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I’m going to guess we’ll have Malaysia back by 2029/30. They’ve been very clever to come to the rescue of #Bahrain, get themselves back in the limelight with little effort (comparatively) and show the FIA they can still do it. Things need tweaking but it’s definitely moving inn the right direction.

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Young #Antonelli in a World championship sandwich. 11 of them. Between Max and Lewis. What a group to learn from when chasing your own title. #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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Checkered flag 🏁 Over 3 hours of chaos and racing 1st - #Verstappen 2nd - #Antonelli 3rd - #Hamilton A bonkers race, equally great in places and terrible in others. Great results for #AstonMartin with points and stability at last. A lot to unpack #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

Max Verstappen Celebrates Victory

ALT: Max Verstappen Celebrates Victory

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Given the chaos of the shuttles and the fans yesterday night, #crofty bus joke feels more like a dig #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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Lap: 50 - 51 Still SC on track. 🚨 #Russell is out!, looks to be a power unit failure. His luck continues to fail him. Pretty much the end of his title challange. More or less. #Lando also off, he’s back on track but now in 11th. #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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Lap:46 Full SC 🚨 Time to bunch the pack to allow the stewards to get #Albons car away #McLaren double stack. #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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Lap:44 VSC 🚨 Alex #Albon retires with a suspected gearbox failure. #Verstappen is in for a used set of softs. #Sainz, #LeClerc and #Hamilton also in. Kimi now leads!. #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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Lap:35 Everything settled down, some good overtakes but honestly feels like a missed opportunity to race in the rain and gather good data. Currently #Verstappen from #Antonelli from #Russell #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

Lap:15 We are go with #Verstappen taking pole from #Antonelli. #Audi running in the top 10. #Sainz and #Bortoleto have a moment, sending Sainz back to 18th #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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🚨 flat: 9 #Bottas is out, full SC. Time for pit stops. Everyone’s coming in for slicks. Inter swap out #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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Lap 5: Chaos! All inter runners take over the front half of the grid. Track is still very damp. Almost 40s from front to back of the grid. #Williams running 6th and 8th. #Lawson fighting #verstappen. Both Mercs taking over P1 and 2 #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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Here we go!, A wild mix of tyres. Slicks look to be a terrible idea for now. Inters for #Max, #George, #Kimi and multiple others. #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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Finally. Race start in 7 minutes 🥳 #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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The last hour has shown that current #F1 is far to complicated. The cars are far too complicated, too much software, too much reliance on ones and zeros. Too many rules and noise. Still waiting on a start time #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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This is a messy formation. Max, Lewis and Charles all with acceleration issues. #Lawson also struggling. Seems F1 have forgotten that water and electrics don’t mix 🤦‍♂️ #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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Formation lap at 15:40 LT. The track is drying and the rain is slowing 🌧️ #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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Delayed start, SC doing laps checking conditions. LET THEM RACE! #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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Race time! It’s raining!, absolutely brilliant. Finally some insane conditions. This should be amazing (as long as they let them race). Fair play to SIC and BIC for making this work (minus the fan conditions of yesterday). Please let them race 🙏 #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

Q3 done: #Verstappen takes pole!, dominant throughout. #Hamilton takes second, amazing middle sector in the last lap. #Hadjar takes 3rd but will start 8th with his 5P penalty. Tomorrow will be hard, the heat is brutal and the tires will feel it. #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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Q2 done: #Verstappen continues to dominate with a 1.35.6. After track limits, #Antonelli makes it to P2. Another great job by #Bortoleto to get himself into the top 10. #Sainz out. #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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Q1 done: Wow!, both #AstonMartins through to Q2. Great performance from both. Gabi takes his #Audi to P8. #Albon out with a big lockup, #Sainz takes his #Williams to Q2. Very interesting Q1 #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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FAST. @fastf1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for Quali! It’s Q1!, back in Malaysia for the first time in a decade. Let’s see who can make there mark #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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100% confirmed this morning that #EstebanOcon will part ways with #Haas at the end of this season. A sad end to a promising driver, right now he looks to be heading to #WEC, which would still be a brilliant seat to get into if he can. Fingers crossed for him. #F1 #Formula1

Haas driver Esteban Ocon will leave the team at the end of this season.

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FAST. @fastf1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This weekend, #Mercedes will run a special livery to celebrate #F1 return to Malaysia 🇲🇾 🇧🇭 #FormulaOne #BahrainGP #MalaysianGP #FormulaOne

The Mercedes AMG F1 W17 E in her new Malaysian livery

FAST. @fastf1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As we head to #Malaysia, #AstonMartin have confirmed that Stroll and Alonso will both race for them next year. All digits crossed that the car will be competitive for the new season for the most experienced line-up on the grid. 🇲🇾 🇧🇭 #F1 #Formula1

Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll smile as the move through a mass of photographers and fans.

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FAST. @fastf1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s the tracks first outing since 2017!. It’s 5.543km is known for fast and unpredictable racing thanks to the areas somewhat erratic weather. 56 laps on a track that will be a welcome return for most but a big unknown for others. #F1 #Formula1 #FormulaOne #Malaysia #Bahrain 🇧🇭 🇲🇾

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FAST. @fastf1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This weekend we head to #Malaysia for the #Bahrain GP. Thanks to the ongoing Trump/Netanyahu conflict with Iran, Bahrain was cancelled earlier in the year along with Saudi Arabia. Sepang has returned to the calendar for a special one-off race in order to get the Bahrain GP up and running.

The Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia 🇲🇾

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Cooling down after today’s race, I feel #Lando will regret some of his comments. While #Colapinto has made a massive error, he is absolutely worthy of his seat. Sadly Franco is going to get it in the neck from Briatore and co. Hopefully they will protect him and nurture him also. #F1

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Checkered flag 🏁 1st - Russell 2nd - Verstappen 3rd - Hadjar #Bottas crashes on the final lap, yellow flags. George pips Max by 0.1s!. Hadjar returns with a podium and points for #Sainz!. A very close race. As always, Baku comes good. #F1 #Baku #Azerbaijan #FormulaOne #Williams🇦🇿

George Russell T-Posing in Mercedes F1 Gear

ALT: George Russell T-Posing in Mercedes F1 Gear

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Lap 44 #Kimi is pushing, now up to 5th. #Verstappen keeping #George honest, within a second. Disaster for #McLaren as #Piastri sits in 25th after a massive turn one lock up #F1 #Baku #Azerbaijan #FormulaOne #Williams🇦🇿

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Lap:35-38 Restart and chaos!!! Yellow flag!, 4 car pile up, #Norris is out struck by #Colapinto (also out) who locks up into #Gasly. #Lawson also struck. What a mess. 🤦‍♂️ #F1 #Baku #Azerbaijan #FormulaOne #Williams🇦🇿

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Lap: 28 Still very calm, nothing doing. #RedBull have to do something as they are currently truly stuck behind #Piastri, #Hadjar is faster. It’s a tad messy. GP is loosing his patients. Stops have begun but only backmarkers. Double DNF for #AstonMartin #F1 #Baku #Azerbaijan #FormulaOne #Williams🇦🇿

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Lap: 19 Remarkably clean race so far, no crashes or damage so far. Pit stops incoming. #RedBull very close, currently #Hadjar showing the better pace. #Kimi up to 10th #F1 #Baku #Azerbaijan #FormulaOne #Williams🇦🇿

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Lap 9:clean start from all. #McLaren struggling with drag on the straits, #RedBull have immense pace. #Stroll out. #Alonso running 12+ behind #Cadillac. Awful. #F1 #Baku #Azerbaijan #FormulaOne #Williams🇦🇿

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Here we go!, time for Baku! Can George hold on?, will Kimi come back through the pack once again. Can #Williams make good on the new upgrades?, will there be more cats?!. Let us see… #F1 #Baku #Azerbaijan #FormulaOne #Williams🇦🇿

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These rules are suffocating the sport. If the obstacle wasn’t there then Sainz has a case.

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The bad luck strikes again. #Sainz is hit with a 5 second penalty for failing to slow for yellow flags. #F1 #Baku #Azerbaijan #FormulaOne #Williams🇦🇿

Carlos Sainz: Smile to Serious Reaction

ALT: Carlos Sainz: Smile to Serious Reaction

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Quali is done! 1st - Russell 2nd - LeClerc 3rd - Piastri As normal, #Baku brings the action. A topsy turvy hour sees #Kimi drop out in Q1. #Lando finds 5th place while a rejuvenated #Williams takes #Sainz to 9th!. The race is going to be really interesting. #F1 #Baku #Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

Azerbaijan Flag Waving at Night

ALT: Azerbaijan Flag Waving at Night

If ever an image summed up the current problem with modern #F1 it’s this. The boss of the sport on a late night, American chat show. The Americanisation of it all, the corporate greed, social media influence, and money is suffocation the sport. Right now it’s gotten way out of control.

Stefano Domenicali (CEO of the F1 Group) stands with Jimmy Fallon before his appearance on Jimmys talk show.

FAST. @fastf1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

FP1 is underway and already #Williams have hit a snag as #Sainz Brakes catch fire. This track is not kind of brakes at all. 😬 #F1 #FormulaOne #AzerbaijanGP #Baku 🇦🇿

Image from Sky Sports F1 coverage showing the rear right brakes of Carlos Sainz car on fire 🔥

FAST. @fastf1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hadjar confirms he’s staying with #RedBull through next season as he extends his contract. Good to see his injuries haven’t damaged his prospects 👍 #F1 #FormulaOne #Formula1 #Motorsport

FAST. @fastf1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Isack Hadjar F1

Alt: Isack Hadjar F1

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News from #Williams that could drastically shift their fortunes. After 15 years Williams have overhauled there carbon fibre production. This has seen a substantial decrease in weight for the current car. Supposedly the chassis this weekend will be from this new production. #F1 #Baku #Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

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FAST. @fastf1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A new look for #McLaren. McLaren have released their new brand identity that will cover multiple areas including automotive and Racing divisions. Based off the OG branding from the original McL service station based in New Zealand. It’s very smart, very slick and feels very expensive. #F1

The original McLaren’s service station in New Zealand

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FAST. @fastf1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A wild Hadjar appeared! Normality returns to #RedBull and #RBVCarb as Isak returns to race along side Max. Lawson returns to RBV while Yuki returns to his VCarb reserve role. #F1 #FormulaOne #AzerbaijanGP #Baku 🇦🇿