Sepang

From the start-finish straight into the tight Turn 1 hairpin and the short run of corners that follows it.

The long middle of the lap, linking medium and high-speed corners across the far side of the circuit.

The 0.927-kilometre back straight, the final hairpin at Turn 15, and the run back onto the pit straight beside it.

The first race at Sepang marked Michael Schumacher's return from the broken leg he suffered at the British Grand Prix. He took pole position and then let team-mate Eddie Irvine through to win. Both Ferraris were disqualified after the race for a bargeboard infringement, then reinstated on appeal.

Torrential rain stopped the race on lap 33 of 56, and the result was taken from the end of lap 31. With the 75 per cent distance not reached, half points went to the top eight. Jenson Button won for Brawn, and it was the first half-points race since the 1991 Australian Grand Prix.

Sepang hosted the rescheduled Bahrain Grand Prix, the first Formula 1 race there since 2017. Standing water delayed the start by about 93 minutes, to 16:33. Max Verstappen, who had taken pole, won for Red Bull over 55 laps, ahead of Kimi Antonelli and Lewis Hamilton.