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Malaysia - where Formula 1 really hots up
It is not so much the heat as the humidity that gets you. After all, there are a number of races that take place in higher temperatures than the 32C that it seems to be every day in Malaysia. What's different about Sepang is its latitude. There is not much left to provide a physical reminder that this race track has been built on what used to be tropical rain forest; oil palm plantations surround it now. But it is tangible nonetheless - the energy-sapping closeness is just so intense. And that's just walking around. Out on the track, where temperatures well over 50C heat up the cockpits to 60C, the drivers are wearing four-layer fireproof overalls, balaclavas and helmets. And they drive...
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