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EARLY ACCESS: BBV10s S12 E7 - Vettel's first Ferrari win at Malaysia 2015
🕑 Added 2025-08-07 13:13:35 +0000 UTCBring Back V10s goes 'Hybrid' for the second time in its history, heading back to the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix where Sebastian Vettel took his first win for Ferrari, and inflicted Mercedes' first proper defeat of the hybrid era by beating Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in a straight fight.
Glenn Freeman is joined by Ben Anderson and Edd Straw, who were both at Sepang that weekend, to look back on why Ferrari had the upper hand on Mercedes in race trim, and if Mercedes' cautious approach to race strategy and fairness between its two drivers worked against it.
We also reflect extensively on McLaren's miserable start to its second stint with Honda, and Fernando Alonso's mysterious pre-season testing crash which had ruled him out of the season-opener in Australia.
Plus there's plenty of talk about Red Bull-Renault's 2015 troubles, with both parties claiming they were considering their futures in F1 off the back of such a tough ride in the early part of the hybrid era.
Comments
Zach Buchowski
I think Ron's use of the word "electrification" might actually be more correct than electrocution since that means to be electrically executed (I believe). Not unless there's a whole other theory about Fernando being replaced by a younger body double...
George
It's interesting to think since 2022. Honda-powered or McLaren cars have won every championship - quite the turnaround from both parties
