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“they didn't activate it. That had to be done manually... they spotted it and enabled it, and that meant that some drivers did get the extra benefit.”
The Race, at 0:17 of “❗️New F1 GLITCH in Singapore explained” on The Race’s channel.
Around it
- 0:06 It was in SQ1, and it was related to overtake mode. Now, overtake mode, you can use it in qualifying,
- 0:11 everybody can, so you can have the full beans out of the engine. Had the red flag, they deactivated it,
- 0:17 then they restarted the session, and they didn't activate it. That had to be done manually. A thing
- 0:22 pops up, basically, a menu on the screen, you have to press it. They didn't, so a lot of that session,
- 0:27 the restarted session, just over six minutes left, ran. Then, with one second left on the clock,
In the paper
- Headlines, week ending 13 October 2026