All in all, it has not been a confidence-building week for the FIA. And that’s despite the largely successful running of a one-off event in Malaysia, forming an adequately placed triple-header either side of Azerbaijan and Singapore.
First, we had the unprecedented software glitches that impacted the cars at the start of last Sunday’s wet race in Sepang. A software bug for a wet-weather engine map meant several cars struggled to move – at all - on formation laps before the start of the race. It gave the sport a farcical look. So much so, in fact, that it was over 90 minutes until the grand prix could resume at all, even when the track was definitely dry and safe to race on.
