Just one week after the Australian Grand Prix, the third race of the2010 Formula One season will take place at the Sepang InternationalCircuit near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on Sunday 4 April. The MalaysianGrand Prix is the home race for the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team's titlepartner, PETRONAS, and the Malaysian company will be marking theoccasion with a spectacular fan event, the PETRONAS Pit Pulse, in thecentre of Kuala Lumpur throughout the week.

Sepang International Circuit

Circuit Length: 5.543 km Race Distance: 310.408 km Number of Laps: 56

Full Throttle: 65% Brake Wear: Medium Tyre Compounds: Soft/Hard Downforce Level: Medium/High 8/10 Tyre Usage: Medium Average Speed: 205kph (127mph)

NICO ROSBERG "Malaysia is one of my favourite circuits on the Formula One calendar.It's fast and challenging with a nice layout and a real variation ofcorners which makes Sepang an exciting track to drive. I have generallyqualified well there, starting from fourth on the grid last year andthird in 2006. Although we didn't quite achieve the qualifying and raceresults that were our full potential in Australia, we made good progresson the set-up of our car over the weekend. Sepang is a different type oftrack to Albert Park but these developments should benefit us and it's agood circuit to see exactly how quick each team is at the moment. Wewill hope to continue our run of points-scoring finishes and stay withinreach of the leaders in the Championship. It's the home Grand Prix forour title partner PETRONAS and before the race weekend gets underway,I'm looking forward to our demo runs at the PETRONAS Pit Pulse onWednesday."

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER"I have taken a lot of positives from the race weekend in Melbourne.Whilst that might not be evident at first sight, when you look into theweekend more deeply, we did make some real improvements and have goodreasons to be satisfied, just not from the actual result obviously.Analysing qualifying, both Nico and I could have been two or threeplaces higher and with hindsight, my set-up was too conservative and toomuch focused on the race. Those better positions would have enabled usto fight closer to the front on Sunday. All of this means that we arenot too far away and I am quite confident that there will be more tocome. Going to Malaysia this weekend, we know that we have clearlyimproved our pace since Bahrain which is a good feeling. It was a lot offun fighting it out on the track in Melbourne, even if it was just forone point, and I will enjoy fighting again in Sepang."

ROSS BRAWN"Malaysia will be a very special week for the team as the home race ofour title partner PETRONAS, who are also the official sponsors of theMalaysian Grand Prix. In the first year of our partnership together, weare looking forward to working together here in Malaysia this week andit would be very nice to achieve a special result at one of our homeGrands Prix. Before the race weekend gets underway, our drivers will beperforming demo runs at the PETRONAS Pit Pulse site close to the TwinTowers in Kuala Lumpur and making various appearances at the event. ThePit Pulse programme looks set to be spectacular and we hope to welcomemany of the team's fans there over the next few days. Looking ahead tothe race, the team performed well in Melbourne, even though we do notyet have the pace to be competing right at the front of the field. Fourpoints finishes from the first two races puts us in third place in theConstructors' Championship and we need to keep this momentum going andkeep scoring points whilst we work on improvements to the car."

NORBERT HAUG"The race in Malaysia will be the second Grand Prix within eight daysand for our team, a really special event. Malaysia, with its capital inKuala Lumpur, is the headquarters and the home of our title partnerPETRONAS and thus the Malaysian Grand Prix is a new 'home race' forMERCEDES GP PETRONAS. The track layout at the Sepang InternationalCircuit is significantly different from Albert Park in Melbourne whichhosted an extremely thrilling Formula One race last weekend. Thecircuit, just outside the Kuala Lumpur city limits, features long andfast corners, tight hairpins and long straights. As usual for this race,we have to expect extremely hot and humid conditions, usuallyaccompanied by torrential rain showers every now and then - a race insauna conditions, virtually. This climate is the greatest challenge forthe teams, cars and drivers. It is our target to score more points inMalaysia and to create the basis for further technical improvements. Itwould be particularly nice to achieve a good result at PETRONAS's homerace."