A joke in Formula One a week ago was that Lewis Hamilton had acquired a dog while Jenson Button was driving one. If Button's McLaren is still a long way from being the fastest car on the track, the 2009 world champion put an end to some of the snickering when he took the lead - in a motor racing sense - in Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix. On paper, little may appear to have changed: Hamilton finished third for his first podium as a Mercedes driver while former teammate Button retired after a calamitous pitstop that robbed him of the chance of solid points. However his Mexican teammate Sergio Perez took his first points for the team in ninth place and the car's performance was enough to give...
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