Kamui Kobayashi had to apologise to his mechanics, after his badly misjudged his entry into the Sauber pit box during the final round of stops and ended up bowling them over.
Pastor Maldonado resisted getting drawn into a heated row with Sergio Perez, after the Sauber driver blasted the Venezuelan for their collision early in the British GP.
F1 is all about cutting-edge technology. We've all seen countless pictures of racing cars, but wouldn't it be great to really explore inside it - as if peering into the core of an apple? - Matt Morris, Sauber's chief designer
Fernando Alonso and Sergio Perez may have ended the Malaysian Grand Prix on different compounds, but both played the tyre game to perfection at Sepang.
Fernando Alonso claimed victory for Ferrari, just ahead of a brilliant run by Sergio Perez for Sauber. Lewis Hamilton was left limiting the damage for McLaren in third.
Kamui Kobayashi: First of all I want to say thank you to the mechanics who fixed my car in time for the second free practice. When I crashed I had lost control on the wet astro turf.
HVM Racing driver Simona de Silvestro has been ruled out of competing in this weekend's Iowa Corn Indy 250 after suffering post-concussion symptoms from last weekend's crash.
Sauber was delighted with the performance of both Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez in Australian GP qualifying, although the drivers felt more was possible.
Sergio Perez: I'm grateful to both Telmex and the Barwa Addax Team for giving me the opportunity to compete with one of the teams that will give me every chance to fight for the big prizes in the GP2 Series.
Arden International has plucked two stars from the current GP2 Asia Series for its main series campaign, with Edoardo Mortara and Sergio Perez inking deals with the 2005 series vice-champion.