Ep90: F1 Bahrain GP in Malaysia: No Water, 5 Hours Home, Maximum Attack
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Ep90: F1 Bahrain GP in Malaysia: No Water, 5 Hours Home, Maximum Attack

B1IntermediateOctober 5, 202646 min
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Max Verstappen took his first win of the season at the 2026 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, and Di was in the grandstand at Sepang to see it. She rates the racing as first class and the organisation around it as dangerous. Rain delayed the Formula 1 start by an hour and 40 minutes, then a software bug had Ferrari telling Lewis Hamilton to stop and reboot. Hamilton still finished third behind Kimi Antonelli, while George Russell retired and now sits 84 points behind his Mercedes teammate. Di tells Ciara Gillan what the weekend was like for fans...

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I've just spent three days at Sepeng for the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia. The racing was first class, but the track sold out of water on qualifying day and it took us five hours to get back to the hotel. Kira and I covered the race first and then I'll tell you what it was really like to be

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Let's do it. Hello, hello and welcome back to Away We Go podcast, a Formula One podcast that goes beyond the track limits to talk about travel and lifestyle surrounding the sport. My name's Diane Bortoletto and today I'm coming to you from Kuala Lumpur where I've

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