India Win; Kimi 9th; Narain 11th

India won the Second Cricket Test against Pakistan at Kolkota by 195 runs. Kumble was in deadly form, taking 3 wickets in the first innings and picking up 7 second innings wickets for just 51 runs

It was a good day for both Finnish and Indian Formula 1 enthusiasts. Although neither drivers made the victory stand or even finished in the first 8, Kimi, who lost a tyre in the 25th lap of the race fought back from rejoining the race in 13th position and almost caught Christian Klein after making up almost a second every lap on his reentry. Kimi's team-mate Montoya finished 4th, making it a good day for the Maclaren team.

Malaysian Grand Prix - Standings
Final positions:

1 F Alonso (Renault)
2 J Trulli (Toyota)
3 N Heidfeld (Williams)
4 J Montoya (McLaren)
5 R Schumacher (Toyota)
6 D Coulthard (Red Bull)
7 M Schumacher (Ferrari)
8 C Klien (Red Bull)
9 K. Raikkonen (Finland) (McLaren)
10 Felipe Massa (Sauber)
11 N. Karthikeyan (India) Jordan
12 Tiago Monteiro (Jordan)
13 Christijan Albers (Minardi)

Fastest Lap: Fernando Alonso 1:25.683

It was heartening that both the Jordan cars finished the race establishing that, although not the fastest cars, they do have an engine that can last through two consecutive races.

Given some more driving experience, my prediction is that Narain Karthikeyan will certainly be reaching the podium at least once this year!!

These were the starting grid positions for today's race after the morning time trials.

Grid positions and qualifying times for the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang:

1 Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault one minute 32.582 seconds 3:07.672
2 Jarno Trulli (Ita) Toyota 3:07.925
3 Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Renault 3:08.448
4 Mark Webber (Aus) Williams-BMW 3:08.904
5 Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Toyota 3:09.007
6 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) McLaren-Mercedes 3:09.483
7 Christian Klien (Aut) Red Bull 3:09.589
8 David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull 3:09.700
9 Nick Heidfeld (Ger) Williams-BMW 3:09.917
10 Jenson Button (GB) BAR-Honda 3:09.832
11 Juan Pablo Montoya (Col) McLaren-Mercedes 3:10.090
12 Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Ferrari 3:11.502
13 Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari 3:11.633
14 Felipe Massa (Brz) Sauber 3:11.884
15 Anthony Davidson (GB) BAR-Honda 3:11.890
16 Jacques Villeneuve (Can) Sauber 3:12.995
17 Narain Karthikeyan (Ind) Jordan 3:17.656
18 Tiego Monteiro (Por) Jordan 3.17.962
19 Patrick Friesacher (Aut) Minardi 3:21.186
20 Christijan Albers (Net) Minardi 3:23.001

Well done Kimi and Narain.