Why F1 drivers seemed “blindfolded” by Melbourne GPS issue

The opening practice session at Melbourne’s Albert Park was red-flagged after 40 minutes due to a loss of GPS data, which meant teams could no longer track each other on around the circuit.
That problem, which was triggered by a glitch in the distribution of live tyre information, caused several near-misses on track as drivers no longer received traffic advisory calls from their team.
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