F1: Malaysia Friday practice shows relative pace of new teams

Yesterday morning, Lotus took the chance to bring their Malaysian driver Fairus Fauzy out for a run, his first on a grand prix weekend.

And unlike up at the pointy end, the new teams are all focussed on the same thing: spending as much time as possible in the car getting used to it and seeing if it goes a) in a straight line and b) around corners.

The prime variable between the teams in the first two races has been the drivers: obviously, Trulli and Kovalainen are the most experienced, Glock also has decent F1 experience. But Lucas diGrassi, Chandok and Senna are all totally new to Formula One.