Button wins half?

The weather will be a big factor in this race. The twenty cars line up on the starting grid: Jenson Button (Brawn GP) in pole position, while Sébatien Buemi (Toro Rosso) brings up the rear. It is hot (30°C) and humid (73%), but the start will be given on a dry track, despite a threatening sky. Will the 56 laps be carried out on a dry track? This is the main question for all the teams on the starting grid.

Very good start from Nico Rosberg who takes the lead ahead of Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso, also author of a very beautiful flight. Robert Kubica sets off in slow motion and lets the whole peloton overtake him, while Heikki Kovalainen ends up in the gravel trap. Bad operation on the other hand for Jenson Button for a moment in 4th. The Englishman, however, managed to get past Alonso before the end of the first lap.

Nico Rosberg completed the first lap in the lead, ahead of Jarno Trulli, Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso, Rubens Barrichello, Kimi Räikkönen, Mark Webber and Timo Glock.

Sébastien Buemi pit stop forced to change his front wing following a collision.

Behind Rosberg, Trulli and Button, Alonso contained Barrichello as best he could. The Brazilian finds the opening after several attempts. Alonso, very loaded with fuel, now has to deal with the return of Räikkönen, Webber and Glock.

For the gain of 10th place, Sebastian Vettel overflows Lewis Hamilton. The two men then came up against the BMW of Nick Heidfeld, 9th. Under pressure from Vettel, Heidfeld made a mistake on the 8th lap. Vettel and Hamilton took advantage of this to gain a place each.

The Brawn GP team announces to Jenson Button that rain is expected shortly. Information confirmed by McLaren who at the same time announced to Lewis Hamilton, 10th, that the rain was expected to hit in around ten minutes.

Freed from Nick Heidfeld, Sebastian Vettel returns in a few turns to the group made up of Alonso, Räikkönen, Webber and Glock. The positions change in this chasing group when Fernando Alonso misses braking. Räikkönen benefits from this, he is now 5th.

Superb explanation between Alonso and Webber. In a straight line, Alonso takes advantage of KERS to make the difference, Mark Webber however wins when braking for turn 13. Alonso must now cross swords with Glock and Vettel.

Sebastien Vettel is the first to refuel, on the 13th lap. The German puts a lot of fuel back on, he leaves 17th. One lap later it was Nico Rosberg's turn to make his first stop. He starts again on soft tires, in fourth place, just ahead of Kimi Räikkönen. Trulli therefore inherits the lead ahead of Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello.

It?s Trulli?s turn to refuel. He comes out behind Rosberg. Two laps later, Button complies, after having whipped for two laps. He comes out in front of Rosberg and Trulli.

Ferrari tries a poker game by mounting sculpted tires on the car of Räikkönen, while it is not yet raining.

After the first wave of refueling, Jenson Button is in the lead ahead of Rosberg, Trulli and Barrichello. But the rain appears on part of the circuit. Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton make a mistake and restart. Button, Rosberg, Barrichello, Glock and many others are putting on sculpted tires. Räikkönen announces on the radio that his tires are destroyed.

It's almost dark in Sepang! After 24 laps, Button leads ahead of Rosberg, Trulli Barrichello, Heidfeld, Webber, Hamilton and Massa.

On intermediate tires, Timo Glock came back very strong, while Webber passed Heidfeld and was now 5th. At the same time, Barrichello overtakes Jarno Trulli then Nico Rosberg in quick succession.

Rain tires are not effective enough. Rosberg makes a third stop, then imitated by Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button.

En pneus intermédiaires, Timo Glock est en tête. Le pilote Toyota rentre aux stands au moment où la pluie redouble d?intensité. Il chausse des gommes pour la pluie. Button s?arrête pour la quatrième fois aux stands : pneus pluie. Il ressort cependant devant Glock.

The safety car enters the track, notably to clear Sebastien Vettel's car. A veritable deluge falls on Sepang.

Behind the safety car, Jenson Button is in the lead ahead of Timo Glock. The race direction presents the red flag. The race is stopped. It's almost dark in Sepang.

The classification on lap 32: Button, Glock, Heidfeld, Trulli, Barrichello, Hamilton, Rosberg, Webber. More than the rain, it is visibility that poses a problem. It's 18:08 p.m. local time.

After 40 minutes of indecision, the FIA ​​decided not to let the race restart. The classification is that in the penultimate lap before the presentation of the red flag. Jenson Button takes his second victory of the season, ahead of Nick Heidfeld and Timo Glock. Only half of the points will be distributed.