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sentences that state something as happening or true
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4%
1 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Max Verstappen has secured his first win of the Formula 1 season, as Kimi Antonelli extended his drivers' championship advantage.
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Antonelli → secure → advantage
Antonelli finished second, while teammate and title rival George Russell suffered a suspected power unit failure with five laps to go.
What's next?
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What → finish → laps
Formula 1 heads to Singapore for the next race of the season on Sunday, October 11.
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Formula → head → Sunday
Max Verstappen's long wait for another Formula 1 race win is finally over, and the drivers' championship race might be over, too.
Verstappen took his first victory of an often-frustrating year for the four-time champion at Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia on Sunday.
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Verstappen → take → Sunday
A retirement for George Russell handed a huge title boost to Kimi Antonelli.
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retirement → hand → Antonelli
Verstappen was leading from Antonelli and Russell behind the safety car with five laps to go when Russell suddenly pulled over in his Mercedes.
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Russell → lead → Mercedes
Antonelli further stretched his lead over teammate Russell from 66 points to 84, with seven races remaining on the schedule, including those in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.
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Antonelli → stretch → Qatar
Mercedes told Antonelli over the radio it appeared Russell had suffered a power unit problem.
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Russell → tell → problem
Antonelli finished second and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton passed Verstappen's Red Bull teammate Isack Hadjar for third.
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Hamilton → finish → third
Four-time champion Verstappen had not won since the final race of last season, but upgrades to his Red Bull car made him competitive again in Malaysia this week.
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him → win → Malaysia
"Good job guys, wow," he told the team over the radio, thanking them for a "fantastic weekend".
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he → tell → weekend
Delays for rain and software issues
The first wet-weather race for F1 in 2026 started more than 90 minutes later than planned.
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race → start → 2026
The start was first delayed 40 minutes for heavy rain, then suspended again when cars had apparent software problems on the formation lap.
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cars → delay → lap
When it finally did get underway, Verstappen was slow off the line and lost places to Antonelli and Russell.
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Verstappen → get → Antonelli
He chased down Russell and then got past Antonelli in a side-by-side fight after a safety-car restart.
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He → chase → restart
After Verstappen took the win, he had another small delay before hearing his anthem.
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he → take → anthem
Crowd chants filled an awkward silence as Verstappen waited on the top step of the podium before the Dutch anthem finally began.
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anthem → fill → podium
The race was relocated because of the Iran war, becoming F1's first event at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia since 2017.
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race → relocate → 2017
Ferrari recovers from early blunders
Hamilton's third place capped a remarkable recovery for the seven-time champion and ends a run of five races without a podium finish for the Italian team.
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place → recover → team
It seemed almost impossible early in the race as Hamilton, and his teammate Charles Leclerc, were near the back of the pack.
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Hamilton → seem → pack
Ferrari had gambled on sending them to the start on dry-weather tyres as the track began to dry after rain, causing Hamilton to drop from second to near the back.
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Hamilton → gamble → back
Leclerc also overtook Hadjar late on to follow Hamilton into fourth place, as Hadjar ended up fifth.
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Hadjar → overtake → place
Oscar Piastri was sixth for McLaren after a punchy late battle with Liam Lawson of Racing Bulls, who was seventh after racing near the front at the start.
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who → race → start
Fernando Alonso was eighth in Aston Martin's best result of the season, Lando Norris ninth after going off-track and losing places, with Lawson's teammate Arvid Lindblad 10th.
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teammate → go → places
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