What should have been the first wet race for F1's new-generation cars got off to an embarrassing start at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia.
Edd Straw and Jon Noble explain exactly what happened to trigger the bizarre scenes of cars slowing to a crawl on the formation lap, how it was resolved, and whether it could happen again.
00:00 What went wrong
01:51 Why it happened
03:34 How it was fixed
05:59 Why different cars were affected in different ways
08:47 How bad is this for F1?
10:48 Could it happen again?
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Published: 2026-10-04 Chanel: THE RACE