A tropical deluge, a formation lap where the cars simply stopped, slicks vs inters, and a field turned upside down 🌧️ Through it all, Max Verstappen took pole and his first win of 2026 (his 72nd career win) at the track where he won F1's last visit back in 2017. Martin Brundle called it one of the craziest races he's ever seen, and we reckon it's the race of the season.
Huppy and Schwags report from the ground at Sepang: record crowds, transport chaos, decoy water bottles and a wild Malaysian crowd. Then we break down the formation lap software drama, Piastri's inters call, Hamilton overruling Ferrari to climb to P3, Alonso's stellar drive, Lando's near miss, and George Russell's heartbreaking power unit failure with five laps to go that pushes Antonelli's lead out to 84 points with seven rounds left. Plus, how far off were our overtake predictions? Try 185 overtakes 😳
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