A GPS issue at Albert Park almost caused several crashes in AusGP practice. Here's why F1 drivers felt they were 'blindfolded' by loss of GPS data:
in the final sector, locking up his brakes and skidding across the grass in the penultimate corner.
His team-mate Magnussen explained that drivers would have likely been fine if they had known in advance to rely on their own senses, but because some drivers were still expecting radio calls that weren't forthcoming the lack of information became a safety issue."I think it's also because we know that we're relying on engineers to tell where the traffic is.
"I don't think everyone knew that the GPS system was out, so when you don't hear anything then you expect that there's nothing coming. "If we had known that we didn't have a GPS system, you'd be way more careful and just looking in your mirrors the whole time? And nobody was."
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