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re: 2026 Formula 1 (F1) Season Thread
Posted on 10/4/26 at 11:14 am to Lsut81
Posted on 10/4/26 at 11:14 am to Lsut81
The Athletic
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How computer software bugs led to F1’s Malaysia farce: ‘Totally unacceptable’
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“The total confusion left race control with no decision but to abandon the plan to get started and return the cars to the pit lane, now in a jumbled-up order. It led to another, longer wait to get going. The reason for the wait? The FIA, motorsports’ governing body, had to issue a software update for all the teams to install on their cars to fix the computer algorithm that controls the engine and prevent the issue from repeating after a bug had emerged. By the time the race finally began on a considerably drier track, more than 90 minutes had passed since the scheduled 3 p.m. start time.” Excerpt From “How computer software bugs led to F1’s Malaysia farce: ‘Totally unacceptable’” Luke Smith The Athletic LINK This material may be protected by copyright.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 11:21 am to s14suspense
V8s don’t have these kinds of problems. Supposedly something similar led to Bottas hitting the wall last week. He went wide in one corner and the car lost track of where it was and deployed power in the wrong area. Need to move on from these sooner than later.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 11:22 am to s14suspense
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How computer software bugs led to F1’s Malaysia farce: ‘Totally unacceptable’
So fricking stupid... they have over engineered these things. Let the driver drive and have sole control over what the car does.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 11:26 am to MississippiLebowski
Yeah, I hate the idea of that shite too.
Regardless of the power unit situation, the right pedal should be directly proportional to torque supplied.
Maybe a button on the wheel for extra power during overtake mode or whatever.
Regardless of the power unit situation, the right pedal should be directly proportional to torque supplied.
Maybe a button on the wheel for extra power during overtake mode or whatever.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 11:27 am to s14suspense
It's the year 2026 and the most technologically advanced sports series on the planet has vibe coded PU's.
I do wonder if Russell's car doesn't give up the ghost if they go back green earlier.
I do wonder if Russell's car doesn't give up the ghost if they go back green earlier.
This post was edited on 10/4/26 at 11:28 am
Posted on 10/4/26 at 11:37 am to BottomlandBrew
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do wonder if Russell's car doesn't give up the ghost if they go back green earlier.
Yeah, he’s just got shite luck this year.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 11:49 am to s14suspense
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Yeah, he’s just got shite luck this year.
And 0 fricks given. He's such a whiney bitch.
Its ok for a Lewis, Max, etc.. to be dicks bc they've actually won something.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 1:06 pm to s14suspense
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How computer software bugs led to F1’s Malaysia farce: ‘Totally unacceptable’
Will be an interesting story to unfold. Didnt read the article yet, wonder what about it only affected certain cars.
Really entertaining race. Not sure Ferrari does any better if they get the strategy right. Pretty amazing recovery drives by those two.
Said it last week, but what a job RBR have done with that car.b
Posted on 10/4/26 at 2:05 pm to fightin tigers
All right, the TD F1 Championship results are in!
dg42.net/TDF1/race-results.php?race=16
The winner of the 2026 TD F1 "Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia" is gatorhater08, for his seond win of the season and his fourth podium!
Fillling out the podium, in P2 we have theone for his second podium, and in P3 we have auisssa, for his fourth podium.
Here's the championship table: dg42.net/TDF1/index.php
WAY2GOLSU is still at the top but has increased his gap to MississippiLebowski from six to 16 points after finishing P4 in the race vs P9.
With another podium finish, auisssa has risen to P3 in the championship, dropping MikeD a spot. MikeD is starting to sweat, with no points in the last three races after getting two podiums in a row.
With his timely win, gatorhater08 has shot up from P10 in the championship to P5. gatorhater08 easily has the best record in the last four races with three podiums!
With a modest P7 race finish, bikerack has risen from P11 to P8 in a very tight part of the championship chart.
theone has risen a modest three places in the championship from P19 to P16, but what's crazy is that he has two podiums in a row with a prediction list that was last saved on July 21.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 2:31 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
I liked the track, would like to see it come back as the actual Malaysian GP.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 3:16 pm to MississippiLebowski
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I liked the track, would like to see it come back as the actual Malaysian GP.
Track resurfacing would help a lot. One of the Tilke tracks that allow lots of passing and different lines. Can have several corners close to each other.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 4:11 pm to fightin tigers
Sounds like numerous drivers including Norris, Alonso, Max, Piastri, Sainz, Bearman, and Checo are all coming out saying the software bullshite is absolutely unacceptable and get all the battery/software shite out of the cars.
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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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"I've never seen an F1 race delayed by a bug. That was a new one," Piastri said mockingly. "I got stuck for about a second. When the turbo doesn't work on these things, you might as well push the car instead of using an engine. It was quite bizarre
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Haas driver Oliver Bearman said it was "scary" for his throttle pedal being cut off by something beyond his control. "I've never seen anything like that. I was shocked," he said. "I didn't even know that the FIA could control our throttle pedal. That was quite scary, actually.
This post was edited on 10/4/26 at 4:12 pm
Posted on 10/4/26 at 4:23 pm to Lsut81
Things that make you go Hmm?!?
Posted on 10/4/26 at 4:50 pm to s14suspense
Makes me wonder if it is a safety system that glitched. And how long the FIA has had this ability.
As a reference monster trucks have had the feature for a long time. A few running into the crowd got those installed.
As a reference monster trucks have had the feature for a long time. A few running into the crowd got those installed.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 7:47 pm to s14suspense
Suddenly, the Toto/Russell memes have validity
Posted on 10/4/26 at 7:53 pm to BottomlandBrew
I really don’t like Russell, but I felt sorry for him today. He drove a damn good race and deserved a better result.
He has had the worst luck
He has had the worst luck
Posted on 10/4/26 at 8:13 pm to Lsut81
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Bernie Collins read the rules and they should have started from the back of the grid after their power failure on formation lap and then the safety car coming into the pits.
It was a software issue from the FIA from what I read.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 8:17 pm to TouchedTheAxeIn82
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theone has risen a modest three places in the championship from P19 to P16, but what's crazy is that he has two podiums in a row with a prediction list that was last saved on July 21.
I’m just ahead of my time.
I got logged out and need to find the original email.
Posted on 10/4/26 at 9:02 pm to MikeD
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It was a software issue from the FIA from what I read
From what I have read it was a failsafe that tripped through turn 9.
Something put in place to prevent the teams from cheating was triggered by the formation lap. Sent the engine into limp home mode.
FIA was right to red flag and restart the grid.
This post was edited on 10/4/26 at 9:03 pm
Posted on 10/5/26 at 5:44 am to fightin tigers
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