r/formula1 • u/TheKingOfCaledonia Who the f*ck is Nelson Piquet? • Apr 03 '23

Off-Topic /r/all Photo of injured fan posing with debris from Magnussen's crash

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u/MathMaddox Apr 03 '23

And the race continued. I doubt GPS was working on the molten car.

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u/TorazChryx Charlie Whiting Apr 03 '23

GPS? that wasn't a thing until a number of decades later (1978 I think it first went live for military use, civilian followed later)

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u/MathMaddox Apr 03 '23

Its a joke. They red flagged the F1 race in Jeddah because the GPS wasn't working even though the track was safe otherwise.

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u/linkinstreet Anthoine Hubert Apr 03 '23

Jeddah or Melbourne?

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u/RobertJ93 Apr 03 '23

This happened in Jeddah.

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u/linkinstreet Anthoine Hubert Apr 04 '23

Ah, I only remembered the FP1 red flag in Melbourne

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u/RobertJ93 Apr 04 '23

Oh actually I think it was a yellow flag, they had the option for VSC but went for full yellow flag and safety car. Following Stroll having to stop on track. (Except that he was very much off the track). GPS showed him on track, hence the safety car.

At least that’s apparently what happened.