{
  "id": 11935883,
  "title": "\"Horrible, totally unacceptable\" - Powerless F1 drivers frustrated by Bahrain F1 software glitch",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/horrible-totally-unacceptable-powerless-f1-drivers-frustrated-by",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-04T13:35:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/horrible-totally-unacceptable-powerless-f1-drivers-frustrated-by-bahrain-f1-software-glitch/10861968/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Leading F1 drivers are despairing at power unit software glitches that derailed the start of the Bahrain GP in Malaysia, with Lando Norris calling the electronic glitches \"horrible\" and further proof that F1 should move away from hybrids. The start at a wet Sepang circuit was aborted after a large number of cars suffered crippling software issues. With the event being the first wet weather ...…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}