Sepang, Malaysia  - Jenson Button in a Brawn GP was declared the winner of

Sepang, Malaysia - BMW-Sauber on Saturday joined three other Formula One teams in an official protest against the diffusers used by Brawn GP, Toyota and Williams.

BMW handed over the relevant documents to officials from the ruling body FIA after the day's qualifying session for the Malaysian Grand Prix.

"This is merely a formal act," said BMW motorsport chief Mario Theissen as BMW joined the appeals of Ferrari, Red Bull and Renault.

Sepang, Malaysia - Nico Rosberg was a familiar leader in the final practice session on Saturday for the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix.

The German Rosberg clocked 1 minute 35.940 seconds for the 5.543-kilometres lap in Sepang in a Williams. He led from Australian Red Bull driver Mark Webber (1:36.048) and Brazilian Felipe Massa in a Ferrari (1:36.089).

Rosberg has topped five of the six practice sessions this season, all three last week in Australia and two of the three in Sepang. Finnish Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen was first the second Malaysian session on Friday.

Sepang, Malaysia  - Brawn GP driver Rubens Barrichello will lose five places on the starting grid for Sunday's Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix over a gearbox change.

The ruling body FIA announced the sanction after the gearbox was changed on Barrichello's car after Friday practice. Under F1 rules a gearbox must last four races before it can be replaced without sanctions.

Barrichello finished second behind team-mate Jenson Button at the season-opener on Sunday in Melbourne, Australia. The punishment means he will be no better than sixth on the grid in Sepang, depending on his qualifying result on Saturday.

Sepang, Malaysia - McLaren sports director Dave Ryan was suspended on Friday in the wake of incidents that led to Lewis Hamilton's disqualification from the Australian Formula One Grand Prix.

Hamilton was deemed to have given race stewards "deliberately misleading" evidence in connection with an overtaking move concerning him and Toyota's Jarno Trulli during a safety car phase in Sunday's Melbourne race.

Ryan, 54, had been with the world champion Hamilton at the hearings by the ruling body FIA in Melbourne.

Sepang, Malaysia  - Nico Rosberg lead Williams to dominate the first training for the Malaysia Grand Prix on Friday ahead of his teammate Kazuki Nakajima.

The 23-year-old German topped the timesheets at the 5.54-kilometre racetrack with 1:36.260 minutes, repeating his training dominance from last week's sessions ahead of the Melbourne race.

Melbourne winner Brawn GP's Jenson Button came in third at 1:36.305, his Brazilian team mate Rubens Barichello fourth, followed by Felipe Massa of Brazil and Finland's Kimi Raikkonen, both in Ferrari.