Malaysian radar images show that the thunderstorm hitting the circuit is gradually drifting eastward and slowly weakening, but it is still expected to persist for at least ~30 minutes.
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Current weather conditions

🌡️ Air: 25.2ºC
🌡️ Track: 35.1ºC
💧 Humidity: 88%
🥵 Heat Index: 25.7ºC

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Current fastest way around Sepang...

A broomstick 😂

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Lando thinking: "Oh no; I have to get out there".

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Even the Medical car almost spins out

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Remember we have these, dragged all around the world, never to be used!

Come on, send them out there, make good use of them!!

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The start of the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia has been delayed.

But here's the starting grid!

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Time for a swim 🦆

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Max Verstappen: Yeah, its nice an safe to do the National Anthem. The thing about here, its very difficult to know. There are new cells popping up, so its hard to know. The more clean air you have the better.

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Martin Brundle doing his track walk in the wet

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Torrential rain in Sepang 🌧️
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Track getting very wet in the starting area. 😳

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Here comes the thunder and lightning 😮⚡️

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RACE CONTROL: DELAYED START

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A heavy and unexpected rain shower leading up to the start. It is expected to dry up about ten minutes before the start.

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Current conditions

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Erm... Max... That doesn't sound good mate! LOL

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Race strategies hastily being redrawn

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Here's a taste of the current conditions in Sepang 😵

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