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F1 race delayed 90 minutes by software glitch

Original: As annoying as it was to wake up at 2am (EST) for a 3am # f1 race that was then eventually delayed 1.5 hours due to a so

Fans who stayed up through the night in North America were rewarded with frustration after a Formula 1 race, scheduled for 3am Eastern, was delayed by about an hour and a half because of a software glitch. One viewer, writing as a software developer, expressed interest in a post-mortem explaining how organisers diagnosed the fault, fixed it and deployed a patch during the delay.

Why now: A rare technical failure delayed a major F1 race, prompting fans to discuss what caused the glitch and how it was resolved.

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• As annoying as it was to wake up at 2am (EST) for a 3am # f1 race that was then eventually delayed 1.5 hours due to a software glitch... as a software developer I really hope they publish a post-mortem about how they were able to figure out, fix and deploy a patch to all the… · john@cosocial.ca · 1

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