The one-off double header of Malaysia and Singapore, to recover the Bahrain Grand Prix at a guest venue, made sense from a logistical and financial point of view, but it also offered the F1 community an opportunity to explore one of the more interesting parts of the calendar.
Most sensible people would take the one-hour hop along the Malacca strait to cover the 360km distance between the two cities. But Valtteri Bottas is not like most people. When the Finn's partner, professional cyclist and Australian gravel champion Tiffany Cromwell, suggested Bottas should jump on his Canyon gravel bike, it was not an idea he instantly dismissed.
