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Horner confident for Malaysian Grand Prix

Christian Horner saw his 21-year-old charger Sebastian Vettel drive a great race in Melbourne; the German was steady, holding second position for most of the race only to collide with BMW's Robert Kubica three laps from home. A disappointing end to the race for the Team Principa, however, was tinted with potential for Malaysia next weekend.

"A totally gutting finish to what had been a superb race for Sebastian. He had good pace throughout and was trying to take the fight to (Jenson) Button," Horner said after the race. "He drove an immaculate race, but I guess a racing accident with Kubica at the end on the soft tyre was always going to be marginal, and we came within two laps of a great finish.

"Looking on the positive side, the pace of the car was very good; it backed up our qualifying performance and we can take confidence into the next race in Malaysia in only a week's time. Mark was unfortunately involved in an incident on the first lap which effectively destroyed his home race - we elected to keep him running in order to put more mileage on the car. It was a great shame after such strong team work here and in Milton Keynes; the team didn't deserve the finish as we have today, but we'll fight back next weekend."

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