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F1's WILDCARD Race of 2026? Sepang Is Back After 9 Years
Nine years ago, a 20-year-old Max Verstappen won what we thought was F1's last race at Sepang. Now F1 is back in Malaysia… to run the Bahrain Grand Prix 🤯 With Bahrain and Saudi Arabia cancelled earlier in the year, Sepang steps in, and more than half the grid has never raced there.
We cover how this unusual race came about, Huppy's memories from the 2017 race, a full track walkthrough, tyre choices, a stormy forecast with up to 80% chance of rain in qualifying, the Sepang veterans vs debutants, and whether Russell can turn Baku momentum into a real title fight against Antonelli's 66-point…
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