Ten years in the past, in Malaysia, Lewis Hamilton scored his second victory for Mercedes. His F1 W05 Hybrid had let him down first day trip in Australia when it dropped on to 5 of its six cylinders initially and needed to be retired on the finish of the second lap.
However in Sepang he narrowly fended off reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel’s Crimson Bull to begin from his thirty third pole place, equalling Jim Clark’s one-time document which nonetheless stood as the most effective for a British driver. And he dominated the race with ease, beating team-mate Nico Rosberg, who had been victorious Down Beneath, by 17.313s.
