# S12 E7: Malaysia 2015 -  Vettel's first Ferrari win

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bring-back-v10s-classic-f1-stories-840638/s12-e7-malaysia-2015-vettel-s-first-ferrari-win
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bring-back-v10s-classic-f1-stories-840638/s12-e7-malaysia-2015-vettel-s-first-ferrari-win.md
Podcast: [Bring Back V10s - Classic F1 stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bring-back-v10s-classic-f1-stories-840638)
Published: 2025-08-15T06:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/bring-back-v10s-classic-f1-stories/episodes/s12-e7-malaysia-2015-vettels-first-ferrari-win
Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68187f2997a58cd22e8603ae/e/689e136466f126ae3fb5d8e3/media.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bring-back-v10s-classic-f1-stories-840638/episodes/s12-e7-malaysia-2015-vettel-s-first-ferrari-win
Duration seconds: 5255

## Resource

Bring 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. Want bonus episodes and ad-free listening? Get 90% off your first month's membership to The Race Members' Club on Patreon today - we even have an 'F1-only' tier! Check out the new items in The Race Shop - members get a 15% discount! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bring-back-v10s-classic-f1-stories-840638/episodes/s12-e7-malaysia-2015-vettel-s-first-ferrari-win/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/bring-back-v10s-classic-f1-stories-840638/s12-e7-malaysia-2015-vettel-s-first-ferrari-win.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.