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Software Storm at Sepang: How an untested wet-weather glitch brought F1 to a standstill

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What happened

Formula 1 witnessed one of the most surreal spectacles in modern Grand Prix history on Sunday when an untested wet-weather software setting grounded half the grid to a crawl during the formation laps at the Sepang International Circuit, triggering an aborted start, an impromptu pit-lane patching operation, and scathing feedback from world champions, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, who said the series was like a '…

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