At the next race weekend in Malaysia, he was able to qualify and finish 22nd in the race after receiving a drive through penalty after the race was restarted, and he was later promoted to 21st place due to Karthikeyan's 20-second penalty for an incident with Sebastian Vettel.
No seguinte fin de semana en Malaisia, foi capaz de cualificar e terminar 22º na carreira logo de recibir unha penalización logo do reinicio da carreira, máis tarde foi ascendido ao posto 21 debido á penalización de 20 segundos de Karthikeyan por un incidente con Sebastian Vettel.