Update 68- Heidfeld is 2nd and Timo Glock is 3rd; 2 wins in a row for Jenson Button! Congratulations

Update 67- OFFICIAL- RACE WILL NOT GO ON- JENSON BUTTON IS THE WINNER TIMO GLOCK, NICK HEIDFELD ARE 2nd AND 3rd

Update 66- Hamilton wears his ear piece, gets ready to race; no official confirmation yet

Update 65- ENGINES ARE FIRING UP; TRULLI GETS BACK INTO THE CAR; RACE MIGHT HAPPEN

Update 64- Barichello applies eye drops; some drivers are inside the cars

Update 63- Raikkonen is inside the ferrari pits- changed into shorts- eating ice cream!!

Update 62- Race should start under the leadership of the Safety car. Might start in the next 10 minutes.

Update 61- SHOCKING! THE CIRCUIT IS TERRIBLY WATER LOGGED EVENTHOUGH THE RAIN IS LESS IN INTENSITY; THE TEAMS HAVE PUSHED THE CARS INTO THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS ON THE STARTING GRID; THE RACE LOOKS LIKE IT WILL GO ON; SUNLIGHT IS ALSO DIM

Update 60- Hamilton in the car, feeling cold, uses a piece of wool for relief

Update 59- drivers wait with expectation; some in the car, some out of it

Update 58- Button, glock, heidfeld, trulli, barichello- top 5 cars as such.

Update 57- One of the Ferraris are pulled into the pits, the other car is covered with a red cloth; Massa sits on the separator and talks to his team pals

Update 56- Mark Webber back in the pits with the engineers; the race circuits looks like a river; water flowing over the chicanes creates waves;

Update 55- Thunderclaps voice over the circuit; drivers park cars in the safety of their mechanics on the start-finish straight and head for cover

Update 54- 10 minutes before decision on whether to go or not is taken

UPDATE 53- TORRENTIAL RAIN STOPS MALAYSIAN GP; CARS ASSEMBLE ON THE START-FINISH STRAIGHT; HAVE NOT SEEN SUCH A CONDITION IN F1 BEFORE; RED FLAG IS OUT

Update 52- I've not seen such a condition in F1; Visibility is almost zero; heavy water logging, race might come to a halt; safety car is out; Button leads the race; water spray from the back of the cars affecting visibility for trailing drivers

Update 51- Getting seriously wet; no visibility; SEBASTIAN VETTEL SKIDS OFF; END OF RACE FOR VETTEL; RAIN IS TERRIBLE; SAFETY CAR IS OUT; WATER LOGS AT PORTIONS OF TRACK, A FEW INCHES DEEP; ALL TEAMS ON FULL WET TYRES

Update 50- Rain pours down, most cars back in the pits for wet weather tyres; Massa gets into wet weather tires; 11th position

Update 49- Timo Glock into 1st, Button pitted; and now back into the lead, glock into the pits

Update 48- Rubens Barichello runs wide and loses 2 positions; now he's into the pits; trulli toyota in the pits and takes intermediates and no fuel; barichello also on intermediates; Jenson Button, Timo Glock still in 1-2; 28 laps to the end

Update 47- Massa into 8th position; Rosberg into the pits; Rain continues; Lewis Hamilton in the pits and out; in intermediate tyres;

Update 46- Rain starting to come down hard on the start straight. Lightning strikes!

