girls run for cover as runner up hamilton sprays champagne on the podium  hamilton (left) chats to race winner vettel during the post race press conference in sepang  ferrari's vettel in front ahead of german compatriot rosberg, of mercedes, during the malaysian grand prix  four time world champion vettel on his way to a comfortable victory at the malaysian grand prix on sunday  mercedes driver lewis hamilton leads at the start of sunday's race at the sepang international circuit  hamilton, of great britain, leads at the first corner with vettel closely behind the mercedes driver  re live every lap of the sepang race  it was ironic, of course, that vettel should be the man to blow the apathy away, given how he and red bull were so good that they were boring during four, often pulverising years of success nine victories in succession in 2013 was vettel’s most one sided stretch before yesterday, mercedes had won the previous eight races straddling this season and last and the losers’ pain? yes, it was pleasant for a change to see mercedes panic, if only because it showed they are human it provides hope for the rest hamilton was involved in tetchy radio exchanges with his engineers so was nico rosberg that is what pressure, especially when it is unaccustomed, can do to even brilliant minds ‘you’ve put the wrong tyres on,’ exclaimed hamilton after his third and final stop the team then accidentally tuned him into a private exchange on the pit wall they apologised for the mistake then, annoyed by the confusion, he said: ‘once again i don’t know what i’m supposed to be doing’ in growing exasperation, he instructed them not to talk to him going through corners ‘i almost just went off,’ he added finally, they told him he could catch vettel in the dying laps no chance it was a crazy, false hope to express and vettel won by 85sec rosberg, who is out of form, was third, a place ahead of ferrari’s kimi raikkonen, who fought from 11th on the grid and an early puncture hamilton was gracious in defeat and loyal to his team the fact was that ferrari, who were able to run a two stop strategy, just had too much pace on the day hamilton powers his car during the race (left), and then looks on from the podium after finishing in second place (right) sauber driver marcus ericsson, of sweden, spins off the circuit as he crashes out of the race  the heat — 60 degrees celsius on the track — played to their strengths in a way the colder shanghai circuit a fortnight hence will probably not the ghost of the day was ross brawn he established the mercedes super team before being rashly pushed out at the end of 2013 the question of long term importance is whether mercedes can continue on a clear headed path of success without him that burden falls to toto wolff, the team principal, and paddy lowe, the technical director wolff said: ‘there is no panic, but we were in a new situation we were not in control of things today ‘we had new information which was different from what we had assessed over the weekend ‘it was clear the winning streak was not going to go on forever it is not the end of an era, but maybe the start of a new era, of a good battle, a battle we would like to take on it’s about staying calm and trying to come back with confidence and with the speed we have had in the last couple of races’ brawn’s name also cropped up at ferrari, where he masterminded the schumacher years of unbroken glory his old job there as technical director has been taken by the highly rated, cambridge educated james allison, a tall and slightly awkward looking british engineer ferrari's finnish driver kimi raikkonen makes his way back to the pits with a blown out tyre  toro rosso driver max verstappen, the 17 year old from the netherlands, on his way to an impressive seventh place finis  ‘ross has about a billion championships under his belt as a technical director and i have precisely zero,’ he said ‘come and talk to me in a few years’ time when, if i am lucky, i hopefully might have half of what he has won it would be premature to say anything different’ allison started to oversee the development of vettel’s car in january, 2013 since then two ferrari team principals have been sacked the third, maurizio arrivabene, belted out the italian national anthem that greeted vettel’s win allison, the subject of more interviews than in any other one hour period of his life, summed up the mood of the day: ‘it’s good to win in anything but there is something absolutely fantastic about this team at ferrari, they work especially hard but we also have the history and tradition of the team bearing down on our shoulders ‘everywhere you go in the factory, there is the evidence of their massive success and anyone who works there when it is not successful is cowed by that ‘but there is also the weight of expectation of an entire nation those things are pressures that we soak up and when the pressure is released by a day like this, boy, does that feel good everybody here won’t be able to find proper words to express what they feel’ incident 1  lap 39 – hamilton complains about choice of tyres  hamilton: 'this is the wrong tyre man' his engineer replies they had no choice engineer: 'the other was well used' incident 2  lap 40 – with vettel picking up the pace, hamilton vents his anger again  hamilton: 'i can hear you (in response to one engineer trying to grab a quick word) i don’t know what i’m supposed to be doing paddy (lowe, team technical chief) says i might be doing another stop' engineer: 'that was just miscommunication that was just chatter' incident 3  lap 42 – hamilton snaps after being distracted  engineer: 'lewis you are scheduled to catch vettel with five laps remaining' hamilton: 'don’t try and talk to me through the corners, man, i nearly went off'
sebastian vettel 85 seconds lewis hamilton the malaysian grand prix vettel ferrari sepang international circuit hamilton second mercedes nico rosberg british mclaren jenson button great britain
sebastian vettel finished 85 seconds ahead of lewis hamilton to win the malaysian grand prix . vettel, the four time world champion, ended ferrari's 34 race drought at sepang international circuit . hamilton finished in second place ahead of mercedes team mate nico rosberg . the british world champion was heard complaining to his team over the radio during the race . mclaren driver jenson button, of great britain, was forced to retire due to a loss of power 