Renault has put Pastor Maldonado’s Malaysian Grand Prix retirement down to piston failure. For the second race in a row, the Venezuelan retired while running in the points; whereas his Melbourne retirement was completely through driver error, the Williams man ended his Sepang race in the pit lane with a heavily smoking engine.
“We used the intervening time between Malaysia and China to thoroughly investigate the engine failure we had on Pastor’s car in Malaysia and quickly identified it as a piston failure,” explains Rémi Taffin, Head of Track Operations for Renault Sport F1. “As a result, we are looking to put in place safeguards to prevent it happening again to Williams or our other clients.”
Renault also provides engines to Red Bull, Lotus and Caterham.
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  F. Alonso | Ferrari | 2:44:51.812 |
| 2. | S. Perez | Sauber | +2.263 |
| 3. | L. Hamilton | McLaren | +14.591 |
| 4. | M. Webber | Red Bull | +17.688 |
| 5. | K. Raikkonen | Lotus | +29.456 |
| 6. | B. Senna | Williams | +37.667 |
| 7. | P. di Resta | Force India | +44.412 |
| 8. | J. Vergne | Toro Rosso | +46.985 |
| 9. | N. Hulkenberg | Force India | +47.892 |
| 10. | M. Schumacher | Mercedes | +49.996 |
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