Update 45- Hamilton- Have an engine issue- Rev limiter problem

Update 44- Webber passes Heidfeld to TAKE 5TH POSITION

Update 43- Webber regains 6th position after a few corners

Update 42- Webber runs wide in an attempt to regain 6th position

update 41- Portions of the track moist, portions are dry, hamilton pasts Webber into 6th postion

UPDATE 30- BUTTON ROSBERG TRULLI BARICHELLO in 1-2-3-4

UPDATE 39- ITS STARTED TO RAIN NOW, ALONSO SKIDS AND REJOINS ..BUTTON INTO THE PITS..BARICHELLO, TRULLI, HAMILTON, HEIDFELD, MASSA, ALL IN THE PITS

Update 38- KIMI IS ON WET WEATHER TYRES, RIGHT? HE'S LOST 20 SECONDS IN ONE LAP AS THE TRACK IS STILL DRY

Update 37- RAIN RAIN RAIN!! HAMILTON TELLS TEAM- "RAIN AT TURN 15"

Update 36- LAP 20, Barrichello in the pits; soft tyres, not a clean exit from the stop

Update 35- Kimi on wet weather tyres!! Rain around the corner, no signs of it yet

Update 34- Button pits, and joins 2nd

Update 33- Brawn GP 1-2 now; Trulli in 4th; Brawns, Ferraris, Mclarens have not pitted yet

Update 32- Massa's radio- "Watch for the rain Massa"

Update 31- Trulli finished routine pit stop; joins 4th in the track;

Update 30- Mark Webber; 6th place, red bull in the pits; soft tyres, 9 seconds of fuel

Update 29- SPOTS OF MOISTURE ON THE TRACK; Trulli in the pits; softer tyres and fuel

Update 28- Nico Rosberg; 14th lap; into the pits; soft tyres; 9.7 seconds of fuel; rejoins at 4th position

Update 27- 1.37.555 Jenson Button; 3rd place; fastest lap of the race

Update 26- Vettel in the pits now; soft tyres; more fuel in; 10 seconds worth

Update 25- Webber and Alonso fighting side by side on the straight; Alonso loses 6th position

Update 24- Kubica and Heikki are the only cars to exit the race at this stage; 46 laps to go

Update 23- Mclaren team to Hamilton over the radio- "RAIN IN 10 MINUTES"

Update 22- Heidfeld- brakes late, misses the corner, runs wide and slips 2 places- 47 laps to go

Update 21- Vettel from 13th to 10th now- 48 laps to the flag

Update 20- Button asks team over radio- "Is rain expected soon"..oh yes sir..the clouds look threatening

Update 19- Hamilton 11th position, 51 laps to go

Update 18- The clouds are dark blue; pregnant with the race stirrer, rain! Shouls start raining within the next 10 laps max

Update 17- Massa up to 12th place within 4 laps

Update 16- Rosberg's pulled away from the rest of the pack

Update 15- ROBERT KUBICA's car on fire!!! Retires from the race

Update 14- Buemi in the pits; for new front wing

Update 13- Rosberg, trulli, button now 1-2-3; one lap completed

Update 12- Malaysian GP IS GO- Rosberg, trulli, alonso in the top 3; Heikki out once again on the first lap

Update 11- drivers steering hard to get heat into the tyres; almost all cars on the start-finish straight; cars assembled

Update 10- Almost all teams on softer tyres; cars race off into the first corner on the formation lap; minutes to go before the start of the GP

Update 9- Massa and number 16 doesn't fit on the screen; looks akward; when was the last time Ferarri started from 16th position?

Update 8- RAIN PREDICTED WITHIN 10 MINUTES AT THE RACE TRACK. Conditions are still bright and sunny.

Update 7- Mark Webber makes himself comfortable in his race suit

Update 6- Kimi puts his helmet on; 10 minutes to go

Update 5- Less than 15 minutes to go; Delegates take a tour of the starting grid; Bernie Ecclestone accompanies;

Update 4- Safety car in position; cars have assembled on the track; mechanics working away at the cars; umbrellas are out covering the cockpit; heat is going to play a role in the race. No signs of rain yet

Update 3- Less than 30 minutes to go till the start of the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Update 2- No news of rain yet; Rain should mix up the pack and make it a lot more interesting; racing on a slippery circuit is always exciting to watch

Update 1- No updates on Alonso's ear infection; he was visibly struggling in yesterday's qualifying session; it is putting a stopper on his racing skills.