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1 October 2026

Welcome to the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia. Jake Boxall-Legge is at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia, delivering all of the news from Thursday.

From the weather, and rain, to the news of new deals and letting drivers go. What the drivers think of the circuit, and what the degradation will be like and more.

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Formula 1 Malaysian GP stopped after 31 laps (thunderstorm)

Race (Sunday afternoon 1700 hours)
Provisional Results

Pos		No		Driver		Team		Laps		Time/Retired		Grid		Pts
1		22		Jenson Button		Brawn-Mercedes		31		Winner		1		5
2		6		Nick Heidfeld		BMW Sauber		31		+ 22.7 secs		10		4
3		10		Timo Glock		Toyota		31		+ 23.5 secs		3		3
4		9		Jarno Trulli		Toyota		31		+ 46.1 secs		2		2.5
5		23		Rubens Barrichello		Brawn-Mercedes		31		+ 47.3 secs		8		2
6		14		Mark Webber		RBR-Renault		31		+ 52.3 secs		5		1.5
7		1		Lewis Hamilton		McLaren-Mercedes		31		+ 60.7 secs		12		1
8		16		Nico Rosberg		Williams-Toyota		31		+ 71.5 secs		4		.5
9		3		Felipe Massa		Ferrari		31		+ 76.9 secs		16
10		11		Sebastien Bourdais		STR-Ferrari		31				15
11		7		Fernando Alonso		Renault		31				9
12		17		Kazuki Nakajima		Williams-Toyota		31				11
13		8		Nelsinho Piquet		Renault		31				17
14		4		Kimi Räikkönen		Ferrari		31				7
15		15		Sebastian Vettel		RBR-Renault		30		+ 1 Lap		13
16		12		Sebastien Buemi		STR-Ferrari		30		+ 1 Lap		20
17		20		Adrian Sutil		Force India-Mercedes		30		+ 1 Lap		19
18		21		Giancarlo Fisichella		Force India-Mercedes		29		+ 2 Laps		18
Ret		5		Robert Kubica		BMW Sauber		1		+ 30 Laps		6
Ret		2		Heikki Kovalainen		McLaren-Mercedes		0		+ 31 Laps		14

Q1 Q2 Q3 (Saturday afternoon 1400 hours)

Pos		No		Driver		Team		Q1		Q2		Q3		Laps
1		22		Jenson Button		Brawn-Mercedes		1:35.058		1:33.784		1:35.181		18
2		9		Jarno Trulli		Toyota		1:34.745		1:33.990		1:35.273		20
3		15		Sebastian Vettel *		RBR-Renault		1:34.935		1:34.276		1:35.518		17
4		23		Rubens Barrichello *		Brawn-Mercedes		1:34.681		1:34.387		1:35.651		20
5		10		Timo Glock		Toyota		1:34.907		1:34.258		1:35.690		24
6		16		Nico Rosberg		Williams-Toyota		1:35.083		1:34.547		1:35.750		21
7		14		Mark Webber		RBR-Renault		1:35.027		1:34.222		1:35.797		19
8		5		Robert Kubica		BMW Sauber		1:35.166		1:34.562		1:36.106
9		4		Kimi Räikkönen		Ferrari		1:35.476		1:34.456		1:36.170
10		7		Fernando Alonso		Renault		1:35.260		1:34.706		1:37.659
11		6		Nick Heidfeld		BMW Sauber		1:35.110		1:34.769
12		17		Kazuki Nakajima		Williams-Toyota		1:35.341		1:34.788
13		1		Lewis Hamilton		McLaren-Mercedes		1:35.280		1:34.905
14		2		Heikki Kovalainen		McLaren-Mercedes		1:35.023		1:34.924
15		11		Sebastien Bourdais		STR-Ferrari		1:35.507		1:35.431
16		3		Felipe Massa		Ferrari		1:35.642
17		8		Nelsinho Piquet		Renault		1:35.708
18		21		Giancarlo Fisichella		Force India-Mercedes		1:35.908
19		20		Adrian Sutil		Force India-Mercedes		1:35.951
20		12		Sebastien Buemi		STR-Ferrari		1:36.107

* Rubens Barichello 5 place grid penalty for gearbox change this morning
* Sebastian Vettel 10 place grid penalty for incident with Robert Kubica in the Australian Grand Prix

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