Sebastian Vettel has stormed to victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix, leading home a Red Bull one-two finish ahead of Mark Webber with Nico Rosberg completing the podium for Mercedes.
It was third time lucky for the German after mechanical failures robbed him of victory in the opening two races of the season but once he had sped past Rosberg and pole-sitter Webber to lead through the first corner, victory was never in doubt.
Renault's Robert Kubica followed up last week's second place in Melbourne with another strong showing in fourth, ahead of Adrian Sutil's Force India. The German held off McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, who was sixth, for the second half of the race.
The McLarens and Ferraris started on the back four rows of the grid after misjudging the conditions in qualifying on Saturday but Hamilton made light of starting in 20th place by surging into the points by the end of the fourth lap.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa followed Hamilton through the field to take seventh place from 21st on the grid and move into the lead in the championship after team mate Fernando Alonso failed to finish.
Massa has 39 points, Alonso and Vettel 37 with McLaren's world champion Jenson Button on 35.
Button crossed the line eighth after a stirring battle with Alonso until the Spaniard retired on the penultimate lap, smoke billowing out of the rear of his Ferrari.
Michael Schumacher, who won the race three times with Ferrari, had to leave his Mercedes on the grass when a nut came off his rear left wheel on lap 10 as the seven-times world champion was running in sixth.
