Oct 5, 2026 · 50 min · 12 segments
SEPANG DELIVERED ABSOLUTE CHAOS. 🇲🇾🌧️🏁 Formula 1’s return to Sepang gave us one of the wildest races of the 2026 season. A massive rain delay exposed a serious problem with the new-generation…
[laughs] We said, we said at Baku the first half was a snoozer- [clears throat] ... and then it became a great race after.
So they doubled down this week and gave us two hours of snooze with this- [laughs] ... start, no start, "Okay, we're gonna start.
By the time we actually got on track, though, this was probably one of the best races of the year.
Well, and you just kept, you kept thinking, "When is it gonna be the first weather tr- uh, race? When are we gonna finally get some weather? When are we gonna get a wet track?" And man, we got a wet track.
We were saying all year, "When are they gonna, you know, get some weather so we see what they, how they react?" These cars can't take it.
The second formation lap, you had Max immediately have some kind of, uh, issue with his electronics, and then shortly after you had Lewis with the same sort of electronic issues, and then you had Esteban and somebody else just, like, randomly breaking down on track, um, seemingly with wet electronic issues.
And then Lewis started having issues, and then they were like, "Oh, okay, well, Lewis made some time up.
He might be able to get back," but they're gonna lap him, and then next thing you know, Gabby, Ocon, and Perez are all pulled over on the sides.
[laughs] We said, we said at Baku the first half was a snoozer- [clears throat] ... and then it became a great race after.
So they doubled down this week and gave us two hours of snooze with this- [laughs] ... start, no start, "Okay, we're gonna start.
By the time we actually got on track, though, this was probably one of the best races of the year.
Well, and you just kept, you kept thinking, "When is it gonna be the first weather tr- uh, race? When are we gonna finally get some weather? When are we gonna get a wet track?" And man, we got a wet track.
We were saying all year, "When are they gonna, you know, get some weather so we see what they, how they react?" These cars can't take it.
The second formation lap, you had Max immediately have some kind of, uh, issue with his electronics, and then shortly after you had Lewis with the same sort of electronic issues, and then you had Esteban and somebody else just, like, randomly breaking down on track, um, seemingly with wet electronic issues.
And then Lewis started having issues, and then they were like, "Oh, okay, well, Lewis made some time up.
He might be able to get back," but they're gonna lap him, and then next thing you know, Gabby, Ocon, and Perez are all pulled over on the sides.
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