They didn't, it just needed a restart. From the first reports the first car's software genuinely glitched out because of the new track/rain/etc and had to be restarted, the other cars got anti-traction control triggered because going this slow for this long unspools the turbo, which got so bad the detection software made a false positive.

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manarth 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

there's no traction control or other driver-assistance aids (ABS etc) in f1 cars

	▲	fragmede 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That's what the rules say, anyway. Cheating is part of the game, and @ActuallyVen goes into some of the ways teams have played with the rules. https://youtube.com/@actuallyven

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gambiting 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I mean, the article literally says a firmware update was deployed mid race to remove power limits, is the article wrong?

	▲	mjpa86 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Teams confirmed it was a firmware update on the broadcast. Article is correct.