The Hungarian Grand Prix was affected by the global IT outage on Friday with Sky Sports F1 and Mercedes among the parties affected by the CrowdStrike issues.
Global outages, triggered by a content update ‘defect’ at CrowdStrike, have wreaked havoc across the globe with public services, banks, and air and rail travel all affected. The world of F1 was not spared from the inconvenience either.
Mercedes reported outages at the Hungaroring ahead of FP1. Engineers were spotted staring at malfunctioning screens on the pit wall, and engineers were forced to manually tend to all computers in the garage.
Addressing the impact that the outage was having on the team, a Mercedes spokesperson stated: “We are working closely with our partners at CrowdStrike to mitigate any impact.”
The Silver Arrows were not the only team affected by the IT outage. Mercedes’ customer teams – McLaren, Aston Martin and Williams – were also hindered by the CrowdStrike mayhem.
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