Fernando Alonso cut an upbeat figure as he returned to action for the first time since he sustained a concussion during a testing crash in Spain. Alonso completed 45 laps during practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix and posted the 16th quickest time of the 20 runners. "It feels great to be back in the car – I enjoyed driving so much today," he said. "Maybe I’m not quite 100 per cent fit after two weeks on the sofa and two weeks out of the […]

Red Bull duo Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo believe that the RB11 has been improved since the last race in Australia, after they registered top 10 times during practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix. With driveability problems plaguing the squad two weeks' ago, a war of words had broken out between Red Bull and power unit supplier Renault but after Kvyat placed fourth in practice, with Ricciardo 10th, the duo were keen to express their optimism over improvements. "We had a few small issues at […]

Lewis Hamilton was pleased with his recovery after issues disrupted his practice sessions for this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix. Hamilton stopped on track during his out lap in the first session due to a failure of the inlet system on his power unit and when he returned to action in the second session he had to return to the garage briefly due to a loss of telemetry. Despite the problems, Hamilton posted the quickest time of the day, almost four-tenths of a second clear of […]

Raffaele Marciello declared himself pleased despite labelling his first practice outing with Sauber at the Malaysian Grand Prix as 'challenging'. The Ferrari protege replaced Felipe Nasr for the opening 90 minute session at Sepang and completed 13 laps, posting the 13th quickest time. "It was a good session for the team," said Marciello. "For me it was a bit challenging, as I was driving the Sauber C34 for the first time ever on a track I have not driven on before. "However, I felt confident […]

Williams has been handed a suspended fine after a tyre breach during the first practice session for this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix. Every driver is given a set of Pirelli's hard tyres which must be used only during the first 30 minutes of the opening session, but Felipe Massa used those tyres outside of the designated time. "The competitor admitted the infringement and sought to mitigate," said a statement issued by the stewards. "Having considered the facts the stewards accept that the infringement was inadvertent […]

Lewis Hamilton set the quickest time during practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix, despite a day hampered by several issues. The Briton missed the opening practice session after stopping out on track with an engine problem on his out lap. He then spent the first part of the second session in the garage and had to return to the pits when Mercedes lost the telemetry. He was nonetheless able to post a time of 1:39.790 on the Medium tyres to go almost four tenths of […]

After a low-key opening round to 2015, the Formula 1 circus moves on to the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia for the second race of the campaign. In Australia it was Lewis Hamilton who got his title defence off to the perfect start as Mercedes dominated proceedings. 12 months ago the Briton claimed his first victory in Malaysia as he controlled the race from start to finish; he’ll be seeking another win to increase his early championship advantage over team-mate Nico Rosberg. Malaysia is also […]

Fernando Alonso says he is ready to make his return to Formula 1 this weekend in Malaysia following his testing crash at Barcelona last month. Alonso suffered a concussion in the crash and missed the Australian Grand Prix on advice from doctors, with Kevin Magnussen lining up alongside Jenson Button for the opening event of 2015. Alonso has been provisionally cleared to race this weekend but needs to pass final FIA assessments on Thursday before he is given the green light. "I watched the weekend […]

Sepang is considering its future on the Formula 1 calendar after organisers were given the go-ahead to negotiate a new contract. Sepang has played host to Formula 1 in Malaysia since 1999 but the current contract expires next season. "We have been given the green light from the government to begin negotiation with Formula 1 management, so we are doing that right now," Sepang's chief executive officer Dato' Razlan Razali told Crash.net. "Of course there are a lot of factors involved: Price is one, other […]

Lewis Hamilton laid down a marker to Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg with a crushing performance in the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang. But will they now face a threat from Red Bull?

We rate the drivers for their performance during the second round of the season, the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang.

Kevin Magnussen says he is frustrated with himself after colliding with Kimi Raikkonen during the Malaysian Grand Prix. Magnussen clipped the back of Raikkonen's Ferrari early on in the race, puncturing Raikkonen's tyre and leading to front wing damage on the Dane's McLaren. Magnussen recovered to ninth place following a stop and go penalty for the contact while he was also slapped with two penalty points on his license. "I’m sorry for the team that I messed things up going into the second corner, with […]