Sebastien Vettel won the Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday with a perfect race, where he started out from pole and easily maintained his lead the whole way.

His Red Bull teammate Mark Webber did not fare so well, struggling with a faulty Kinetic Energy Regeneration System (KERS) at the beginning which saw him drop from third to tenth spot.

Webber fought back though, and managed to finish a respectable fourth.

McLaren's Jenson Button came home second, followed by Nick Heidfield for Renault.

A desperate scramble for a podium position ensued at the end of the race which resulted in Alonso colliding with the rear of Lewis Hamilton's car and causing a broken front wing to the Ferrari which required a pit stop.

Hamilton suffered a slow pit stop and with worn tyres in the closing stages of the race, putting paid to hopes of a podium position.

Both Alonso and Hamilton were also given 20 second penalties for the crash, which pushed Hamilton from seventh to eighth, but had no impact on Alonso' sixth place.

Final Classification;

1. Sebastian Vettel (3 stops) 

2. Jenson Button (3 stops) 

3. Nick Heidfeld (3 stops)