2014 Malaysia GP: Lewis Hamilton's frontrunning masterclass thrashes the field
Nico Rosberg second in Mercedes one-two; Sebastian Vettel third for improving Red Bull; Unlucky Daniel Ricciardo suffers day of disasters; Felipe Massa ignores order from Williams to let team-mate through
Sunday 30 March 2014 16:00, UK
Lewis Hamilton has ignited his bid to win a second F1 World Championship with a commanding victory in the Malaysia GP as his dominant Mercedes team claimed their first one-two triumph since 1955.
For the Mercedes' team bosses, meanwhile, the only problem at present appears to be champagne bills after the team's second dominant victory in as many races at the start of F1's new turbo era. Try as Mercedes might to insist that the fast-improving Red Bull remain the benchmark team in F1, there can be no denying that the W05 is currently a class apart on the grid. Even after wringing every last smidgen of pace out of the RB10, Vettel was still over 20 seconds down on Hamilton at the race's conclusion. It's the sort of substantial margin of victory that the German has become accustomed to enjoying in recent years, but the tables at the front have been well and truly turned. Six years after his solitary title in F1, Hamilton's time may be dawning again. PG
