马来西亚雪邦，10月5日电：一号方程式赛车的管理机构承诺将对一起导致周日马来西亚巴林大奖赛（注：原文此处有误，应为马来西亚大奖赛）发车中止、引发混乱的软件故障展开全面调查，当时车手们感觉自己仿佛在驾驶由乐高积木搭建的电池动力赛车。
SEPANG, Malaysia, Oct 5 : Formula One's governing body has promised a full investigation into a software bug that caused chaos and forced the start of Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia to be aborted with drivers feeling like they were in battery-powered cars made of Lego.
法拉利车队七届世界冠军刘易斯·汉密尔顿和红牛车队四届冠军、最终夺冠的马克斯·维斯塔潘等多位车手在大暴雨和漫长延期后的暖胎圈中受到故障影响，地点是马来西亚闷热的雪邦赛道。
Ferrari's seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's four-time champion and eventual race winner Max Verstappen were among several affected by the glitch on a formation lap after torrential rain and a long delay at Malaysia's steamy Sepang circuit.
维斯塔潘将这种体验比作在英国大奖赛前于银石赛道举行的“乐高赛车赛”，而身为赛车史上最成功车手的汉密尔顿不得不在赛道上熄火重启赛车，他表示这是职业生涯首次遭遇此事。
Verstappen compared the experience to a 'Lego race' held at Silverstone before the British Grand Prix while Hamilton, the sport's most successful driver of all time, had to stop his car on track and re-start it in what he said was a career first.
这起事件是新一代赛车和引擎艰难首个赛季的最新插曲，自揭幕战以来，处于赛车运动巅峰的车手们对动力单元增加的电气化组件和能量管理需求一直颇有微词。
The episode was the latest in a difficult first season for the new era of cars and engines, with drivers at the pinnacle of motorsport unhappy since the opening race with the power units' increased electrical component and the need for energy management.
国际汽联赛后表示：“极低的引擎转速、低抓地力条件、雨天能量管理设置以及雪邦赛道的扇区配置这一前所未有的组合，导致多辆赛车意外失去动力。”“因此，国际汽联技术部门通过在因大雨导致的比赛延期期间分发给所有参赛车队的更新版软件，移除了受影响扇区的能量限制约束，使车队能在比赛发车前对动力单元进行必要调整。
The governing FIA said afterwards that "an unprecedented combination of low engine speed, low-grip conditions, wet-weather energy management settings and the Sepang circuit’s sector configuration led to an unintended loss of power for a number of cars." "As a result, the FIA technical department removed the energy limit constraint in the affected sectors through an updated software release distributed to all competitors during the race delay caused by heavy rain, enabling teams to make the necessary changes to the power unit before the start of the race.
“这一问题在测试阶段或进场圈期间均未被国际汽联或车队发现。国际汽联将联同车队和动力单元制造商，对该问题展开全面复盘。”国际汽联单座赛车总监尼古拉斯·托巴齐斯向记者表示，季前测试缺乏雨天测试是导致混乱的因素之一。
“This issue had not been detected by the FIA or the teams during testing or during the laps to the grid. The FIA, together with the teams and power unit manufacturers, will undertake a full review of the issue." The FIA's single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis told reporters the lack of pre-season testing in wet conditions had played a part in the chaos.
一些赛车行驶极其缓慢，几乎陷入停滞。赛车之间出现了一定的“手风琴效应”，个别赛车几乎完全停下，”他说道。“该漏洞导致动力无法重新部署，使得赛车无法重新启动。
"Some cars went very slowly, almost came to a standstill. There was a bit of a concertina effect between cars, and some cars almost stopped completely," he said. “That bug prevented the power from being redeployed, and for the cars to start again.
我认为若我们能多进行一些测试，本应能及时捕捉到该问题，从而避免这种局面。” 塞潘站是本赛季首个遭遇雨天条件的比赛周末，尽管赛道在比赛过程中逐渐干燥。有时难免有疏漏
"I think if we had had a bit more testing, we probably would have managed to catch it in time, and not have such a situation." Sepang was the first race weekend of the season with wet conditions, although the track dried during the race. "Sometimes things fall through the net and people learn, and you do a better job next time,” said Tombazis.