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 out in Australia when it dropped on to 5 of its six cylinders at first 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 start out from his thirty third pole place, equalling Jim Clark’s one-time file which nonetheless stood as the perfect 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.
