BBC Sport flags Verstappen interview

BBC Sport listed an F1: Chequered Flag episode featuring Max Verstappen in an exclusive interview with Andrew Benson, with no further details supplied.

BBC Sport listed an F1: Chequered Flag item featuring Max Verstappen in an exclusive interview with Andrew Benson. The supplied source named the programme and the interview, but did not include any further details from the conversation.

The material provided did not contain support for the claim that the Bahrain Grand Prix will switch to Sepang for 2026. With no official announcement or corroborating report in the supplied sources, that point cannot be stated as fact.

No additional context, quotes or calendar information was included in the source package. On the available material, the supported news line is limited to BBC Sport’s listing of the Verstappen interview.