The Malaysia Grand Prix ended with only 32 laps. With very strong rains  the commission brought out the safety car on the track and ultimately stopped the race.

Englishman Jenson Button was the clear leader when the race was stopped and was declared the winner.  He dropped from the pole position, recovered from a poor start where he had lost two positions and lead again. Nick Heidfeld came in second. Timo Glock who benefited from the rain stops came in third.

Since less than two-thirds of the race had been completed, only half the points will be awarded. Rubens Barrichello finished in fifth, Felipe Massa, in the ninth, and Nelsinho Piquet in 13th.

By the 32nd lap the cars stopped at the starting line, most drivers left the cars covered by canvas’.  The race would have resumed but the lack of daylight ended the race prematurely.

The race
The start was not good for Button.  He fell to third place being overtaken by Nico Rosberg and Jarno Trulli but ultimately recovered.

Barrichello, unlike his teammate did well in the start. The Brazilian lost five positions on the grid, the exchange rate of the box before the training of classification, and came in eighth place. Once the first round, however, was the fifth placed and quickly passed the Spanish Fernando Alonso, with the fourth position.

The rain began in the 19th round, but only after the 21st the runway was wet. Like most pilots had already made their stops, had to return the boxes to change tires. Button, who had taken the lead in the first stop, followed on the front, with Rosberg, Trulli and Barrichello behind. In the 27th round, the Brazilian took the second place, passing Trulli and Rosberg then. Barrichello, however, slipped and fell back into fourth place.

The big benefit was stopped by Timo Glock. The German broker raised tire, ideal for the track with little water as it was, and left the squad for the lead intermediary. Seeing the performance of the pilot’s Toyota in 29th round already returned all the boxes, to mimic Glock.

A round later, however, the rain increased and all the pilots who had changed the tires to intermediary had to go back to boxes to put rain tires again. With 24 laps to the end, the rain was so strong that the safety car entered the track. A round later, the committee stopped the trial.