Felipe Massa, who started Sunday's Malaysian Grad Prix in pole position, will be left wondering what happened as both McLaren cars got past him before turn two of the the race and never looked back. While Fernando Alonso was running away with the race, Lewis Hamilton was left to fight off a spirited challenge from Ferrari’s Kimmi Raikkonen.

Alonso finished a whopping 17 seconds ahead of Hamilton, an age in Formula 1, with Raikkonen just 0.8 seconds behind Hamilton. Ferrari also claimed fifth place through Massa, who was unable to hold off the challenge of BMW’s Nick Heidfeld.

The rotten luck that plagued Honda in Australia seems to have followed them to Malaysia, the team finishing outside the points in 11th and 12th places, despite excellent drives from Jenson Button and Reubens Barrichello. Button started 15th on the grid and managed to climb up to 12th, while Barrichello had a terrible qualifying session before electing to change engines one race day and incur a 10-place penalty. Starting from the pit lane, effectively last on the grid, Barrichello fought his way though the pack for a respectable 11th place.

There was speculation after qualifying that Red Bull’s David Coulthard would also suffer a 10-place penalty for an engine change, but after further clarification the change was ruled to be legal as it was done before practice. Coulthard failed to finish the Australian Grand Prix.

With the total domination of McLaren and the comparative struggles of Ferrari, particularly Massa, it is difficult to see anyone but Alonso winning next weekend in Bahrain.