Fernando Alonso drove a chaotic Malaysian Grand Prix to finish first after being ruthlessly chased by Sauber’s Sergio Perez; Sergio was the fastest driver on the grid and looked set to overtake Alonso for the win, but a mistake from the Mexican meant that he had to settle for 2nd.
Lewis Hamilton took 3rd place for McLaren as the Briton suffered a pitstop error from his crew, ahead of Mark Webber who enjoyed a quiet race in the Red Bull and finished 4th.
A brilliant drive from rookie Bruno Senna gave him 6th place, behind Kimi Raikkonen’s Lotus.
Force India duo gathered valuable points after both drivers finished in the top 10, in 7th and 9th, while Toro Rosso’s Vergne split the pair in 8th.
An early incident with Gorsjean cost Schumacher a podium finish; the German had to fight his way to tenth.
World Champion Sebastian Vettel endured a difficult race to finish in 11th position after a late tyre puncture cost him 4th place.
Australian Grand Prix winner Jenson Button damaged his front wing while running behind teammate Hamilton which sent him back to 22nd; he eventually ended up in 14th.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Alonso Ferrari 2h44:51.812 2. Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 2.263 3. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes + 14.591 4. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 17.688 5. Raikkonen Lotus-Renault + 29.456 6. Senna Williams-Renault + 37.667 7. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 44.412 8. Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 46.985 9. Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes + 47.892 10. Schumacher Mercedes + 49.996 11. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 1:15.527 12. Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1:16.800 13. Rosberg Mercedes + 1:18.500 14. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 1:19.700 15. Massa Ferrari + 1:39.300 16. Petrov Caterham-Renault + 1 lap 17. Glock Marussia-Cosworth + 1 lap 18. Kovalainen Caterham-Renault + 1 lap 19. Maldonado Williams-Renault + 2 laps 20. Pic Marussia-Cosworth + 2 laps 21. Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth + 2 laps 22. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 2 laps