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FIA completes investigation into F1 chaos in Malaysia and announces measures
The FIA said the bug caused cars to lose power beyond the intended limit and pledged stronger testing after the delayed start.
- The FIA revealed on Thursday that a "software bug" caused cars to experience unrecoverable power loss during the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia last Sunday, forcing a delayed start to the race.
- Investigators found the issue stemmed from 250kW wet-weather restrictions, which caused electric motors to lock down in slower circuit sectors where drivers struggled with 2026 power units.
- Drivers slammed the chaos, with Williams driver Carlos Sainz stating Formula 1 "needs to have a hard look at" itself, as the FIA defended testing conducted in Belgium and the Netherlands.
- Officials confirmed the emergency software fix used in Malaysia will be reinstated for this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix should similar wet-weather conditions arise.
- For the United States Grand Prix on October 25, the FIA pledged to "strengthen" validation processes and release a permanent wet-weather software update to improve system robustness.
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The Independent (US)F1 cars receive update in bid to prevent repeat of Malaysia scenes
The ‘Bahrain Grand Prix’ saw drivers effectively unable to power their vehicles in the wet conditions
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FIA completes investigation into F1 chaos in Malaysia and announces measures
The governing body will revert to the same temporary solution used at Sepang for the Singapore Grand Prix. A more permanent update to the software will be introduced ahead of the F1 weekend in Austin
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