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'This is one of the most beautiful... I'm so proud of you and the team' Alonso is told.

Hamilton completes the top three, Webber and Raikkonen the top five.

PEREZ A MAGNIFICENT SECOND!

ALONSO WINS THE MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX!

Now Vettel stops!

Vettel wasn't about to score any points - now he's been told he can stay out in 11th.

Vettel now limping along - what's wrong? 'Retire the car, retire the car, retire the car' he's told.

In he comes - Maldonado's race is over. Just two laps from the end, and for the second week in a row he's denied a points finish at the death.

Oh no - smoke coming from Maldonado's Williams!

Raikkonen sets the fastest lap of the race - fifth place is a very decent finish for the Finn on just his second race since his return to the sport.

Time running out - the gap between the top two just 3.8 seconds, but with three laps remaining Alonso sturely will bring the win home.

If Alonso wins this race, then by my crude maths he could be the championship leader tonight. Extraordinary.

Webber sets the fastest lap of the race - a 1:41.0 - he's closing on Hamilton but again may not have enough time to try a pass.

Still Perez closing. Extraordinary list of big names still racing but outside the top 10 - Button, Vettel, Schumacher, Rosberg, Massa...

A word on Williams - Bruno Senna in 6th, Maldonado 10th and closing on Hulkenberg. A double-points finish would represent a super day.

That's a real shame - Perez was going so well. He still has second at his mercy - and if he can find his speed again he was closing Alonso at more than a second a lap. There is time.

Perez runs wide! Oh dear - that could be his chance of the race win - he loses it at turn 13, and it costs him around five seconds.

Sauber sound a note of caution to Perez: Rain coming, don't take a risk... that's downbeat.

Alonso manages to get just enough away to nullify Perez on the home straight. No passing manouevre attempted - yet.