Powerless F1 drivers frustrated by Bahrain F1 software glitch
The start at a wet Sepang circuit was aborted after a large number of cars suffered crippling software issues. With the event being the first wet weather race contested by the 2026 generation of cars, a bug in the software when drivers were driving at very low speeds, triggered by the power unit controller's wet weather mode, left drivers stuck into idle mode at various points of the two planned formation laps. With several cars stuck into that idle loop, the FIA had to rapidly code and deliver a software patch for all 11 teams to install during the following red flag stoppage, lifting the usual wet weather power reduction in the affected zones.
- ▪The start at a wet Sepang circuit was aborted after a large number of cars suffered crippling software issues.
- ▪With the event being the first wet weather race contested by the 2026 generation of cars, a bug in the software when drivers were driving at very low speeds, triggered by the power unit controller's wet weather mode, left drivers stuck into
- ▪With several cars stuck into that idle loop, the FIA had to rapidly code and deliver a software patch for all 11 teams to install during the following red flag stoppage, lifting the usual wet weather power reduction in the affected zones.
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Formula 1 Bahrain GP in Malaysia "Horrible, totally unacceptable" - Powerless F1 drivers frustrated by Bahrain F1 software glitch Formula 1 drivers have weighed in on Bahrain GP's unprecedented software glitch that left them powerless on the formation lap Filip Cleeren Edited: Oct 4, 2026, 7:37 PM Copy link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on WhatsApp Share on Linkedin Share on Pinterest Share on Viber Add as a preferred source Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing Photo by: Joe Portlock / Getty Images Leading F1 drivers are despairing at power unit software glitches that derailed the start of the Bahrain GP in Malaysia, with Lando Norris calling the electronic glitches "horrible" and further proof that F1 should move away from hybrids.
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