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Fans bring some colour to the spectacle in Sepang where Fernando Alonso takes pole position on the start grid

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Fernando Alonso leads off the starting grid and manages to hold his position despite a succession of early incidents

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Michael Schumacher shunts into the back of Jarno Trulli's Renault, sparking a second-corner melee

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Schumacher runs onto the grass and has to pit for a new nosecone, later he is given a drive-through penalty

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Sparks fly at the second corner when Jaguar's Antonio Pizzonia crashes into the Williams-BMW of Juan Pablo Montoya

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Formula One new boy Pizzonia is left to reflect on Jaguar's second race of the season with neither car lasting the distance

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Brit Justin Wilson fails to finish in his Minardi and is later taken to hospital with his arms temporarily paralysed

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Raikkonen takes the chequered flag for a maiden Grand Prix win and McLaren's second victory in a row

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Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello takes second place and congratulates Alonso on his third-place finish

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Barichello (left) and Alonso (right) join Raikkonen on the podium, the Finn leaving no-one in doubt as to where he finished

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Raikkonen is top of the podium and laps up the crowd's cheers as he picks up his first winner's trophy