Revived Verstappen faces the F1 circuit that has always beaten him
After a chaotic win at Sepang, Max Verstappen heads to the circuit where victory has proved elusive. Can this be the year he finally manages it?
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Twelve years after the rain-soaked 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, the memory of Jules Bianchi – and the extraordinary future he might have enjoyed – remains painfully vivid for Matt Bishop
Sepang’s abrasive tarmac did more than shred Formula 1 tyres – it scrambled team simulations and may well have handed Red Bull an unassailable advantage in the Bahrain Grand Prix, that reshaped the competitive order, as Mark Hughes explains
A software bug, a long wait for the rain to clear and a track that produced better racing than the streets: Sepang reminded Formula 1 of some of the things it has lost
Back in Malaysia for the first time in nine years, plenty of Formula 1 teams were caught out by the unique characteristics of the Sepang circuit where one decision had a devastating effect on their whole Bahrain GP weekend
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Hamilton backed Vasseur at Sepang while saying the hierarchy above him is “a question”. A day later, Vasseur’s answers were only about relationships and unity
Tropical storms, team orders and some legendary drives. We pick the best F1 races in Malaysia, plus a bonus two-wheel spectacular
After a chaotic win at Sepang, Max Verstappen heads to the circuit where victory has proved elusive. Can this be the year he finally manages it?
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix
Twelve years after the rain-soaked 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, the memory of Jules Bianchi – and the extraordinary future he might have enjoyed – remains painfully vivid for Matt Bishop
Sepang’s abrasive tarmac did more than shred Formula 1 tyres – it scrambled team simulations and may well have handed Red Bull an unassailable advantage in the Bahrain Grand Prix, that reshaped the competitive order, as Mark Hughes explains
A software bug, a long wait for the rain to clear and a track that produced better racing than the streets: Sepang reminded Formula 1 of some of the things it has lost
Back in Malaysia for the first time in nine years, plenty of Formula 1 teams were caught out by the unique characteristics of the Sepang circuit where one decision had a devastating effect on their whole Bahrain GP weekend
Formula 1 returns to Sepang, 13 years after Red Bull’s Multi 21 controversy joined some of the most notorious team orders in grand prix racing
Hamilton backed Vasseur at Sepang while saying the hierarchy above him is “a question”. A day later, Vasseur’s answers were only about relationships and unity
Tropical storms, team orders and some legendary drives. We pick the best F1 races in Malaysia, plus a bonus two-wheel spectacular
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