Vodafone McLaren Mercedes drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Lewis Hamilton finished the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang Circuit in third and fifth positions respectively. After 56 laps (310.408 km’s), Heikki came home 38.4 seconds behind winner Kimi Raikkonen whilst Lewis was fifth, 46.5 seconds behind. Both drivers were on two-stop strategies. Lewis came in on laps 19 (19.9 seconds) and 44 (8.9 seconds) whilst Heikki made his pit stops on laps 20 (10.2 seconds) and 45 (7.2 seconds). During Lewis’ first stop there was a failure of the wheel nut locking mechanism on his front right tyre causing almost a 10 second delay. After the second of 18 Grands Prix, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes maintains the lead in the Constructors’ Championship with 24 points ahead of BMW Sauber with 19 points and Ferrari with 11 points. Lewis leads the drivers’ ranking with 14 points ahead of Kimi and Nick Heidfeld (tied on 11 points) and Heikki, who is fourth with 10 points.