F1 has opted to increase the opening day of pre-season testing from Bahrain following an influence outage on the monitor within the afternoon.
The second session of the day was disrupted for 68 minutes as race management was pressured to deploy a purple flag when the monitor was thrown into darkness.
The circuit confirmed the explanation was on account of an exterior substation failure.
“At roughly 5PM at the moment, an influence outage attributable to an exterior substation failure led to the afternoon session on monitor to be paused,” learn a press release.
“Energy has since been restored and the afternoon session has resumed. We recognize everybody’s endurance.”
F1 testing alternatives are restricted throughout the 12 months with the three days of operating in Bahrain marking the one time groups can collect knowledge on their new challengers earlier than the opening spherical.
In a bid to make up for the misplaced time on Wednesday, F1 and the FIA have agreed so as to add an additional hour of on-track time.
“Following the facility outage throughout Bahrain Pre-Season Testing, the FIA, Method 1, and the groups have agreed to increase this afternoon’s session by one hour to compensate for the time misplaced underneath the purple flag,” the joint launch mentioned.
“The session will now conclude at 20:00 native time.”
