"Obviously also at a street circuit there's quite a few spots where it's blind or you see a car come around quite late, which doesn't help and makes it a bit sketchy in a place like here or Jeddah or street circuits." I think in a situation like today that's when it comes out and you see the difference. "Some drivers rely more on the engineers and calls compared to others. But nobody was."Īround street circuits like Albert Park and Jeddah this piece of information is extra critical due to the blind high speed corners, according to Nico Hulkenberg. Whereas if we knew that we didn't have a GPS system, you'd be way more careful and just looking at your mirrors the whole time. "So when you don't hear anything, you expect that there's nothing coming. "We know that we are relying on our engineers to tell us where the traffic is and I don't think everyone knew that the GPS system was out. "Seemed like everyone was blindfolded once that GPS system went out," said Kevin Magnussen to media, including. What ensured was chaos as those on a hot lap encountered traffic, with Zhou Guanyu having to thread his way through a slow-moving Red Bull and Aston Martin at the penultimate corner. When FP1 in Melbourne was red flagged due to an issue with the GPS tracker, teams and drivers were effectively in the dark. This is to ensure they can build up enough space before a lap so they do not encounter traffic, while also staying out of the way of drivers who are on a hot lap as the closing speeds can be quite fast. If you ride onboard with any driver on the F1 TV app, you'll often hear engineers acting as 'spotters' as they tell them the gap to other cars on track.
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