Fresh from setting pole position with a brilliant lap on Friday, Red Bull's Mark Webber arrives in the paddock on Sunday to start preparations for what he hopes will be his first win of the season
Michael Schumacher seems unsure about his directions as he arrives in the paddock. Fortunately, Mercedes media officer Nicola Armstrong was on hand to show him the right way
World champion Jenson Button arrives with his girlfriend, the model Jessica Michibata, and causes the predictable kerfuffle among the photographers
Lewis Hamilton and Button are in the same boat as Alonso having qualified 17th and 20th, but they don't seem too concerned as they head off for an appointment with some McLaren sponsors
Felipe Massa checks out Fernando Alonso's cool vest as the Ferrari team-mates head out for the driver parade - they will need cool heads to recover from their grid positions - 19th for Alonso and 21st for Massa
The cars get away cleanly for the third race of the season, Mark Webber is on pole for Red Bull but faces a fight with Mercedes' Nico Rosberg and his team-mate Sebastian Vettel to be in front at the first corner
It is Sebastian Vettel who gets the best start and the young German gets the jump on compatriot Rosberg along the straight and squeezes past his team-mate on the inside of Turn One
The Red Bull duo were told by team boss Christian Horner to 'keep it sensible' and neither driver takes any major risks as they fight it out on the first few laps, but it is Vettel who maintains the upper hand
Mercedes' Nico Rosberg powers around the Sepang circuit, the German will have been disappointed to be jumped at the start but realistically his car probably would not have had the pace to challenge the Red Bulls
There was more disappointment for Rosberg's Mercedes team-mate Michael Schumacher, as the seven-time world champion retired on lap 10 after a nut dislodged itself from his rear left wheel
Lewis Hamilton enjoys a spectacular race in Malaysia, the McLaren man starts from 20th on the Sepang grid and climbs through the field to finish sixth
Felipe Massa also enjoys an eventful race, the Brazilian moves through the field from 21st to seventh and a vital six world championship points which puts him top of the drivers' championship standings
Vettel capitalises on a mistake in his team-mate's pit stop to pull away from Webber and from there onwards the 22-year old just needed to bring the car home
Vettel crosses the line to secure his first win of the 2010 season, the victory will come as a relief after reliability issues robbed him of race wins in Bahrain and Australia
Vettel celebrates with team-mate Webber on the Malaysian podium, it is an important result for Red Bull who needed to put points on the board after their previous reliability problems
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