With diffusers rumbling in the background and liar ruminating their lies, Formula One did what it did best in Malaysia… racing (and complaining about the weather).

As in many a recent year the race was dominated with startlingly accurate rain forecasts that never quite got it right as Rosberg got away to first from the grid. Could the Williams finally show its potential this year? no.

Button was soon flipping around near the front after (it has to be said) some majestic driving as the first pit stops came.

Kovi managed to retain his crown as DC of 2009 by shunting off the first corner and Kubicas car was on fire before the race even began. Is that part of the grand BMW plan?

As the rain barely started to threaten to spittle down, Raikkonen came in for tyres – rumour has it that Schumacher, sitting on the pit wall, thought it was time he justified his post race salary and made him put on wet tyres.

Kimi lost 20sec per lap. Bad call Michael, think Ross used to do them whilst you just zipped around quick.

Then eventually the rain did come, and my did it piss down. The wooden plank on the cars was aquaplaning them like pedallos, and soon enough the race was stopped.

After a lot of argy bargy and Bernie not wanting the race to stay stopped as his media machine wanted to say the drove majestically through the rain it was decdied to stay stopped and everyone got half points.

button has yet to win a race not in safety car conditions.

But with this car, he’ll prob do that in China