RaceFans has reported:

Formula 1 faced another technical problem in Singapore on Oct. 10, five days after multiple cars stopped on the formation lap in Sepang. A RaceFans reader argued the latest glitch showed the sport’s electronic systems were too intrusive and that drivers and teams should control power delivery.

The reader, posting as @Salty, said energy deployment should respond only to a driver’s inputs. “Energy deployment needs to be solely the provenance of the driver’s right foot. I don’t want the circuit mapping skills of an errant piece of software to continue impinging on F1.”

The reader rejected the idea that software-controlled power delivery improved competition. “That is not racing. It isn’t better, smarter or more capable than any one of the 22 drivers on the grid at the moment. It does not ‘improve the show’, it has made it look stilted and awkward.”

The comments also criticized manufacturers that require electric assistance to compete in Formula 1. “If some manufacturers won’t race without electric assisted systems, they shouldn’t be looking at F1.” The reader said other car categories offer active suspension, battery recovery and deployment, and power deployment that is not controlled by the driver, adding: “Bumper car and driverless taxi companies need not apply.”

The reader said drivers had been left without full throttle control in multiple cases during the season. “We have seen multiple instances this season of the driver being left in the cockpit of an F1 car without full control of the throttle. Bin it before it makes another stupid decision and someone dies.”

The post appeared as a featured comment on RaceFans, where readers were invited to join the original discussion. Related coverage listed an FIA confirmation that some drivers lost power in qualifying because of an Overtake Mode error, Lewis Hamilton’s admission that a set-up change had harmed his car’s balance after he missed pole, and George Russell aiming for sixth from the back of the Singapore grid.

Other linked items covered McLaren team principal Andrea Stella calling the collision between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri “simply not acceptable,” Max Verstappen saying F1 should not hold sprint races at tracks where passing is not possible, and Russell acknowledging that “overly confident” driving caused his first-lap sprint race crash.

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