Sport is also not spared from the global IT problems: On the sidelines of the Formula 1 training for the Hungarian Grand Prix, screens with error messages could be seen at the Mercedes team.
The British “Daily Mail” was the first to report on the problems. Background: The company Crowdstrikean IT security service provider, has been one of the official partners of the Mercedes F1 team since 2019 and is involved in the technical processes. A faulty update of a Crowdstrike application had an impact on IT systems on Friday and, among other things, caused flight cancellations and paralyzed emergency calls.
As the newspaper further reports, a repair process was running on every single Mercedes computer at the track before the first practice session in order to be ready for the first session. A Mercedes spokesman explained: “We are working closely with our partners at Crowdstrike to minimize the impact.”
Just in time for training, the systems were apparently running smoothly again. The two Mercedes drivers George Russell (26) and LewisHamilton (39) took to the track in the first session and finished in 4th and 10th place respectively.
The second training session will take place at 5 p.m. on the Hungaroring, which you can watch here in BILD live ticker The 3rd practice session will take place on Saturday at 12.30 p.m., the qualifying at 4 p.m. (here in the BILD live ticker). The Hungarian Grand Prix starts on Sunday at 3 p.m. (here in BILD live ticker).