When the smoke is going up at Sepang

[My Malaysiana]

The smoke not just come from thr machice exhaust and burned tyre... Its actually fog haze mate... When the smoke is going up at Sepang, tht why no copters watch today. Not so clear view and its quite danger.

So, where's that Italian machine now. What wrong with this Roman technologies... Maybe ur machine need to be recycle. Big clap to Renault team for their second vict.

Its OK for third [3rd] place, William - even Aussie Mark have not finishing his race. Let see how urs at Bahrain next two weeks. G'day!

From Xinhuanet

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 - The Renault F1 Team showed their early domination in the World Formula One Championship when Fernando Alonso won the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix at the Sepang F1 Circuit near here on Sunday.

This is the second consecutive victory for Renault this season after their other driver Giancarlo Fisichella captured the season-opening Australian Grand Prix two weeks ago with Alonso finishing third.

The 24-year-old Spaniard, who started the race from pole position after topping the chart in the first and second qualifying sessions, led all the way to the finishing line to takethe chequered flag by clocking one hour 31 minutes and 33.736 seconds.

Alonso, who started his career with Renault as a test driver in2000 and became the team's main driver in 2003 alongside Fisichella, has raced in 52 Grand Prixs with one victory and threepole positions.

His previous best record at the Malaysian Grand Prix was in 2003 when he grabbed the pole position and finished third in the race.

Alonso, who is also the youngest Grand Prix winner in F1 history when he won the Hungarian GP in 2003 at the age of 22, left Jarno Trulli of Toyota 24.327 seconds behind with the latter registering 1'31:58.063s.

Third was Nick Heidfeld in a Williams BMW who clocked 1'32:05.924s.

Alonso made two quick pit stops at laps number 21 and 40 duringthe 56 laps over 310.408 KM at the circuit, and dominated the racefrom the beginning, leaving the second and third places to be contested by Trulli and Fisichella.

Renault's hopes of a second double podium in a row was dashed 18 laps from the finish when Fisichella, who was in contention forthe third spot, collided with the overtaking Australian driver Mark Webber in a Williams at Turn 15.

Trulli had a chance to lead the race in laps 41 and 42 but Alonso did not allow his closest rival to break through.

"Physically, it was a very demanding race and I really felt howhard it had been on the podium afterwards. But it's a great feeling to win here and the way I was able to do it demonstrates that we are competitive with our rivals this season," Alonso told reporters.

"Everything went well from start to finish - the car, the engine and the Michelin tyres," Alonso added.

Alonso has 16 points to Fisichella's 10 while Renault lead the constructor's standings with 26 points to Toyota's 12.

Malaysian Grand Prix defending champion, who is also seven-timeworld champion, Michael Schumacher of Ferrari failed to defend hiscrown here when the German ended in seventh spot with a time of 1'32:53.724s.

This is the second blow for Schumacher who failed to get any point in the Australian Grand Prix where he did not complete the race.

"Of course, seventh place is not exactly worth celebrating but I feel that I did the best I could have done today, coming up fromthe 13th on the grid. My car ran reliably and with no problems," Schumacher said.

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