Local fibre line failure caused F1 data outage at Imola

The F1 data system went down at the start of track action and a quick switch was made to a “recovery mode” that allowed basic operations to continue via a satellite link.
However, many features such as data transmission, onboard cameras and team radios were out of commission for at least part of the session.
The fibre failure was addressed during the lunch break and FP2 took place without …Keep reading