Lotus again stood head and shoulders above the other Oxfordshire teams in Malaysian Grand Prix with two drivers in the top sevenbehind winner Sebastian Vettel.

This time, Kimi Raikkonen, winner of last week’s Australian Grand Prix had to give best to his teammate Romain Grosjean, who finished one spot ahead of him in sixth place.

These results placed the Enstone-based team second behind Red Bull in the Constructors Championship.

Grosjean said: “I think we can be quite happy with the result. “It was a tough race, starting wet and finishing dry, but that’s what you expect in Malaysia. “I spent a lot of time stuck behind Felipe Massa in the middle phase of the race and I’m sure if I could have passed him earlier then I would have stayed ahead.

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