After last year’s disappointing climax of the usually incident-provoking rain, en masse, the fact that this year’s Malaysian Grand Prix stayed bone dry throughout was equally as disappointing.

It seems, at the moment, that rain is the only thing that can spice up an Grand Prix race. Something that was quite evident in last week’s Australian GP and the Malaysian qualifying itself, the latter resulting in a slightly back-to-front grid. Unfortunately the muddled pack took little time in sorting itself out with Hamiltion looking impressive yet again, after storming up eight places from a lowly twentieth on the first lap alone.

Once the Ferrari and McLaren cars were in their rightful places the race became a formality with no-one being able to chase down the leading Red Bulls of Vettel and Webber, respectively. Once order was restored only rain could provide for some excitement, something that Malaysia normally delivers in abundance, but it wasn’t to be.

However, despite how underwhelming today’s race was, it has given us one mouthwatering sight. The drivers championship standings make for some interesting reading with just four points between the top five drivers. Somehow Massa is top of the charts but with the Red Bull’s gremlins seemingly cleared, expect Vettel and Webber to be thrown into the mix come the Chinese GP in a little under a fortnight’s time. *

Driver of the Day: Jaime Alguersuari has been incredibly lacking in pace since replacing Bourdais midway through the last F1 Campaign. However, today he showed why he should be at this level, putting in a fantastic drive for ninth place to score his first championship points.

Team of the Day: It’s tough to look past the Red Bulls after a comfortable 1-2 finish at the Sepang circuit despite Toro Rosso, Ferrari and McLaren all looking solid.