Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia delayed due to heavy rain at Sepang International ‌Circuit

Reuters

Published 1 hour ago

⁠The start of the Formula 1 Bahrain ‌Grand Prix in Malaysia was ‌delayed on Sunday ‌due to heavy rain ‌at the Sepang International ‌Circuit. The race was due to start at ‌3 p.m. (0700 GMT).

[p]The governing ⁠FIA ‌said no improvement is forecasted for the next 10 minutes and sent the medical car out to report ⁠on track conditions.[/p][p]The medical car reported a "significant amount of standing water" around the ‌track, with the FIA adding that current conditions were not suitable to start the race.[/p][embed guid="eef11af7-87fd-4662-a787-f1152e642b37" url="https://x.com/F1/status/2106647207470358922" social-type="twitter" /][p]Red Bull's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/verstappen-max/UV3mgeXB/"]Max Verstappen[/a] is on pole position, his first of the ‌season, with Ferrari's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hamilton-lewis/tI5Vpe1h/"]Lewis Hamilton[/a] alongside him on ‌the front row. Mercedes' championship leader [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/antonelli-andrea-kimi/ptGu0mT1/"]Kimi Antonelli[/a] will start third on the grid.[/p]

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