Marty_Y wrote: ↑07 Jun 2021, 17:41
I expect everyone already knows all about brake magic but here's a good explanation if anyone's interested.
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/expl ... u/6544419/
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Once in his grid slot, Hamilton will have deactivated the brake magic function via the controls on the wheel and then set about preparing for the restart.
However, during the start, as he steered away from Sergio Perez in the run to Turn 1 he accidentally hit the ‘magic’ button – engaging the brake bias override.
This moved the brake balance forward and caused him to snatch the brakes into Turn 1, before sailing past the apex into the run-off area and effectively ending his chances of scoring points.
Mercedes’ post-race investigation will look into how Hamilton was able to reactive the magic setting, and that will potentially prompt tweaks to its steering wheel controls or software settings to ensure it cannot happen again."
I'm actually shocked that it seems to be just a simple button.
I would expect anything that has such a profound impact on the car, would need a double positive to activate/deactivate it. One example is, is requiring the driver to push 2 buttons simultaneously. Ideally the 2 buttons are on opposite sides of the wheel, and are in non standard locations.
Another possibility would be the single button has to be depressed in a certain sequence to activate/deactivate the system. For example, depress the button for 2-4 seconds, then wait 2-4 seconds before you again have to depress the button for 2-4 seconds.
It takes longer to activate/deactivate the system, but it all but guarantees it can't be done accidentally.