Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I whakamoemiti a Lewis Hamilton ki tana roopu miihini whai muri i te ra uaua i te tari e kii ana i waiho ia ia 'he tino raru' i mua o te Grand Prix o Malaysia i tenei wiki. I muri noa iho i te Australian Grand Prix 'karauna toru' o te tuunga pou, te huringa tere me te wikitoria i te whakataetae, i akiaki a Hamilton ki te kukume i tana Mercedes ki tetahi taha i muri i nga huringa e wha noa iho i te waa whakangungu tuatahi i te Sepang International Circuit. Ka whakatikatikahia e ngā kaihautū o Mercedes te waka a Lewis Hamilton i te karaka o te kapa whai muri i te pakaru o te pūkaha i te Paraire. Whai muri i te whakahokinga mai o te waka ki te karati i reira nga wehi tuatahi kia hiahiatia he huringa miihini, mo te hapa anake ki te takoto i roto i te punaha whakauru o te wae mana. Ko te hohonu o te take i roto i te punaha, heoi, ko te tikanga kaore a Hamilton i hoki mai ki te ara tae noa ki te 38 meneti ki te 90 o FP2. Engari ko te 30-tau-tau kaore i ngaro te wa ki te piki ake ki te tere i te wa i whakaturia ai e ia te huringa tere, ko ia anake te kaihauturu ki te heke i raro i te 100 hēkona me te waa kotahi meneti 39.790sek. 'He mahi whakamiharo i mahia e aku tangata ki te hanga anō i te motokā, ki te whakahoki i te pūkaha me te pouaka whakawhiti ki runga, ki te hoki ki waho,' i mea a Hamilton. 'E tino mauruuru ana ahau mō taua. Ina koa i konei i te mea he tino wera, he tino uaua hoki mo nga taera, no reira he mea tino nui kia hoki mai ki waho. ' I wikitoria a Hamilton i ngā raruraru pūkaha i te wā whakangungu āpōpō ki te whakatakoto i te wā tere rawa atu. Heoi, ko te ngaro i te wa nui, ka kitea pea he utu nui, ka tapiritia e Hamilton: 'He nui te pa ki a koe. 'Kei te waimarie kua eke au ki roto i etahi huringa me te rere roa atu i te mutunga, engari i runga i taku tautuhinga, kaore au i whakarereke i tetahi whakarereketanga, a he iti noa atu i te waahi e hiahiatia ana e matou. 'I te katoa, kua tino raru aku whakaritenga. I nga wa katoa ka ngaro koe i tetahi huihuinga, me te nuinga o te huihuinga tuarua hoki, kaore e tino awhina. I te mutunga, ko te tiki noa i ētahi porowhita he mea tino nui. Mehemea i ngaro ahau i te katoa o tenei ra ka waiho te Rātapu uaua. 'I tēnei wā kei a au ētahi whakapainga hei whakatikatika i te toenga me ngā tautuhinga, nō reira e mōhio ana au ka whakarerekē, ka whakapai ake hoki i a mātou nā te mea kāore i a mātou te motokā...
I ngaro a Lewis Hamilton i te huihuinga tuatahi o te Paraire me etahi o te tuarua. I whakatakoto tonu a Hamilton i te wa tere rawa i Malaysia ahakoa te hapa o te miihini. E mea ana te toa o te ao kua 'whakahēhētia' ngā whakaritenga Ka hoki a Fernando Alonso ki te rori whai muri i te hinganga i Ahitereiria.