Bojan Vrbnjak
Normally, v Formulas 1 system DRS release from third round race forward. V Abu Dhabi however, they can be racers overtaking assistance used only since 18th round forward. Because the technical problem caused this delay. But what happened on Sunday at all? “The data server has crashed,”He explained the problem Michael Masi, FIA race director.
"It was a bit like a village league,”He joked after the race Sebastian Vettel. In words Masia was reboot the system the best solution to the situation. “If only one car has a problem, then it's much easier to control,”Explains the Australian. But on Sunday it was about global problem. “However, if there are 20 race cars here, then it would be almost impossible to keep the review. This made the decision easy. We simply turned off the DRS and stayed with it," so Masi, who was trying to mitigate the damage at the time. Because what would happen if we couldn’t turn it off DRS system for all racers?
"I wouldn't want to think about it,” he says Masi, who wanted to hint that this would most likely occur great chaos. Because there was an error in the mediation DRS signal to the race cars, they could not guarantee that they would receive the signal all racers and could activate DRS. Some racers might be in this case subordinate position. That's why race leadership decided to turn off the system completely. They activated it only after they were one hundred percent surethat the system works and transmits the right data. “We didn't want to take risks until we were fully convinced that it was working flawlessly, ” emphasize Mass.
This made sure it lasted all the way up 18th roundbefore they dared to release the system again. Masi says the backup plan was no option here. “There is no backup plan here. But first we need to figure out what the problem was." Masi further clarifies that the transition to backup plan it would not be one hundred percent. Here, too, we would need some time. Instead, they just decided to original system put into operation. And this one is then worked flawlessly until the end of the race.
