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Mercedes and Stroll steal the show on Twitter during global Facebook outage

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07:24, 05 Oct 2021

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On Monday, there was a global outage at Facebook, which caused Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to go down. Formula 1 teams generally use Twitter, so there was a bit of a chuckle about the other platforms.

On Tuesday morning the malfunction was solved again, but on Monday there was a worldwide malfunction at Facebook. The cause is not yet known, but the failure caused the three largest media platforms to come to a standstill. Twitter was still working and that caused hilarity among the F1 teams and drivers.

Pos.	Driver	Team
1	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL
2	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST
3	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER
4	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA
5	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD
6	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD
7	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP
8	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP
9	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR
10	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER
11	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD
12	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB
13	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER
14	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB
15	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA
17	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD
18	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL
19	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER
20	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL
21	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST
22	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR

Mercedes and Stroll steal the show on Twitter during global Facebook outage

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