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The last time half points were awarded at a Grand Prix
Article To news overview © Scuderia Ferrari Just one race in the past thirty years has been awarded half points due to not being held over enough laps, and it happened on this very day (5 April) back in 2009. The Malaysian Grand Prix that year was held under threat of severe storms, with race organisers moving the start time forward by two hours in the hope of avoiding their race being disrupted. After a dry start, rain began to fall at the quarter distance, but quickly became completely torrential as drivers began to skate off the track. BMW's Robert Kubica, Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel were all caught out as the conditions worsened, while Force India's...
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