Malaysia 2006

I'm currently watching this race again, and the one thing that has struck me that didn't before, is that on lap 32 we had some onboard footage from Montoya's McLaren Mercedes and the front wing of that car was really flexing, you could see it move, especially under braking - no wonder they were one of the teams that were told to change their wings! Kimi crashed out on Lap 1 after getting tagged on the right rear.

Now if you change your engine before it has run two race weekends, you get a ten place grid penalty. A simple rule that has been in place a while now, but what happens if you change your engine three times at the same race - as happened to Felipe Massa at this race? You get a ten place grid penalty, and start in front of people that have only changed their engine once, doesn't really seem fair, does it? At the very least he should have started from 22nd and last, if not from the Pitlane with a 30 second time penalty or something! Although I'm not sure it's fair to penalise the driver for Engine failures, maybe the Teams should have points deducted from the Manufacturer's Championship for engine failures?

I was quite surprised to see Nico Rosberg push his team mate so close to the Pit Wall off the start, instead of concentrating on Alonso in the Renault. Also disappointed that both Williams Cosworths retired from this race with Engine problems as they were incredibly reliable in pre-season testing, but I guess that's Sod's law working again, I was really hoping that Williams would piss all over the BMW Team this year, just to make a point!

Fisi had a good race, leading basically from start to finish, seems he has to win at least once a year these days, I'd like to see him win a few more this year.

Jenson Button had another average weekend, good qualifying position, but still unable to win, there is something wrong with that team, it amazes me that two years ago B.A.R Honda came second in the constructor's championship, then Honda bought 45% of the team, sacked David Richards and gone backwards ever since. At least you used to think they stood a chance of winning, now I just wonder if they manage to get even a podium, even if they start from Pole.

CPT F1 Star Drive - Giancarlo Fisichella [Renault]