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Max Verstappen wins Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia

publishers 31articles 50first reported 3 Oct, 05:44 UTCdeveloping since 3 Oct · 10 editionstop 25 #9

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won Formula One’s Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, according to ABC News.

Verstappen had secured his first pole of the season with a qualifying time of 1 minute, 35.13 seconds. Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton qualified second, while championship leader Kimi Antonelli moved up to third on the starting grid after Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar received a five-place penalty for exceeding his seasonal engine allowance.

HOW THIS STORY WAS MADE

Written from 7 articles, 1 with the publisher's own text; 7 independent newsrooms once syndicated copies count as one; this version written 30 h after the record first saw the story; the editor revised it.

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Independent newsrooms
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This version written
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revised
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Human review
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID

The second model checked the writer's draft against the same sources and changed it before publication. Struck words were in the draft; underlined words are its corrections.

WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story needs the ABC attribution limited to the race win, with qualifying details left to the sourced qualifying paragraph. - "Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won Formula One’s Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia after starting from pole position at Sepang, according to ABC News.": ABC News is cited for details about Verstappen starting from pole at Sepang that are supported by Al Jazeera, not ABC News.

THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES

Max Verstappen wins Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won Formula One’s Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia after starting from pole position at Sepang,Malaysia, according to ABC News. Verstappen had secured his first pole of the season with a qualifying time of 1 minute, 35.13 seconds. Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton qualified second, while championship leader Kimi Antonelli moved up to third on the starting grid after Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar received a five-place penalty for exceeding his seasonal engine allowance.

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OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 25 50 4 Oct 5 Oct 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 4 Oct 18:06 UTC · Max Verstappen wins Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia 5 Oct 00:11 UTC · Verstappen wins rain-delayed Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia 5 Oct 12:19 UTC · Verstappen wins rain-delayed Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia as FIA promises software bug investigation

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

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  • Max Verstappen · 9 outlets
  • Formula One · 4 outlets

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